The Council of Canadians: Corporate Capture vs. Democracy

Corporate capture is out of control in Canada and there are few places where that’s more clear than in Doug Ford’s Ontario. Most recently, the Ford government’s omnibus Bill 23 opens up protected Greenbelt land for projects by key donor companies; dramatically changes planning norms; undermines environmental regulations and building standards; abolishes rights of tenants facing renoviction; strips Conservation Authorities of their role in watershed protection; and removes or reduces development charges that help pay for municipal infrastructure.It’s a bill that was built for corporate profiteers to continue making obscene profits off the destruction of the environment and the exploitation of lower income people.

Read more about the bill and its opponent
The Council of Canadians here