‘Basically a movie’: Inside the deepening Greenbelt scandal

In today’s Big Story Podcast, barely two weeks ago, a scathing auditor general’s report sent shockwaves through Ontario’s political class — detailing how acres of greenbelt land were to be handed over the developers who stand to make more than $8 billion from the move. Since then … things have only gotten stranger.

We’ve seen the RCMP get involved, a chief of staff resign, both the Integrity Commissioner and Information and Privacy Commissioner the join the list of departments examining the scandal and a week-ending confrontational news conference from Premier Doug Ford. All this, and new stories surface every day.

Emma McIntosh, the Ontario reporter for The Narwhal, was one of the people who broke the Greenbelt story in the first place.

“The top line reaction for me was this is basically a movie. This is something fresh out of Hollywood,” said McIntosh.

So what’s at the bottom of this mess? And will it get even uglier before the end?

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