Farmers, landowners are "unwilling hosts" to mystery land development in Wilmot Township

The pressure is on for the Ontario government to back away from a land deal that would see 770 acres of farmland turned into a yet-to-be-determined industrial development.

Hundreds of citizens in Wilmot Township near Kitchener, Ont., have posted signs and signed petitions proclaiming they are "unwilling hosts" to the planned development. Farmers — including those who have refused to sell land to the development consortium — took their tractors to the streets of Kitchener last week to add some horsepower to the protest, all being organized under the Fight for Farmland banner.

The protest highlighted deep frustration over the lack of transparency and the absence of public meetings regarding the development. For six months, farmers have faced pressure to sell their land or risk expropriation, with no clear answers from local, regional, or provincial governments, says Kevin Thomason, vice chair of the Grand River Environmental Network.

In this video interview, Thomason explains what happened in the months leading up to this protest, and why people like him and many others are asking the provincial government to walk back the development. "We now know the province is calling the shots and funding this project," Thomason says, however details on what the site is being developed for, why farmland is being allowed to be developed, and why there's been so much secrecy over the project.

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