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Peter Tabuns

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Toronto—Danforth
  • New Democratic Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • 923 Danforth Ave. Toronto, ON M4J 1L8 tabunsp-co@ndp.on.ca
  • tel: 416-461-0223
  • fax: 416-461-9542
  • tabunsp-qp@ndp.on.ca

  • Government Page
  • Nov/29/22 10:40:00 a.m.

To the Premier: Over the weekend, CBC published new information about the amount of protected Pickering farmland owned by the De Gasperis family, who are powerful landowners and PC Party donors. CBC found another 475 acres bought by the De Gasperis family in 2020 for about $24,000 an acre. They own at least 1,775 acres of greenbelt land within the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve. They bought this land cheap because it was protected as farmland in perpetuity.

How much does the Premier suppose an acre of this land would be worth after the Premier removes it from the greenbelt and makes it available for development?

How much speculative profit is the Premier giving his friends and PC donors by removing their Pickering farmland from the greenbelt?

Does the Premier finally understand how corrupt this looks?

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