Doug Ford with MZOs:
City Councilman Unearths Magical Zoning Amulet
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May 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Doug Ford with MZOs:
“We will never stop issuing MZOs for the people of Ontario,” Ford said on March 9.
Three Ford government MZOs cleared the way for projects near the 413.
One issued in Vaughan in April 2020 approved developers’ plans to demolish three protected wetlands where /27
Three Ford government MZOs cleared the way for projects near the 413.
One issued in Vaughan in April 2020 approved developers’ plans to demolish three protected wetlands where /27
December 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM
“We will never stop issuing MZOs for the people of Ontario,” Ford said on March 9.
Three Ford government MZOs cleared the way for projects near the 413.
One issued in Vaughan in April 2020 approved developers’ plans to demolish three protected wetlands where /27
Three Ford government MZOs cleared the way for projects near the 413.
One issued in Vaughan in April 2020 approved developers’ plans to demolish three protected wetlands where /27
Ontario's auditor general has released her annual report, including highly critical reports on Ontario Place, the province's opioid strategy, the province's use of MZOs and government advertising.
A thread of our stories follows.
A thread of our stories follows.
December 3, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Ontario's auditor general has released her annual report, including highly critical reports on Ontario Place, the province's opioid strategy, the province's use of MZOs and government advertising.
A thread of our stories follows.
A thread of our stories follows.
Strong Mayoral powers, MZOs, Cabinet overrides—these are all authoritarian measures
June 21, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Strong Mayoral powers, MZOs, Cabinet overrides—these are all authoritarian measures
Nigro is chair of the LCBO right now.
He chaired Ontario Place Corporation.
Was head of the Ontario PC party fundraising arm.
Received a whack of MZOs.
Was on the board of Runnymede where Doug's daughter makes a fortune.
Calling him "Doug's friend" just obscures the scale of the corruption.
He chaired Ontario Place Corporation.
Was head of the Ontario PC party fundraising arm.
Received a whack of MZOs.
Was on the board of Runnymede where Doug's daughter makes a fortune.
Calling him "Doug's friend" just obscures the scale of the corruption.
May 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Nigro is chair of the LCBO right now.
He chaired Ontario Place Corporation.
Was head of the Ontario PC party fundraising arm.
Received a whack of MZOs.
Was on the board of Runnymede where Doug's daughter makes a fortune.
Calling him "Doug's friend" just obscures the scale of the corruption.
He chaired Ontario Place Corporation.
Was head of the Ontario PC party fundraising arm.
Received a whack of MZOs.
Was on the board of Runnymede where Doug's daughter makes a fortune.
Calling him "Doug's friend" just obscures the scale of the corruption.
Greenbelt Scandal
Staples Scandal
Skills Development Fund Scandal
Therme Spa Scandal
Science Centre Scandal
LTC Scandal
StripperGate Scandal
Ontario Place Scandal
MZOs Scandal
Beer Store Scandal
FOI Scandal
Ford has lots of reasons to hide his records from Ontarians
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Staples Scandal
Skills Development Fund Scandal
Therme Spa Scandal
Science Centre Scandal
LTC Scandal
StripperGate Scandal
Ontario Place Scandal
MZOs Scandal
Beer Store Scandal
FOI Scandal
Ford has lots of reasons to hide his records from Ontarians
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THE OSHOW: ARE REPORTERS BEING SILENCED? IS FORD AUTHORITARIAN? IS SMITH AIDING THE AB SEPARATISTS?
YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock
https://youtu.be/YeY-tRGrta8?si…
April 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Greenbelt Scandal
Staples Scandal
Skills Development Fund Scandal
Therme Spa Scandal
Science Centre Scandal
LTC Scandal
StripperGate Scandal
Ontario Place Scandal
MZOs Scandal
Beer Store Scandal
FOI Scandal
Ford has lots of reasons to hide his records from Ontarians
youtu.be/YeY-tRGrta8?si…
Staples Scandal
Skills Development Fund Scandal
Therme Spa Scandal
Science Centre Scandal
LTC Scandal
StripperGate Scandal
Ontario Place Scandal
MZOs Scandal
Beer Store Scandal
FOI Scandal
Ford has lots of reasons to hide his records from Ontarians
youtu.be/YeY-tRGrta8?si…
Ontario's Auditor General Shelley Spence rips Doug Ford a few new orifices in her new report. From Ontario Place, the OSC, drug consumption sites, MZOs, spending, etc.
