PCs make another move to greenlight environmentally disastrous highway
After an October Supreme Court ruling found parts of the federal Impact Assessment Act to be unconstitutional, the PC government is doubling down and asking the courts to free its Highway 413 project from having to undergo the rigid environmental assessment the Act requires.
In a press conference last week, Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey announced the government was “taking immediate legal action to bring certainty so that we can get shovels in the ground on infrastructure projects without delay.”
PCs make another move to greenlight environmentally disastrous highway – The Pointer, November 4, 2023
Ontario won’t submit Highway 413 assessment to feds until late 2023
The Ford government is closing in on making the case for its signature Highway 413 project — frozen for more than two years — as it prepares to send Ottawa new justifications for the route.
Government documents obtained by Global News suggest the province is aiming to submit new evidence by late 2023 as a battle between the Ford and Trudeau governments over the project’s future continues.
Ontario won’t submit Highway 413 assessment to feds until late 2023 – Global News, November 7, 2023
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