Ontario opened a protected area in Port Hope to development

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The land at 3852 Ganaraska Rd., on which the subdivision would be built, was supposed to be off-limits to development because it was part of a provincially protected area. Before the sudden decision to remove its protected area status, prospects for the new development were not looking good. Richard Yoshida lives next to fields, forest and wetlands in the hamlet of Garden Hill in Port Hope, Ont. When it comes to the Doug Ford government meddling in protected areas, it’s not just Port Hope. ‘Unusual’ process to move protected area boundary: expertThe exact details of how the ministry’s decision was made remain unclear — though the ministry’s own correspondence contains some clues.