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December 3, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Ontario's Auditor General Shelley Spence rips Doug Ford a few new orifices in her new report. From Ontario Place, the OSC, drug consumption sites, MZOs, spending, etc.
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Friends with benefits, Ford-style.
Ford tried to move Highway 413 to boost his friend Cortelluci's Greenbelt land value, handed him multiple MZOs, and sold him the 40-acre Hearn plant for $16 million (with no public process) when Toronto land usually goes for far more.
#ONpoli
Ford tried to move Highway 413 to boost his friend Cortelluci's Greenbelt land value, handed him multiple MZOs, and sold him the 40-acre Hearn plant for $16 million (with no public process) when Toronto land usually goes for far more.
#ONpoli
NEW: Doug Ford's government considered shifting the route of Highway 413 in Caledon to eliminate an interchange, a move which could have unlocked more land for development. #OnPoli
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Ford government considered ‘developer-proposed’ Hwy. 413 route alteration | Globalnews.ca
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was briefed on a proposed change to Highway 413 route could have helped unlock lands owned by a major developer.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Friends with benefits, Ford-style.
Ford tried to move Highway 413 to boost his friend Cortelluci's Greenbelt land value, handed him multiple MZOs, and sold him the 40-acre Hearn plant for $16 million (with no public process) when Toronto land usually goes for far more.
#ONpoli
Ford tried to move Highway 413 to boost his friend Cortelluci's Greenbelt land value, handed him multiple MZOs, and sold him the 40-acre Hearn plant for $16 million (with no public process) when Toronto land usually goes for far more.
#ONpoli
MZOs on steroids.
We know that if Dorg faces any legal opposition, he'll just whip out the notwithstanding clause again.
We know that if Dorg faces any legal opposition, he'll just whip out the notwithstanding clause again.
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
MZOs on steroids.
We know that if Dorg faces any legal opposition, he'll just whip out the notwithstanding clause again.
We know that if Dorg faces any legal opposition, he'll just whip out the notwithstanding clause again.
Special orders fast-tracked development near the 413
While city councils can revamp their official plans, such changes can take years to materialize.
The province has a way for developers to skip the wait. They’re called minister’s zoning orders, or MZOs, and the /25
While city councils can revamp their official plans, such changes can take years to materialize.
The province has a way for developers to skip the wait. They’re called minister’s zoning orders, or MZOs, and the /25
December 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Special orders fast-tracked development near the 413
While city councils can revamp their official plans, such changes can take years to materialize.
The province has a way for developers to skip the wait. They’re called minister’s zoning orders, or MZOs, and the /25
While city councils can revamp their official plans, such changes can take years to materialize.
The province has a way for developers to skip the wait. They’re called minister’s zoning orders, or MZOs, and the /25
Nobody Ontarian on this website wants to hear this, but this is why Ministerial Zoning Orders can be good.
I mean, a sensible government would just amend zoning to permit schools of reasonable height in residential zones, but we don't have any sensible governments, so MZOs it is.
I mean, a sensible government would just amend zoning to permit schools of reasonable height in residential zones, but we don't have any sensible governments, so MZOs it is.
UPDATE: after four hours of hearing from the public last night, it got past midnight, and council decided to delay their vote until the end of February.
because when you’ve been waiting 19 years to build a school, what’s another two weeks?
because when you’ve been waiting 19 years to build a school, what’s another two weeks?
Tonight, Vancouver council will have a public hearing for a school 19 years in the making
There's some community opposition to the project — but there's also the bigger question of why it takes the provincial and municipal governments 19 years to approve a single school
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There's some community opposition to the project — but there's also the bigger question of why it takes the provincial and municipal governments 19 years to approve a single school
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February 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Nobody Ontarian on this website wants to hear this, but this is why Ministerial Zoning Orders can be good.
I mean, a sensible government would just amend zoning to permit schools of reasonable height in residential zones, but we don't have any sensible governments, so MZOs it is.
I mean, a sensible government would just amend zoning to permit schools of reasonable height in residential zones, but we don't have any sensible governments, so MZOs it is.
