Lysyk’s report revealed decisions about which sites would be removed were made over a three-week period in October by Housing Minister Steve Clark’s chief of staff, Ryan Amato, and a small number of bureaucrats he directed on what’s known as the Greenbelt Project Team.
Lysyk’s audit found that in the first week of October, Amato presented the project team with “hardcopy information from packages hereceived” from developers on eight sites to consider for removal from the Greenbelt.
As for how the initial eight sites were selected, Amato told the auditor general’s team he “regularly attends industry events and meets with housing developers and their representatives, who at times pass along information about land that they recommend the ministry consider removing from the Greenbelt.”
Asked by a reporter at an unrelated news conference on Friday if Amato will be the “fall guy,” shouldering all the blame for what the premier has called a “flawed process,” Ford replied: "First of all, we’re going to follow the recommendations.
One day after Lysyk released her report, the Ford government requested that Ontario’s integrity commissioner investigate whether Amato broke any ethics or conflict of interest rules.
At the news conference on Friday, Ford and Clark signalled they won’t back away from plans to build on the formerly protected land, despite admitting the selection process was flawed.
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Lysyk’s report revealed decisions about which sites would be removed were made over a three-week period in October by Housing Minister Steve Clark’s chief of staff, Ryan Amato, and a small number of bureaucrats he directed on what’s known as the Greenbelt Project Team.
Lysyk’s audit found that in the first week of October, Amato presented the project team with “hardcopy information from packages hereceived” from developers on eight sites to consider for removal from the Greenbelt.
As for how the initial eight sites were selected, Amato told the auditor general’s team he “regularly attends industry events and meets with housing developers and their representatives, who at times pass along information about land that they recommend the ministry consider removing from the Greenbelt.”
Asked by a reporter at an unrelated news conference on Friday if Amato will be the “fall guy,” shouldering all the blame for what the premier has called a “flawed process,” Ford replied: "First of all, we’re going to follow the recommendations.
One day after Lysyk released her report, the Ford government requested that Ontario’s integrity commissioner investigate whether Amato broke any ethics or conflict of interest rules.
At the news conference on Friday, Ford and Clark signalled they won’t back away from plans to build on the formerly protected land, despite admitting the selection process was flawed.
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