By Daniel Dylan (July 11, 2024, 3:09 PM EDT) -- Recently, or perhaps again, the Doug Ford government in Ontario has come under fire from environmental advocates for what essentially amounts to rapid and expansive deregulation of established environmental protections in the province. The Ford Government continues to make assertions that it is “cutting red tape” (see Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024) in the province so that it (one assumes the government) can “get it done” (see Bill 162, Get It Done Act, 2024). The “it” in this case being “building more homes faster” (see Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022), “building transit faster” (see Bill 171, Building Transit Faster Act, 2020), and building provincial infrastructure throughout Ontario, among other things....