Amazon will not put the largest retail warehouse in Canada on the site of a protected wetland in Pickering, CBC News has learned. The Ford government granted a special ministerial zoning order in October to allow construction on the Pickering wetland to try to fast-track the project, despite its protected status. The town of Ajax has rezoned this golf course property to allow for the construction of a $600 million distribution warehouse. The owners of a nearby wetland in Pickering, who also want to build a large distribution warehouse on their property, have tied up the Ajax development by launching a legal appeal of the rezoning. However the owner of the Pickering wetland has launched a legal appeal of that rezoning, delaying development from going ahead.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2021 16:25 UTC