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The parcels of rural land that Ontario's housing minister has allowed inside Ottawa's urban boundary include a farm that was supposed to be protected from development, yet was purchased for $12.7 million in 2021.
The parcels of rural land that Ontario's housing minister has allowed inside Ottawa's urban boundary include a farm that was supposed to be protected from development, yet was purchased for $12.7 million in 2021.
Ontario's minister of municipal affairs and housing used his powers to expand the City of Ottawa's urban boundary last week by 654 hectares, and has included agricultural fields and lands near a quarry that staff had previously chosen to avoid.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 6:20 PM ET | Last Updated: January 27 Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson attends an announcement in December 2020.(Francis Ferland/CBC) Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he fully supports allowing the Algonquins of Ontario to develop a community in Ottawa's rural south-east, calling it an "innovative" step toward reconciliation with First Nations. In an unexpected move Tuesday, a joint committee of councillors voted to allocate 445 hectares of the city's planned urban expansion to the project, even though the area, near Amazon's massive distribution centre, is nowhere near existing...