前两天，道格福特政府正在考虑将安省约7,400 英亩的绿化带交给房产开发商，来开发多达50,000 套的新房， 引来大家的密切关注。

安大略省市政事务和住房部长史蒂夫克拉克周五宣布就这一想法进行为期 30 天的磋商。绿化带是约 200 万英亩的受保护土地，于 2005 年在大多伦多和尼亚加拉地区建立。它旨在保护农田和环境栖息地，同时通过限制蔓延来鼓励更密集的城市发展。

下面是安省政府希望开放用于房屋开发的绿化带土地：

King Township: east of Dufferin Street, south of Miller's Sideroad and west of Bathurst Street.
Vaughan: north of Teston Road, east of Pine Valley Drive.
Richmond Hill: east of Leslie Street, north of Elgin Mills Road East and west of Highway 404.
Whitchurch-Stouffville: 11861 and 12045 McCowan Road.
Markham: 5474 19th Avenue.
10325, 10378 and 10541 Highway 48.
10379 Kennedy Road.
Pickering: West of West Duffins Creek, between Highway 407 and the CP Belleville rail line.
Ajax: 765 and 775 Kingston Road East.
Clarington: Northwest corner of Nash Road and Hancock Road.
Hamilton: South of Garner Road West, between Fiddlers Green Road and Shaver Road.
Hamilton: Between White Church Road East and Chippewa Road East, from Miles Road to Upper James Street.
Grimsby: Between the GO rail line and Main Street West, from Oakes Road North to Kelson Avenue North.
502 Winston Road.
Hamilton: 331 and 339 Fifty Road.