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    Canada pledged to protect 30{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48} of its nature by 2030. Is Doug Ford standing in the way?

    If provincial and municipal governments allow builders to guide exactly where and how they safeguard the setting, it will be unachievable for Canada to satisfy its goal to shield 30 for each cent of the country’s lands and waters by 2030, conservationists alert. The grim reminder follows the Ontario government’s commonly criticized final decision last month to open up 7,400 acres of beforehand secured Greenbelt land for housing developments, despite broad opposition to the system. On paper, the amendment from the Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry is a swap that adds an extra 9,400 new acres to the Greenbelt’s security location, an “overall expansion” of 2,000 acres. Get every day…

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    A road to Ontario’s Ring of Fire? Doug Ford still can’t pay for it

    Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives call the Ring of Fire a “corridor to prosperity.” The remote region in Ontario’s Far North, known for the mineral deposits that lie beneath its boggy peatlands, has had a special place in Ford’s plans for Ontario since the 2018 provincial election, when he promised to build an all-season road there even if he had to “hop on a bulldozer” himself. Now, with Ford seeking a second term as premier, the Ring of Fire is once again front and centre. On the campaign trail in northern Ontario on May 7, Ford accused the other parties of being “all talk but no action,” saying the Progressive Conservatives…

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