Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised the new legislation earlier this month to address the housing crisis and affordability crunch.

Ford said that he is sorry that he broke his original promise not to touch the Greenbelt, and it was a mistake to open it up for development.

McNaughton said it had been the "honour of a lifetime" to be labour minister, but the time was right to leave. The departure, he said, was unrelated to "recent events."

The report finds the processes add between $21,000 and $58,000 annually to the cost of renovations and infill building projects, and add more than 30 days on top of the city’s service-standard targets.

The premier and Rasheed agreed that he would resign as minister of public and business service delivery and from the Progressive Conservative caucus.