Posted: May 01, 2021 12:36 PM ET | Last Updated: May 1 Retired MPP and environment minister in the ‘90’s who voted against the creation of the Greenbelt will now oversee its development. The Ontario government has appointed a former environment minister to chair the Greenbelt Council in a move that has some environmentalists shaking their heads. Retired MPP Norm Sterling replaces David Crombie, who resigned as chair with six other members of the council in December to protest proposed government rules that they said would gut environmental protections in Ontario. An NDP MPP and an environmentalist are speaking out against the appointment of Sterling, who served under former Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris in the 1990s.