12-10-2014, 12:57 AM
I believe that environmental assessments have turned into a government racket not that different from the billion dollars wasted in e-health or the money doled out in Montreal to the mafia in construction contracts. For example, the city of Toronto spent and untold amount of money and many years on an EA for their subway line. Whatever damage the subway could make pales in comparison to the damage of not building the thing to begin with.
There are many ways in which consulting companies can help someone get elected and then be rewarded with a juicy EA or design study or marketing project and recover their investment in the candidate.
There are many ways in which consulting companies can help someone get elected and then be rewarded with a juicy EA or design study or marketing project and recover their investment in the candidate.