“Ontarians are being let down by the federal government’s decision to not put back in place a federal impact assessment for Highway 413,” Gray said. “It is now impossible for federal decision-makers to understand how to best mitigate cumulative impacts on the environment, and to understand species at risk and conditions downstream.”
There are 29 federally-listed endangered species along the highway route. Among these are aquatic species in need of protection, such as the silver shiner and the redside dace, Gray noted.
Evidence strongly indicates the redside dace minnow may no longer exist in the wild in Canada, if the highway is built, Gray said.
“The federal government has a responsibility under the Species at Risk Act to ensure the survival and recovery of federally protected aquatic species,” Gray said. “Allowing this highway to move forward would destroy the remaining habitat of these endangered species.”
The group says environmental assessments, when conducted properly, prevent the government from falsely claiming that a project is safe.
Is there any justice we can seek for this bullshit bill? From no environmental assessment to limiting municipalities ability to provide multiple transportation options to forcing an entire province to build exclussively in a car centric design. The government loves to say we need a carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gases yet here we are making cycling impossible and failing to protect endangered species while continuing the deathspiral of urban sprawl and the financial burden of every person needing their own private car.
Land mines.
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I would certainly be willing to protest, violence isn’t justified yet. I do think it was oddly convenient Doug banned bike lanes during winter, when most people don’t think at all about cycling and the weather is a little less nice to gather en mass to protest.
Not at present time
Trudeau and Ford now together. Yikes.
They seem to agree on more than not, Ford doesn’t even poopoo on him much anymore. The first time I noticed it was during covid, non partisan behavior and good relations. It’s not really a bad thing, I honestly wish politics would be more civil.
