Peter Tanenbaum News Today

As a right-wing conservative, Doug Ford has some things in common with Margaret Thatcher, but with a very significant difference: while Thatcher could describe herself as “not for turning,” Ford is less steadfast in the face of major challenges. His crass capitulation over plans to hand a portion of the Greenbelt to his developer friends is evidence of this.

The unravelling of the Greenbelt fiasco has led to a mounting list of celebrations, humiliations and resignations

This is the latest instance of an Ontario developer apparently trying to resell a property after getting special zoning to fast-track building.

The mystery man known as Mr. X in a scathing Integrity Commissioner report on how parcels of land came to be removed from Ontario’s protected Greenbelt is a former Ontario mayor, sources say.

Everybody seems to think he’s Mr. X – except the man of mystery himself.

X-tra, X-tra, read all about it! Throw the name Mr. X into an investigation and every reporter looking for a scoop jumps to attention.

Everybody seems to think he’s Mr. X – except the man of mystery himself.

Its a name that sounds like its borrowed from a spy thriller — but an unregistered lobbyist known as "Mr. X" is a very real part of the integrity commissioners report into how lands were selected to be removed from the Greenbelt.

Its a name that sounds like its borrowed from a spy thriller — but an unregistered lobbyist known as "Mr. X" is a very real part of the integrity commissioners report into how lands were selected to be removed from the Greenbelt.

X-tra, X-tra, read all about it! Throw the name Mr. X into an investigation and every reporter looking for a scoop jumps to attention.