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Doug Ford is threatening environmental stewardship, democratic norms, and Indigenous rights

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The Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025 , continues Premier Ford 's pattern of provincial overreach.

Katherine Peel and Trevor Potts say the Act is a gross abuse of authority.

Ford government is using the US trade war as a smokescreen to cover up the ecological damage this Act will likely cause, writes Peel .

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