Feds Announce Environmental Impact Study of Ford Government Plan to Build Housing Near Urban Park

Feds Announce Environmental Impact Study of Ford Government Plan to Build Housing Near Urban Park
A hiker starts on a high graded hill climb at the Rouge National Urban Park in Toronto on June 15, 2021. Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press
Marnie Cathcart
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Ontario’s plans to build housing could be disrupted if a newly announced federal study finds the development could pose a risk to a nearby national park.

The federal government announced it would conduct a new environmental study on the impact of housing developments that Ontario’s provincial government intends to build beside the Rouge National Urban Park.