Tag: Doug
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Developer guests at Doug Ford family wedding got fast-track zoning approvals from government
[ad_1] There’s fresh scrutiny of how Premier Doug Ford’s government issued dozens of fast-track approvals to rezone select properties, some of them owned by developers who also stood to benefit from Greenbelt land swaps. Minister’s zoning orders (MZOs) are a powerful tool the province can use to expedite development on a specific parcel of land.…
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The inside story of how Doug Ford spent billions to save an EV battery plant
[ad_1] Carlos Tavares, the canny top executive of auto giant Stellantis, says weeks of crisis talks to salvage a Windsor EV battery plant taught him one thing: Canada’s negotiators move way too slowly in a global green industrial race that’s accelerating at warp speed. “It was difficult to get this agreement inked at the end…
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Ottawa warns Doug Ford as it fights to save battery plant
[ad_1] OTTAWA—A high-stakes dispute that would see an enormous EV battery manufacturing facility give up Canada left the federal authorities publicly urgent Ontario to pay extra to maintain the Stellantis plant in Windsor. However Premier Doug Ford warned the province has paid its fair proportion and Ottawa should sweeten the pot. Three days after Stellantis…