i would have rather seen stelco leave canada altogether. steel is a filthy industry, and no amount of "jobs" can justify the amount of pollution they throw into the atmosphere, or the environmental degradation that the direct region has suffered through over many decades for being adjacent to a filthy, dirty steel industry.

as it is, i hope that restarting the factory early doesn't place recently announced plans to upgrade the factory to produce less filth in jeopardy. if it does, that would be an unforgivable affront to the sanctity of the environment around lake ontario and to the people that live in hamilton.

stelco has indicated that they have enough orders to restart the factory and that is the reason they are doing it, but they should be ordered to wait until the factories are upgraded to abide by environmental regulations. instead of adjusting to the facts, ms. joly is spouting conspiracy theories about the "rule of law", while simultaneously posteuring about ordering the factory to restart in contravention of environmental regulations, which are the only relevant actual laws, if that was what the term "rule of law" even meant, and it isn't. the only entity breaking the law is the government in demanding the environmental regulations be ignored, and that is what the term "rule of law" means - holding governments to account and forcing them to follow the laws.

the jobs bill has apparently been successful in maintaining local production, but a key component was the environmental upgrades, and it's not worth it if they aren't going to get installed. i would call on the state to ensure that further contracts with stelco are conditional upon them upgrading their factories to be compliant with existing emissions guidelines.

all you're going to get from ms joly is further projections of personal power and conspiracy theories about motivations. i believe she has sufficiently embarrassed herself on the stelco file that i would repeat the call for her to be removed from cabinet.