They are related in that a government decided to politicize something like water testing (or in this case, environmental protection). The watersheds are essent

They are related in that a government decided to politicize something like water testing (or in this case, environmental protection). The watersheds are essential for filtering water that hits Ontarian cities. Walkerton was the result of negligence and disregard for the environment and people's safety. We could easily run into a similar situation if faced with similar wanton disregard for the functions of the watersheds by deregulating the greenbelt and selling the land off to private suburban development companies whose sole priority is extracting as much profit as possible from initial sales. (Opening that land up to private developers was Ford's stated intention and he only backed down after he drew a lot of public outrage at the notion).