If he gets back in he will carve up the #Greenbelt, protected ecosystems and farmland faster than ever. He loves #MZOs - he used them 114 times from ‘2019-23. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #VoteFordOut #OnPoli
Ford government used MZOs 17 times more than previous 20 years in Ontario: AG report | CBC News
Ontario's ministerial zoning order process needs to be overhauled, even after the introduction of a new framework for the land use planning tool, the province's auditor general said Tuesday.
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February 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If he gets back in he will carve up the #Greenbelt, protected ecosystems and farmland faster than ever. He loves #MZOs - he used them 114 times from ‘2019-23. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #VoteFordOut #OnPoli
Ford as Captain Canada is an opportunistic, power seeking strategy, designed to cover up his own serious, ongoing problems (primary care collapse/ERs, inadequate/unaffordable housing) and scandals (greenbelt, MZOs, ON Sci Centre/ON Place, early beer store penalties).
It complements $200 rebates.
It complements $200 rebates.
Doug Ford spent much of his first year in office fighting and feuding. Now he’s playing Captain Canada, writes @spaikin.bsky.social
OPINION: How Doug Ford became an unlikely figure of national unity | TVO Today
The premier spent much of his first year in office fighting and feuding. Now he’s playing Captain Canada.
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January 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ford as Captain Canada is an opportunistic, power seeking strategy, designed to cover up his own serious, ongoing problems (primary care collapse/ERs, inadequate/unaffordable housing) and scandals (greenbelt, MZOs, ON Sci Centre/ON Place, early beer store penalties).
It complements $200 rebates.
It complements $200 rebates.
All the grifts connect.
The chair of the board of Ontario Place Corp (he was the entire board 😂) is also chair of the board of the LCBO.
Carmine Nigro, former VP of the PC fundraising committee, has also benefitted from MZOs.
All this grift connects, and involves the same people over and over.
The chair of the board of Ontario Place Corp (he was the entire board 😂) is also chair of the board of the LCBO.
Carmine Nigro, former VP of the PC fundraising committee, has also benefitted from MZOs.
All this grift connects, and involves the same people over and over.
May 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
All the grifts connect.
The chair of the board of Ontario Place Corp (he was the entire board 😂) is also chair of the board of the LCBO.
Carmine Nigro, former VP of the PC fundraising committee, has also benefitted from MZOs.
All this grift connects, and involves the same people over and over.
The chair of the board of Ontario Place Corp (he was the entire board 😂) is also chair of the board of the LCBO.
Carmine Nigro, former VP of the PC fundraising committee, has also benefitted from MZOs.
All this grift connects, and involves the same people over and over.
The rat's nest... Chair of the board of the LCBO is Ford wedding guest, Carmine Nigro.
Nigro, former chair of the PC fundraising association was also chair of... The Ontario Place Corporation. 🤪
Nigro got a bunch of MZOs.
Also on the board of the LCBO is Galen Weston's cousin, Claudia Hepburn.
Nigro, former chair of the PC fundraising association was also chair of... The Ontario Place Corporation. 🤪
Nigro got a bunch of MZOs.
Also on the board of the LCBO is Galen Weston's cousin, Claudia Hepburn.
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The rat's nest... Chair of the board of the LCBO is Ford wedding guest, Carmine Nigro.
Nigro, former chair of the PC fundraising association was also chair of... The Ontario Place Corporation. 🤪
Nigro got a bunch of MZOs.
Also on the board of the LCBO is Galen Weston's cousin, Claudia Hepburn.
Nigro, former chair of the PC fundraising association was also chair of... The Ontario Place Corporation. 🤪
Nigro got a bunch of MZOs.
Also on the board of the LCBO is Galen Weston's cousin, Claudia Hepburn.
MZOS for public uses seem fine to me. That's not how this government has been using them.
February 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
MZOS for public uses seem fine to me. That's not how this government has been using them.
Doug Ford 12 years ago:
"I will stop the gravy train for the people of Ontario.”
Conservative donors and insiders are all aboard a very large gravy train. Slush funds. MZOs. Police investigations. Secrecy.
Meanwhile, education and healthcare are collapsing.
#ONpoli
#corruption
"I will stop the gravy train for the people of Ontario.”
