BC Watersheds and Ontario Airsheds Yield to Industrial Extraction
June 23, 2026
Provincial subsidies and regulatory shifts in British Columbia and Ontario are accelerating the conversion of rare coastal ecosystems and urban airsheds into industrial throughput for logging, mining, and waste incineration. These maneuvers, alongside pressure from European institutional investors to deregulate Canadian real estate, demonstrate a coordinated retreat from ecological care in favor of high-volume resource extraction and financialized land capture.
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Millions in Forest ‘Enhancement’ Funds May Be Spurring More Logging
BC subsidizing trucking logs far distances. Some worry it leads to cutting down remote, rare forests.
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Near Tofino, a push for gold is colliding with efforts to protect a rare coastal ecosystem
Unpublished documents and a helicopter flight into the Tranquil Creek watershed reveal details about renewed exploration at a long-dormant mine, raising concerns about B.C.’s mining laws, water and Indigenous Rights
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Kitimat LNG Plant Asks for Massive Flaring Permit Increase
Racked by technical problems, LNG Canada has applied to be allowed to flare far more gas into Kitimat’s airshed.
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Ontario moves to brand waste incineration as renewable energy
Some observers warn the Ford government's proposal will fuel more harmful waste incineration, while others suggest it’s a viable solution.
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Dutch investment giant wants to put money in Canadian real estate
A Dutch investment manager is pushing the federal government to reduce taxes as it eyes spending big in Canada’s real estate market. Bouwinvest, which manages nearly 18 billion euros in real estate assets for institutional investors including several Dutch pension funds, wants the Canadian governmen…