What premiers, farmers and mayors want
But don't hold your breath that they'll get it
ABOVE THE FOLD
It was a weekend of wish-lists around the Pink Palace and beyond:
WHAT WILMOT WANTS — “Hundreds of people sporting signs of support for landowners in Wilmot Township who are being asked to sell their land to the Region of Waterloo attended a town hall Friday evening.”
More via CBC: “NDP Leader MARIT STILES was in the township all day — first leading a press conference calling for transparency and accountability. Stiles later hosted the town hall meeting at the Wilmot Recreation Complex. The room reached capacity before the start of the meeting, forcing many attendees to watch the livestream from outside.”
Said one dairy farmer: “Everybody behind the scenes [are] not admitting to anything, saying they don't know anything about it. Day by day we’re finding out who really does know stuff about it.”
Premier DOUG FORD addressed the land acquisition controversy last week, opening another can of worms. To wit, per CTV: Ford said “the Region of Waterloo’s plan to buy a large tr…