1.0constructconnect.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2M4G4wTA4q"><a href="/dcn/news/projects/2023/12/ontario-place-highway-413-at-centre-of-ongoing-impact-assessment-debate">Ontario Place, Highway 413 at centre of ongoing impact assessment debate</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/projects/2023/12/ontario-place-highway-413-at-centre-of-ongoing-impact-assessment-debate/embed#?secret=2M4G4wTA4q" width="600" height="338" title="“Ontario Place, Highway 413 at centre of ongoing impact assessment debate” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="2M4G4wTA4q" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/FRONT-AG_Therme-OP-WetlandsMainWEB.jpg1024576The political back and forth about impact assessments continues with two high-profile Ontario projects taking centre stage. Are these assessments critical to controversial projects or is it time to “end the political games?” Recently, the federal government decided not to conduct an impact assessment of Ontario Place, a project that has seen its share of […]