Dear Editor:
By now even the meagre 41 per cent of Ontarians who actually voted for Doug Ford must be tired of his missteps and broken promises.
Remember, that is 41% of the 43.5% of eligible voters who actually cast ballots, hardly a robust mandate.
His latest move is to handcuff local municipalities and conservation authorities so he can bulldoze through legislation that essentially dismantles Ontario’s Greenbelt protections, and numerous other anti-democratic actions. Bill 23 is being rushed through to limit citizen opposition.
In 2018, after the media discovered and reported that Ford was planning to chop off sections of the Greenbelt to enrich his developer friends, there was a massive public outcry, and he retreated. “We won’t touch the Greenbelt,” Ford promised. “The people have spoken. We won’t touch the Greenbelt.”
Four years later that earnest promise is about to be broken. Clearly, in 2022, the soon-to-be-even-richer developers who will be granted building permits on Greenbelt land must have much louder and more alluring voices than us lowly citizens of Ontario.
Perhaps it is time we made sure that the premier continues to hear all the people of Ontario. On his Queen’s Park website, Ford invites us to be in touch. Let’s make our voices loud and clear!
Sue Braiden,
Erin