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Integrity commissioner bans 'Mr. X' from lobbying for 2 years over Greenbelt scandal

Published Apr 17, 2025 at 6:59pm

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Integrity commissioner bans 'Mr. X' from lobbying for 2 years over Greenbelt scandal

A sign marks an entry point into the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, part of Ontario's Greenbelt , on Monday, May 15, 2023, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario's integrity commissioner has banned a former mayor wrapped up in the Greenbelt land-swap probe from lobbying for two years.

The Office of the Integrity Commissioner of Ontario says John Mutton, the former mayor of Clarington, failed to comply with the Lobbyists Registration Act on numerous occasions.

Former integrity commissioner J. David Wake called Mutton "Mr. X" in his probe of the Greenbelt land swap, in which he found the province favoured certain developers over others.

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