Disgraced Ontario Municpal Affairs and Housing Minister’s Resignation Letter

A News Brief from Doug Draper, Niagara At Large

Posted September 5^th, 2023

For the record, Niagara At Large is posting below  a copy of Ontario’s now-out-of-here Munipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark’s September 4^th resignation letter to his boss, Premier Doug Ford.

Now ex-Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing continues to echo Ford government’s untruths about the need to pave over Greenbelt land to build housing.

You may very well note, as you read Clark’s letter, that he continues dipping himself in the snake oil his government peddles that the housing crisis we face  has something to do with whether or not to pave over what Ford once called a “big chunk” of our Greenbelt lands.

Even as he resigns, Clark seems unwilling to openly admit a truth that virtually every municipal planner in the Greenbelt region of Ontaro, including those in Niagara, can tell him –that there is enough room within existing urban boundaries to build housing for many years to come.

There is absolutely no need to pave over lands in the Greenbelt.

So good riddance to Clark and the time when we can turf out the entire Ford government can’t come soon enough.

Here is Clark’s resignation letter –

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