Ontario housing minister Steve Clark resigned from his position in the province’s cabinet after an ethics watchdog found he violated integrity rules as part of his department’s efforts to build homes on previously protected lands.
Clark said in a statement posted on the social media platform X that he was resigning as minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing because his presence would distract from Ontario’s push to solve its housing crisis. He will continue to serve as a member of the Provincial Parliament for his district in southeastern Ontario.
The controversy over Ontario’s efforts to combat soaring housing prices and rents by developing portions of the greenbelt — a crescent of protected farmland, forests and natural areas ringing the Toronto metropolitan area — has dogged Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government for months.
The integrity commissioner’s findings follow a report by Ontario’s auditor general that highlighted similar faults with the greenbelt development process and spurred the resignation of the housing minister’s chief of staff, Ryan Amato. That report found that two developers, dealing directly with Amato, recommended 92% of the acreage removed from the greenbelt.
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