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RSS FeedsFord government´s red-tape bill lightens penalties for polluters, environmentalists charge
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

 
 

2 november 2019 00:15:12

 
Ford government´s red-tape bill lightens penalties for polluters, environmentalists charge
(The Star Toronto Raptors)
 


The Ontario government appears headed for a showdown with environmentalists over its new bill to cut red tape, which will rely more on fines than prosecutions to penalize polluters except in cases of “serious violations.”While Environment Minister Jeff Yurek said expanding administrative fines “will give us a quick and effective tool against polluters,” the lobby group Environmental Defence maintains the proposed legislation will let polluters off easier by eliminating daily fines for infractions in favour of fines per incident.“It’s less money and removes any incentive for somebody who’s been caught in contravention to stop doing whatever they’re doing,” group spokesman Keith Brooks said Friday.Money from the fines will be redirected to environmental projects throughout the province, said Yurek, adding that the current regime of fines is limited and “results in an overreliance on burdensome, costly and time-consuming enforcement tools.”The wide-ranging bill — known as the Better for People Smarter for Business Act — was introduced Monday. Its environmental provisions are up for public comment on the provincial environment registry until Nov. 27.Yurek’s office said the bill will expand the environment ministry’s powers to levy penalties on “many offences,” with fines of up to $200,000 per contravention under the Environmental Protection Act and the Ontario Water Resources Act, $100,000 under the Safe Drinking Water Act and Pesticides Act, and $10,000 under the Nutrient Management Act.“There is a gap in the ministry’s compliance and enforcement tool kit, which is why we are proposing to expand the list of environmental offences these penalties can be applied to,” it said.But Environmental Defence and the New Democrats said the per-contravention fines will send the wrong message for polluters who use toxic pesticides, dump sewage into waterways o ...


 
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