Ontario’s cabinet can now turn over public land to the exclusive control of private, multinational corporations, turning northern development into the “wild west,” Environment Commissioner Gord Miller warns.
In a report Thursday, Mr. Miller said a series of quiet changes to the law last year – combined with cuts to staff and programs at the Ministries of Natural Resources and the Environment – could lead to the unrestrained exploitation of Northern Ontario’s natural resources.
“They’ve changed the legislation … to allow it to be the wild west without asking us, without telling us what they’re up to,” he said. “Why are they changing the laws quietly without public consultation, to allow this wide-open exploitation with no rules? What’s going on?”
Adrian Morrow – Globe and Mail – October 10, 2013.
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