Lobby Roundup: Developer with ties to Doug Ford lobbying to build housing near Highway 413

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27 Jul 2023 • 5 min read

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford shakes hands with highway construction workers at a campaign event in 2022. Argo Development Corporation, which has ties to Ford’s administration, recently registered to lobby for its development along Highway 413. (The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

Hannah Carty

Hannah is a Toronto-based reporter. Prior to joining the IJF, she was the editor-in-chief at The Varsity, the University of Toronto’s student newspaper, and is the Ontario representative for the Canadian University Press.

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