{"id":422465,"date":"2021-12-07T21:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/?p=31935"},"modified":"2021-12-07T21:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:35:59","slug":"ontario-auditor-generals-environment-audits-reveal-a-government-thats-abandoned-its-obligation-to-protect-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/12\/07\/ontario-auditor-generals-environment-audits-reveal-a-government-thats-abandoned-its-obligation-to-protect-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Auditor General\u2019s Environment Audits Reveal a Government That\u2019s Abandoned Its Obligation to Protect the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"
If the government of Ontario hoped that abolishing the Environment Commissioner, and transferring the position\u2019s responsibilities to the Auditor General would free it from accountability on climate change, wilderness conservation, pollution and species at risk protection, it must surely be disappointed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While the Auditor General is typically reticent about the <\/span>intentions <\/span><\/i>of government, a government\u2019s intentions can be discerned from its actions, and her November 22nd\u00a0 \u201cEnvironment Audits\u201d revealed a government with no real interest in protecting endangered species,\u00a0 no real interest in reducing the number of hazardous spills,\u00a0 no real interest in ensuring that recyclable materials don\u2019t go into landfill \u2013 and no genuine intention to reduce the province\u2019s carbon emissions as promised in its Environment Plan or at the rapid pace needed to avoid runaway climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are the highlights from the Ontario Auditor General’s Environmental Reports \u2013 which can also be called the Ontario government’s lowlights.<\/p>\nENDANGERED SPECIES<\/h3>\n