Ontario premier reverses plans to build on green belt after ministers quit

'It was a mistake,' says Doug Ford to allow development in protected areas of Greenbelt amid scandal that cost him ministers Ontario's premier has reversed course on a controversial multibillion-dollar land swap deal, saying it was a "mistake" to allow development in protected areas of the green belt around Toronto. The abrupt reversal comes after the scandal has cost him a pair of cabinet ministers, two damning reports from government watchdogs and mounting public outrage. "I made a promise to ...