Ontario's 2020 Auditor General's Report on the Environment

PUBLISHED: 28/11/2020

The report card is in from Ontario’s Auditor General on the province’s environment policies. The marks are low for Doug Ford’s Ontario.

Late last week, Bonnie Lysick released several reports painting a picture that lacked transparency from the government. The AG’s mandate is to review financial issues and public transparency for the public. It appears the Ministry of the Environment is not living up to its obligations.

Ontario Parks comes under the Environment Ministry. It runs the provincial parks and conservation reserves. This past summer, with so many people looking to be outdoors would have used them. But, there are serious issues with them.

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GUESTS:

Lucille Collard - Ontario Liberal MPP for Ottawa-Vanier / Environment Critic -https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/ian-arthur

Ian Arthur - Ontario NDP MPP for Kingston and the Islands / Environment Critic -https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/lucille-collard

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