The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 These Ontario farmers are losing the land they own to industry. But that’s all anyone will tell them https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilmot-farmland-expropriation/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:07:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=115402 In Waterloo, the regional government is threatening to expropriate over 320 hectares of farmland to meet the province’s call for shovel-ready land Fatima Syed On the ground Photo Essay development farmland Ontario An aerial view of a rural intersection in The Township of Wilmot in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Also visible are farmlands that the government is looking to expropriate for industrial use.