Conservative donors and insiders are all aboard a very large gravy train. Slush funds. MZOs. Police investigations. Secrecy.
Meanwhile, education and healthcare are collapsing.
#ONpoli
#corruption
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Doug Ford 12 years ago:
"I will stop the gravy train for the people of Ontario.”
Conservative donors and insiders are all aboard a very large gravy train. Slush funds. MZOs. Police investigations. Secrecy.
Meanwhile, education and healthcare are collapsing.
#ONpoli
#corruption
"I will stop the gravy train for the people of Ontario.”
Conservative donors and insiders are all aboard a very large gravy train. Slush funds. MZOs. Police investigations. Secrecy.
Meanwhile, education and healthcare are collapsing.
#ONpoli
#corruption
The chair of the board of the LCBO is **also** chair of the board of the Ontario Place Corporation. 😆
Carmine Nigro (a Ford wedding guest, of course) is a "developer" and has been the lucky recipient of many MZOs.
Carmine Nigro (a Ford wedding guest, of course) is a "developer" and has been the lucky recipient of many MZOs.
December 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM
The chair of the board of the LCBO is **also** chair of the board of the Ontario Place Corporation. 😆
Carmine Nigro (a Ford wedding guest, of course) is a "developer" and has been the lucky recipient of many MZOs.
Carmine Nigro (a Ford wedding guest, of course) is a "developer" and has been the lucky recipient of many MZOs.
Ford's fondness for abusing political power to benefit a few, mostly-foreign, predatory corporations at the expense of #OntarioTaxpayers is obvious now.
#OntarioPCs are using #SEZs, #MZOs and #NDAs for extensive secret land-grabs and environmental ruin as they undermine our democracy.
#onpoli
#CONs
#OntarioPCs are using #SEZs, #MZOs and #NDAs for extensive secret land-grabs and environmental ruin as they undermine our democracy.
#onpoli
#CONs
June 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Ford's fondness for abusing political power to benefit a few, mostly-foreign, predatory corporations at the expense of #OntarioTaxpayers is obvious now.
#OntarioPCs are using #SEZs, #MZOs and #NDAs for extensive secret land-grabs and environmental ruin as they undermine our democracy.
#onpoli
#CONs
#OntarioPCs are using #SEZs, #MZOs and #NDAs for extensive secret land-grabs and environmental ruin as they undermine our democracy.
#onpoli
#CONs
The province is proposing 2 MZOs for the Exhibition station TOC. Consultations are open until October 19th:
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September 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The province is proposing 2 MZOs for the Exhibition station TOC. Consultations are open until October 19th:
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While unleashing an unprecedented number of municipality-overriding zoning orders, the Ford government tended to ignore vital information and prioritize requests “with no protocol and no apparent rationale,” the auditor general found.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/housing...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/housing...
PCs' MZOs use sparked 'appearance of preferential treatment': auditor
Key info was ignored before the minister issued orders, including for long-delayed projects that ‘beg the question why an MZO was used,’ the watchdog wrote
www.thetrillium.ca
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
While unleashing an unprecedented number of municipality-overriding zoning orders, the Ford government tended to ignore vital information and prioritize requests “with no protocol and no apparent rationale,” the auditor general found.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/housing...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/housing...
Let's add it up, shall we?
We have handed Cortellucci a bunch of greenbelt land, a highway to increase the value of his land, many MZOs, a hospital to launder money through until it goes private, and York Region Police.
The mafia runs Ontario, turnips.
#CorruptAF
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We have handed Cortellucci a bunch of greenbelt land, a highway to increase the value of his land, many MZOs, a hospital to launder money through until it goes private, and York Region Police.
The mafia runs Ontario, turnips.
#CorruptAF
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October 30, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Let's add it up, shall we?
We have handed Cortellucci a bunch of greenbelt land, a highway to increase the value of his land, many MZOs, a hospital to launder money through until it goes private, and York Region Police.
The mafia runs Ontario, turnips.
#CorruptAF
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We have handed Cortellucci a bunch of greenbelt land, a highway to increase the value of his land, many MZOs, a hospital to launder money through until it goes private, and York Region Police.
The mafia runs Ontario, turnips.
#CorruptAF
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
