I fail to understand how…

I fail to understand how removing daily fines for ongoing violation of regulations in favour of a single fine is a deterrent? This change is either simply naive, or is an intentional act of the governing party to simply set a price for pollution and environmental degradation. As such, it is completely contemptuous of the citizens of Ontario (the tax paying ones too).

I resent the apparent thinking that if a corporation finds it more convenient to simply foul the land, air and water or degrade the resources of Ontario citizens, that simply giving them a defined price schedule is an acceptable direction.

Another aspect that has apparently not been considered is how this will expose Ontario to international legal actions for not upholding previously agreed upon standards. These could come from U.S. states with shared borders as well as the U.S. federal government agencies, and in the assessment of punitive tariffs. Negative impacts should can also be expected from major multinational corporations that can no longer afford to be seen operating within a jurisdiction that relaxes its laws in this way. In general, there is popular political support outside our province and country for taking actions in the name of punishing what are perceived to be regressive changes to environmental policy. While these can often be disingenuous moves to promote local business, this aspect needs careful consideration.

Which leads me to be dismayed by the fact that the governing party is once again bundling a measure like this that merits focused discussion by our elected representatives, into an omnibus bill that demonstrates their complete disregard for democratic process, and either ignorance or disregard for the negative attention it will draw from outside our province.