Some politicians claim the Ford government is looking to gain control over City-owned land at Exhibition Place in what the NDP describe as an “unconscionable land grab.”

New legislation introduced by the PC government earlier this month as part of its Fall Economic Statement seeks to amend the Rebuilding Ontario Place Act, which governs the site’s $2.2 billion redevelopment plan.

Buried in the details are numbered pieces of City-owned land which make up the Exhibition grounds in Toronto. If the legislation is passed, critics say the area north of Princes’ Boulevard could soon be designated as part of the Ontario Place site and fall under the province’s control.

The exact details of the plan have not yet been released, but the idea has spurred criticism from local politicians and opposit

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