Critical Perspectives and Reflections

So, the Green Belt is no longer slated to be sacrifices as a field of gold for the enrichment of Doug Ford’s ego and his best friends, avaricious developers. The Premier has been forced to walk back his insane plan to hand over precious land that is badly needed for food production and as an important part of any strategy to avoid the worst disasters of climate crisis we are facing. While Ford’s news conference, with his cabinet arrayed behind him, was a text book example of grovelling, fake penitence and a reluctant admission of only the smallest of wrong doings, the Premier has announced that he is eating crow and is surrendering to the overwhelming public anger at this outrage. On the face of it, it all looks good. Chock up one for a badly battered democracy showing signs of working as it should. The press, social media and general discourse has been full of, first shock that he so blatantly broke his promise to keep his sweaty hands of the Greenbelt, then, very quickly anger and ra...