skier I trust you are being facetious with your comment or did you miss this paragraph in the article..."Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati asked Premier Kathleen Wynne – who witnessed the signing of the project’s memorandum of understanding during a trade mission to China in 2015"  She witness the signing so she is as guilty as her federal counterparts in giving Canada away to the Chinese. 
As for the greenbelt it is nothing more than a mirage for the environmentalists to pat themselves on the back.