This isn't enough
this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
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Ford next. Media needs to keep pressure up.
Ford MUST GO! How the F is it this man who was given literally BAGS of money in public by real estate developer friends with stroke of a pen made them billionaires still in office? How is that kind of corruption ALLOWED to happen in a democracy like this?
How is that kind of corruption ALLOWED to happen in a democracy like this?
Because of democracy. Democracy requires people to work, and, quite frankly, we aren't willing to work. This happened because we let it. When was the last time the average Ontarian did anything to participate in that democracy? I expect the answer is never.
The closest thing we've seen to democratic action in years was the trucker rally in Ottawa, and that was, what, thousands of people at most? Where are the tens of millions of Ontarians hiding right now?
That's how it is allowed to happen. Who is going to uphold the democracy other than the democratic public? There certainly isn't some alien overload making sure we play by some kind of rules. It's just people.
The media? Email your MPP.
Done that. Media is far more effective IMHO
my MPP is Lisa MacLoud. Emailing her would be useless. The current PC wouldn't listen to her since she repeatedly embarrassed them as a minister during the previous term.
And with that the scandal is swept under the rug.
Hopefully not. There's no (legitimate) reason why this would prevent an investigation by the RCMP. Also, Ryan Amato’s resignation didn't sweep it under the rug either, on the contrary. In my eyes, this puts everyone in the spotlight to get to the bottom of what actually happened here.
They're not serious until they reverse the decision. Until that point it's theatre.
Let's see how far they'll go: https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-says-the-province-will-review-and-re-evaluate-all-lands-in-the-greenbelt/article_ca13c0f6-9f64-5413-97ac-33eb9ef14d0e.html
Edit: Oh wait, they aren't re-evaluating the 14 sites that were carved out using the flawed process! They are just looking to give out more land swaps to other land owners!
“There’s going to be a complete review, from top to bottom,” of up to 800 parcels of Greenbelt land, Ford said, although it remains unclear what, if any, changes it might bring.
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Although my initial thought was that I could stay in this role and establish a proper process so that these mistakes don’t happen again...
I wouldn't trust most of the Ontario Progressive Conservative MPPs to be able to establish it in a way that doesn't unreasonably favour their donors...
Now he needs to be drawn and quartered and returned to the Earth/Greenbelt
I wonder what nice cushy job he will get next?
He's keeping his MPP job. He just resigned as minister. Don't worry, his pension and benefits are safe and he still has his job.
Taking the hit for #DrugFraud stupidity like a good mafiosi.
Is it really a hit, though? He keeps his job, he keeps his benefits, he keeps his pension. All he's giving up is the cabinet position. That's a pretty soft hit.