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The proposed Highway 413 project will not undergo a federal environmental assessment, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has announced. The decision comes despite serious concerns raised by IAAC staff about Ontario’s handling of environmental protections related to the project. The announcement late last week clears the path for the Ford government to proceed with […]
Ford is struggling to stay afloat in Europe. The company is restructuring its business overseas with plans to drastically reduce its workforce. With slowing orders and weak demand for its EVs, many doubt Ford’s future in the region. A new survey underlines “how strong the doubts about Ford’s future viability in the European car market” […]
A decision over whether to expand an obscure dog sport in Ontario sparked division within Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative caucus that saw the premier agree to cancel a new licensing regime before later resurrecting it, The Canadian Press has learned. At trial and train areas, hunters can unleash dogs inside massive, fenced-in areas to hunt […]
Toronto city administrators say they will forge ahead and build more bike lanes in the wake of Doug Ford’s Bill 212, but only in places where they won’t impact vehicular traffic. “Many people in Toronto rely on cycling as an essential mode of travel,” said Laura McQuillan, senior communications advisor for the City of Toronto. […]
Opposition continues to pour in over Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s fight against bike lanes. The Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI), with over 5,000 members, sent a letter to the government opposing new legislation that could remove bike lanes in Toronto or any other municipality. The letter to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation warns the proposed legislation undermines […]
Ontario is a province filled with knowledge-economy workers, post-secondary institutions and other centres of intellectual capital and excellence. But if Premier Doug Ford keeps having his way, it will soon be known for being the dumbest place in Canada. His half-baked brainwave about building a massive (and massively expensive) tunnel under the 401 Highway, the spiteful […]