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Could you imagine a freedom convoy but focused on the corruption that this deal was. Like not rest until ford and every businesses that exploited this deal through illegal means brought to justice or the shady laws that allowed them to corrupt government was fixed. Could really bring the province together.

Take your time, RCMP. We don't have another election until 2026, and there are too many forgetful voters who will gloss over this event if it ends now with Amato's resignation.

If you're living in Ontario, email or call your MPP and ask why Ford is only imementing 14 of the 15 recommendations. It's very telling that the 15th is the ones that actually directly would impact his developer friends. And honestly, screw them. Screw them even more if they've started the development process already and would have to stop. Maybe then they'll learn to do things the right way, not push it through these back channels like we're some country without laws.

The only way this can come to a meaningful conclusion is for two things to happen.

First, steps should be taken now to lock in who is going to have to pay if found guilty. No passing the buck. No transfer of assets. No "bankruptcies".

Second, anyone found guilty must be held financially liable for any necessary remediation. Then anyone left standing must forfeit any land they own in the greenbelt. Ideally, not just the specifically contested properties, but everything.

Wolves who stole sheep from the farmer are being investigated by other wolves for the disappearance of the farmer's sheep

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The RCMP said Wednesday it has received a referral from provincial police in Ontario to "investigate irregularities" in the Ford government's controversial Greenbelt land swap.

The confirmation came shortly after the OPP released a statement saying that to "avoid any potential perceived conflict of interest" the force had asked the Mounties to decide whether an investigation is warranted.

The OPP said in January that its Anti Rackets Branch was working to determine if evidence provided in multiple formal complaints about the Greenbelt land swap supported an investigation.

As recently as Aug. 9, the day Ontario's auditor general released an explosive report on how thousands of hectares of Greenbelt land were opened for housing development, the OPP said that work was still ongoing.

Ryan Amato, former chief of staff to Housing Minister Steve Clark, oversaw a process that was heavily influenced by a small group of politically-connected developers who had direct access to him, the auditor general said.

The report said Amato — not non-partisan public servants — selected 14 of the 15 sites that were ultimately removed from the Greenbelt and the majority were chosen after suggestions from developers who lobbied him personally through encounters at an industry event or in emails sent by their lawyers.

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