© Lora Denis
It’s one of those mornings when I really love my job. Our staff have gathered at Mills Block Forest, a conservation area managed by the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority in Thunder Bay. There is a brief moment of calm with only spring peepers and a few crows breaking the silence before an explosion of activity. ...
Lack of evidence The government presents no strong arguments or evidence of any kind to support its proposal. It states that the economic consequences are “expected to be neutral to positive” – though again, no information is provided to support even that feeble claim. It is highly unlikely that there would be any big financial ...
The Government of Ontario’s new Forest Sector Strategy has been portrayed as a gift to the people of northern and rural Ontario. It claims to herald a “better quality of life”, secure “a prosperous future”, and of course, “end unnecessary duplication”. Instead, it’s another bulldozer for the Premier to pave the way for sweeping changes ...
Here we go again. Relentless in the pursuit of its “open for business” agenda the Government of Ontario wants to weaken protections for nature in order to fast-track development across the province. This time it is targeting the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), Ontario’s primary land use policy, with the goal of “reducing barriers and costs ...
Without a shred of supporting scientific evidence, the Government of Ontario is proposing to open up hunting of wolves and coyotes across the north. Under the guise of moose conservation, it is proposing to allow anyone with a small game hunting license in northern Ontario to kill up to two wolves and an unlimited number ...