Again, this was about rich people making money.

That it’s net-negative for all of Ontario doesn’t matter–what matters is that it was lucrative “for stakeholders”.

Spend enough time in business, especially small and medium businesses like Deco–and you’ll see this sort of stakeholder-driven decisionmaking a lot. Management is great at focusing on specific metrics and goals to rationalize decisions, even if it hurts the organization as a whole.