Recent announcements on transit-oriented development, affordable housing, air conditioning in long-term care homes, and even education policy are shaping up as a screen for the Ontario government’s latest attempt to scale back environmental protections and clear the way for unrestrained, decidedly unsustainable development, critics say.
In contrast to the just, green recovery demanded by a wide cross-section of civil society, “it’s about fast-tracking development proposals and reverting back to the same playlist this government has been working from since Day 1.”