Who's back pocket

It was interesting to read what developers stand to profit by the proposed Greenbelt land swap.  I have to ask myself, why would a developer buy a plot of land  in the Greenbelt when development isn't allowed in the Greenbelt?  Moreover, why do so as recently as a couple of months ago when the Greenbelt has been in place for seventeen plus years?  If I was a developer and I knew that I was not going to be able to develop on the land I was going to buy there is no way I would commit fifty plus million dollars just to let the land sit there.  It seems developers had inside knowledge of what the Ford government, the same Ford government who said the Greenbelt was untouchable, was about to allow development on the Greenbelt.  This re-elected Ford govenment has made some stupid decisions since being re-elected in the spring.  The Greenbelt is prime agricultural land - does he expect farmers to get produce from rocks!!  That plus with the changing climate building over more land and permitting more urban sprawl is not what we need -- or want!  Buckle up - there's another four years of stupid decisions coming!