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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/2995708

The report, makes a definitive link between the Premier’s Office, the housing minister, a central political staffer who drove the project, and developers who benefitted from the deal.

The end result: the owners of 15 parcels of land removed from the Greenbelt will see the value rise by $8.3 billion, according to the auditor general.

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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

What's with all the downvotes on this post?

Edit: For context, this post was at -10 total votes when I commented. Seems to be better now for the most part

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I've run afoul of a bot-army from elsewhere (hexbear). edit: damn! literal bot army! 7 downvotes in 10 minutes of the comment being posted. Just show yourself won't you.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Jesus Christ no kidding lol

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've experienced the same here because I argued against an anarchist.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I argued against CCP and commie China. lol

LOL wow 6 downvotes within minutes!

[–] immuredanchorite@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

people who are logged into hexbear can't downvote brainiac

[–] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I got so used to being in a downvote free environment, having them really makes it easy to quietly quell this stuff

[–] eth0slash0@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago
[–] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

If this is a surprise to anyone I would insult their critical thinking. How could that have gone any other way? Obviously that land was going to be more valuable as single family detached homes in a wildly speculative real estate environment and of course developers would know that. Of course these developers would have influence too, they were Ford's base in the 905!

[–] lasagna@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The development industry is basically run like a mafia in most countries.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Canada is basically run by a bunch of Mafias mascarading as corporations.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

Good video coverage on the topic if someone wants to learn more https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4WYgE9iHSMc