Ontario’s new mining bill is a ‘vendetta’ against species at risk: environmentalists

Ontario’s new mining bill is a ‘vendetta’ against species at risk: environmentalists

TORONTO — Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say, with some calling it the most comprehensive attack on the province’s at-risk species legislation in nearly two decades.

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