In Pickering, Ontario, a cluster of marshes and swamps south of highway 401 has become an unexpected battleground, pitting job creation against environmental protection.
The wetlands of willow trees, silver maples, and cattails, once protected from development by provincial rules, is now slated to become a warehouse, attached to a nearby casino development.
Since 2018, Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government has used unappealable special orders to allow a host of powerful developers to build in a number of ecologically sensitive areas, bypassing the usual approval process.
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