BREAKING: Ford government introduces 'pay-to-kill' regulations
Ontario's Progressive Conservative government is proposing to allow developers to pay a fee to avoid complying with environmental regulations that protect endangered species.
Environment Minister Rod Phillips said on Thursday that the creation of Canada's first independent Crown agency would "allow municipalities or other infrastructure developers the option to pay a charge in lieu of completing certain on-the-ground activites" required by the Endangered Species Act.
The regulatory charge could be paid by those "who are permitted to carry out otherwise prohibited activities under certain permits, agreements and regulations," according to the announcement. The charge would be within the range of costs that a developer would have paid in meeting the requirements of the permit process needed to build in an area that is home to an endangered species.
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