Environmental Bill of Rights Violations
The Auditor General found the government repeatedly violated Ontarians' environmental rights by bypassing public consultation requirements.
🌲 An in effect Environment policy from December 2024 · Well sourced
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Environmental Bill of Rights Violations
Official Rationale
"Streamlining Environmental Approvals"
Modernizing environmental assessment processes to reduce delays while maintaining strong environmental protection.
What the Evidence Shows
"Gutting Public Consultation Rights"
The Ford government repeatedly bypassed the Environmental Bill of Rights — the law requiring public notice and comment on environmental policy changes. Multiple policies were rammed through without the legally required public consultation period.
- Ontario's Environmental Commissioner documented multiple EBR violationssource
- Schedule 6 (conservation authority changes) passed without required EBR postingsource
- Aggregate extraction expansions approved without public comment periodssource
- Environmental Commissioner role merged into Auditor General — reducing independent oversightsource
This section represents editorial interpretation of documented evidence.
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