This is an awful proposal on…

This is an awful proposal on an economic and environmental standpoint.
Economic:
- Allowing a Registration-First approach puts into the question of whether Indigenous communities and environmental stakeholders were properly consulted or are able to give consent prior to activities taking place. This course of actions would lead to numerous lawsuits, that would inevitably delay the proposed economic plans (Likely more than the time it would take to get the permits and consultations to complete) as well as inflate the cost of implementing said economic plans with legal costs and labour to resolve such issues.

Environmental:
- Proposed redefinitions of "habitats" do not take into consideration harmful impacts of food and water sources for animal and plant species. By reducing "habitats" to the immediate surroundings of animal dwellings and plant zones, you effectively remove protections for food and water sources, that if removed, contaminated, harassed, etc., would effectively kill/harm species and indirectly destroy species
- Wind down of conservation agencies removes the "teeth" of enforcement. Without a strong authority to ensure the Endangered Species Act, 2007 is properly enforced, it would be an effective removal of said Act regardless of perceived changes to the Act itself.
- Registration-First approach allows damages to endangered wildlife to occur PRIOR to the agency being able to assess the potential damages that may occur. Suppose that it is found that the activities DO and HAVE led to damages, the cost of reversing the activities will likely outweigh the cost of waiting or become unfeasible to reverse in the first place. A better alternative approach to facilitate faster processing would be to upgrade the IT system (As already proposed in the changes), and increase funding for the ministry to review and approve permits.

All in all, it seems like a very clear attempt by the government of Ontario (Specifically the Progressive Conservative Party and Doug Ford) to remove most, if not all environmental protections and rob the indigenous communities for the benefits of impatient corporations (That may not even be Canadian, but rather foreign corporations with no stake in limiting damages that would greatly harm Canadians.)