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STOP BILL 5. Premier Ford’s Bill 5 would give him and his Cabinet Trump-like powers. It would allow any person or business that he and his Cabinet choose to ignore any and every provincial or municipal law. Not just environmental, endangered species, and farmland protection laws, but also the laws that protect collective bargaining, workplace safety, heritage, employment, and even the laws against speeding and trespassing.
If passed, Bill 5, would:
-Repeal Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007, marking the end of meaningful protections for endangered, threatened and special concern species in Ontario.
-Give Premier Ford and his Cabinet Trump-like powers to give their friends or anyone else they choose, an exemption from all provincial and municipal laws that amounts to a personal license to mistreat workers, bust unions, ignore workplace safety, pollute or even snoop around other people’s private backyards with impunity.
-Keep Ontario dependent on imported fracked gas from the U.S by letting the government ban Chinese components in energy projects, shutting the door on clean, affordable wind and solar energy.
-Exempt the Premier’s preferred developers from the requirements of the Environmental Bill of Rights.
Doug Ford’s track record on destroying the environment speaks for itself. This Bill can not pass!
Submitted May 8, 2025 2:14 PM
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Proposed Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act, Schedule 7 of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025
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