Holy fig! It turns out, this isn't just about Wasaga Beach Procvincial Park!
The Ontario government is targeting the law that protects ALL of Ontario's Provincial Parks from SECRET or surprise selloffs. π§΅π
The Ontario government is targeting the law that protects ALL of Ontario's Provincial Parks from SECRET or surprise selloffs. π§΅π
https://twitter.com/pothen/status/1950265649013665947
(2/6) If this amendment to the Provincial Parks & Conservation Reserves Act really werenβt going to lessen safeguards against the removal or selloff of other Provincial Parks, there would be no reason to amend the PPCRA - whose provisions apply to ALL provincial parks - at all.
(3/6) If they weren't trying to create a backdoor for selloffs of other Provincial Parks, the Ontario government would simply be complying with the PPCRA process & asking elected MPPs to approve this specific selloff, rather than attacking the PPCRA, which protects ALL parks.
(4/6) That's because The PPCRA itself allows the disposition of more than 1% of a provincial park as long as the Minister obtains the endorsement of the Legislative Assembly.
(5/6) There is no PPCRA provision that references ONLY Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. All of the sections that restrict the disposition, leasing, or use of Provincial Park land apply to Provincial Parks in general.
(6/6) There is every reason suspect that the government's planned amendments would allow the government to sell off big chunks of Provincial Park lands WITHOUT getting the approval of Ontario's elected legislature at all. That'd be a recipe for corrupt, Trump-style, fire sales.
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