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Ontario housing minister resigns amid Greenbelt land swap scandal | Global News (globalnews.ca)

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Steve Clark said he felt his role in the Greenbelt decision and subsequent investigations were 'a distraction' from the ministry's work to solve the housing affordability crisis.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

“As someone who has given my life to serving the people through our democratic institutions, it is my responsibility to adhere to the principles of Ministerial accountability,” Clark said in a post on social media.

After trying all the other options, I decided that I was forced to do the right thing.

Frankly, between the political baggage he would thrust on the PC's and the fact that no one would trust his decisions on the housing file, this is the only outcome to really expect at this point. He is going to try to paint this as integrity; a moment of falling on his on sword for the greater good. Meanwhile, this is more of a political execution—there is no way that Doug Ford and the party brass let him stay on at this point.