{"id":1050977,"date":"2023-04-04T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/?p=38715"},"modified":"2023-04-04T20:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T20:01:00","slug":"statement-on-the-federal-governments-role-in-ensuring-a-proper-review-of-the-proposed-highway-413","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/04\/04\/statement-on-the-federal-governments-role-in-ensuring-a-proper-review-of-the-proposed-highway-413\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the federal government\u2019s role in ensuring a proper review of the proposed Highway 413"},"content":{"rendered":"

Statement from Tim Gray, Executive Director, Environmental Defence<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat \u2013 Yesterday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney criticized the federal government\u2019s Impact Assessment Act review of the proposed Highway 413. This expensive and unnecessary mega-highway would parallel the underused Highway 407 and threaten a multitude of values. Review of its impacts and a decision on whether or not to permit its construction is fully within federal responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ontario government is running roughshod over Ontario\u2019s environmental and planning rules. These attacks are creating massive economic and environmental liabilities that residents will have to bear for decades to come. The federal government has a responsibility to ensure nation-wide laws are followed to protect Ontario\u2019s future. It must act to stop projects like Highway 413 that threaten our wallets, communities and future,\u201d said Tim Gray.<\/p>\n

Background Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are multiple ways that building Highway 413 would threaten people in Ontario and infringe on areas of federal government responsibility.<\/p>\n