Ontario’s unique network of…

Ontario’s unique network of conservation authorities was created nearly 80 years ago to reduce the risks of natural hazards like flooding, erosion and drought, and to ensure development doesn’t overtax the local watershed and landscape. Doug Ford’s government is now reducing the unique environmental agencies from 36 to 7, in a move that may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ over development and flood protections. As a concerned Ontarian who loves our vast and diverse province, i am vehemently opposed to the reduction of environmental agencies.