Die Mehrheit der Ontarier lehnt das Gesetz von Fords „Sonderwirtschaftszonen“ gegen Ford ab: Umfrage

As always, these polls are _junk_. Most people don’t pay a whole lot of attention to politics, and when these polls are done the respondents can form pretty much any opinion depending on what question they’re asked. Politics here in Canada (and, really, anywhere that has a democratic government) runs on general vibes, not policy wonkishness. Doug Ford isn’t a popular premier (even relative to Ontario’s decades-long hatred of all its Premiers), and a lot of his policy proposals are unpopular, but [the vibes around his government are somehow still great](https://abacusdata.ca/abacus-data-ontario-poll-ford-government-approval-hits-new-high-pcs-lead-by-21/).

To be clear we already have SEZs in this province and they are called Reserves.

SEZs can be useful to spur changes in cripplingly bureaucratic societies. In Toronto, „pilot projects“ are often used to introduce any kind of policy change. China and Vietnam are very good examples of SEZs transforming a society for the better, but they can also end up being abused like in the Philippines. So the real concern with this bill is how it doesn’t state real limits of the SEZ power.

I would however welcome a change to empower Indigenous nations to further bypass the endless Canadian red tape.