What Happens When Ontario Shrinks Conservation Authorities?

On April 18, West Nipissing declared a state of emergency as flooding overwhelmed roads and threatened homes. For residents, the footage raises urgent questions about what protection really exists as floods become more frequent. Conservation authorities are meant to be a frontline defence, but with the Ford government moving to consolidate them, critics and municipal leaders are asking whether communities will be better protected or more exposed. We hear from West Nipissing Mayor Kathleen Thorne Rochon, Janet Stavinga of the Watershed Conservation Coalition, Westport Mayor and AMO board president Robin Jones, Conservation Ontario general manager Angela Coleman, and Ontario Headwaters Institute executive director Andrew McCammon.

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What Happens When Ontario Shrinks Conservation Authorities? is an episode from The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio) by TVO.

This episode is 28:50 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2026.

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