Caledon sidesteps public process, claims 2.2M square-foot warehouse in Greenbelt will be an ‘ecological benefit’

Early warnings that the Doug Ford government and his supporters in the development industry would have their way with Ontario’s protected Greenbelt, the world’s largest ecologically sensitive area covered by special conservation legislation, are coming to fruition.

On Tuesday, Caledon council’s pro-developer members paved the way for a provincial planning veto that would allow the construction of a 2.2-million square-foot warehouse in the Greenbelt without the usual local approval process. 

Published in The Pointer Brampton October 21, 2021