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Ford considering Hwy. 401 tunnel as special economic zone where laws could be bypassed (globalnews.ca)

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[–] avidamoeba 9 points 3 days ago (6 children)

On Friday, Ford suggested that a list of priority plans he sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney at the beginning of the month would all get the exception status.

Those projects are: developing the resource-rich Ring of Fire in Thunder Bay; expanding Ontario’s nuclear power generating stations; building a deep-sea port in James Bay; massive expansion to the GO Train system; and building a tunnelled expressway under Highway 401.

Perfect. Carney is going to say no and save Ford and the rest of us from this stupidity.

[–] ryan213 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm OK with the nuclear power generation and GO Train expansion. On paper, at least.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Those things are great, but does that make bypassing environmental and municipal laws a good idea?

[–] avidamoeba 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, both of those. Failing one, I'd vote for GO expansion. Nuclear expansion is more straightforward in terms of funding. 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What's wrong with a deep sea port in James Bay? Isn't that whole region about to have increased marine usage?

I don't really know anything on the topic. Other than we shouldn't increase use of that corridor, is there something else?

There's already rail there, but I imagine the existing system would be woefully inadequate...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It could be the spurring point for more resource extraction in the north which could lead to jobs and exports but always comes with environmental destruction regardless of the economic impact and continues Canada's dependancy on a resource extraction economy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Ya I can see that happening pretty easily beyond just being a port.

Make a new port, improve the rail system, and suddenly it's a much better target for resource extraction over the entire area.

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