Amato brought the group 14 of the 15 land sites that were stripped of environmental protections. In most cases, either developers owning the land, or their representatives, had directly asked Amato or a colleague to remove the land from the Greenbelt, ...

Under pressure to fire Amato in the ensuing backlash, the premier personally fought to keep him in the government, ...

By that time, Amato had worked in conservative politics for the better part of a decade, mostly in behind-the-scenes roles before becoming former housing minister Steve Clark’s chief-of-staff after the June 2022 election. Amato’s fiancée is also a longtime staffer in the Progressive Conservative government, having served as the premier’s executive assistant in its early days.

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