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Last year, Doug Ford cut funding for flood protection as Ontario experienced another year of record floods https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-flooding-cuts-conservation-1.5105897
Now Ford is sidelining Conservation Authorities on behalf of developers that want to pave wetlands and build subdivisions on flood plains #onpoli https://twitter.com/NatObserver/status/1326502434936549376
Now Ford is sidelining Conservation Authorities on behalf of developers that want to pave wetlands and build subdivisions on flood plains #onpoli https://twitter.com/NatObserver/status/1326502434936549376
“The developers are all in control”: Doug Ford’s government moves to limit the power of conservation authorities, sparking fears for the environment https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/11/11/the-developers-are-all-in-control-new-rules-by-doug-fords-provincial-government-will-limit-the-power-of-conservation-authorities-sparking-fears-for-the-environment.html #onpoli
Conservation Ontario warns of “red flags” in Ford govt’s proposed changes to conservation authorities: “Changes have been made to the planning role for conservation authorities which could actually put more people at threat, rather than protect them from natural hazards” #onpoli https://twitter.com/conont/status/1324824546541735937
“Bill 229 is the most recent in a disturbing trend of using omnibus budget bills to make substantial changes to environmental laws, thereby sidestepping the public’s right to comment under the Environmental Bill of Rights,” writes @CanEnvLawAssn https://cela.ca/proposed-amendments-to-the-conservation-authorities-act-preliminary-analysis/ #onpoli
Wetlands stop floods, algae blooms and keep people & property safe. But the Ford govt is threatening wetlands to line the pockets of well-connected developers. Save our “wetland workhorses,” say scientists @girls_can, @KirkwoodLab & @nanditabasu2 https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/11/13/gtas-workhorse-wetlands-are-under-threat.html #onpoli
"The proposed changes could bring the province back to a place that could recreate the conditions of the 'dirty 30s' or even set the stage for the type of disaster that killed seven people and sickened 2,000 in Walkerton two decades ago" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ontario-thames-conservation-authority-1.5807081 #onpoli
“Their own experts are saying ‘this is a farce, you’re not listening to us at all.’ It’s in keeping with what we know about this premier, that money talks. But it should not be speaking for the environment,” said @jennkfrench https://thepointer.com/article/2020-12-04/people-should-be-worried-province-moves-to-hobble-conservation-agencies-hand-power-to-developers #onpoli
Society of Professional Engineers: “Changes to the Conservation Authorities Act & Planning Act risk watering down or losing the authorities’ science-based watershed approach, which protects people & property from flooding and other natural hazards” https://ospe.on.ca/advocacy/ospe-is-concerned-with-ontarios-bill-229/ #onpoli
