‘People should be worried’: Province moves to hobble conservation agencies, hand power to developers

The PC government under Premier Doug Ford is looking to change the mandate of conservation authorities by stripping power away from those tasked with protecting our land for future generations, and handing it to politicians and developers, putting the people and the animals who call these watersheds home, at immediate risk.

Under the guise of COVID-19 recovery, Premier Doug Ford and the PC government are making moves to strip power away from conservation authorities and make it easy for developers to build in some of Ontario’s protected and most environmentally vulnerable places.

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Published in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga on December 4, 2020

FEATURE, ENVIRONMENTJoel WittnebelDecember 4, 2020