The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Ontario housing minister’s chief of staff chose Greenbelt land parcels to benefit developers: auditor general https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-auditor-general-report/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:00:26 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=84936 Report concludes more than 90 per cent of land where environmental protections were dropped belongs to developers who gave suggestions directly to Steve Clark’s chief of staff Fatima Syed News Corporate Influence environmental law Greenbelt Ontario urban development Photos: The Canadian Press. Photo illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal Housing Minister Steve Clark's chief of staff “substantially controlled and directed” the process of removing protected areas from Ontario’s Greenbelt, giving “preferential treatment” to a group of developers, says a new report from outgoing Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk.