#StarInvestigation: In their rush to resurrect the Bradford Bypass, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are forging ahead without divulging some basic information about the highway. torstar.co/QCeQ50GBWfy
A controversial planned highway would cut through homes tucked away in a dense forest north of Toronto — instead of slicing across the edge of a golf course. thestar.com/news/investiga…
It did not mention that the golf course being spared is co-owned by the father of Progressive Conservative MPP Stan Cho, who in June became the associate minister of transportation. thestar.com/news/investiga…
The ministry’s public silence on the golf course’s connection to Cho is part of a broader pattern of secrecy in the government’s fast-tracking of the bypass, a Torstar and Canada’s National Observer investigation has found. thestar.com/news/investiga… 
The government’s plans for the highway have yet to be completed. Internal records show that behind closed doors the province was building a business case to make it a toll highway. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Large developers, many of them prolific political donors, collectively own at least 3,100 acres of prime real estate near the proposed route and stand to benefit if the highway is built. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Five of the developers have close ties to Premier Ford’s government through insiders and former party officials now acting as lobbyists.
One of those lobbyists was the chair of Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney’s 2018 PC leadership campaign. thestar.com/news/investiga…
One of those lobbyists was the chair of Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney’s 2018 PC leadership campaign. thestar.com/news/investiga…
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