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ABOVE THE FOLD

STILES UPS THE ANTE — One week out from the deadline to sign up for the race for NDP leader, sole contender MARIT STILES is bringing out the big guns.

Stiles glad-hands at a meet and greet in Scarborough. Photo: @maritstiles

As wannabe captain of the Official Opposition, Stiles took some bold steps in recent days.

That includes asking Auditor General BONNIE LYSYK to investigate the Ford government’s hot-potato move to open 7,400 acres of the Greenbelt for development.

It comes after reports that many developers — also deep-pocketed PC donors — had bought now-lucrative land since the PCs came to power, with several purchases happening in 2018 — the same year DOUG FORD was recorded telling developers behind closed doors that he would open up “a big chunk” of the protected lands.

Stiles — the presumed Oppo leader — is taking the lead.

In a letter to Lysyk, Stiles said the timing of the land buys was “suspicious” and she wants the AG to dig into potential “conflicts of inte…

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