This plan is not only an…

This plan is not only an attack on wildlife and biodiversity. It is an attack on Ontario’s ability to combat climate change. Healthy ecosystems and soils are among our most powerful tools to sequester carbon, regulate the climate, and preserve life. By dismantling protections for species and their habitats, you are actively accelerating climate breakdown at the exact moment when we must be doing everything possible to prevent it.

Intact forests, wetlands, and grasslands store massive amounts of carbon in plants, trees, and underground soils. These ecosystems cannot function if they are fragmented, poisoned, or bulldozed. Destroying the habitats that endangered species rely on will release stored carbon, degrade water systems, and worsen the impacts of climate instability across the province.

There is no economy on a dead planet. A few fast-tracked projects today will cost billions in climate disaster recovery tomorrow.

I call on the government to halt the repeal of the Endangered Species Act immediately, restore full habitat protections, and recognize that healthy biodiversity is essential to fighting climate change and securing Ontario’s future.

Intact forests, wetlands, and grasslands store massive amounts of carbon in plants, trees, and underground soils. These ecosystems cannot function if they are fragmented, poisoned, or bulldozed. Destroying the habitats that endangered species rely on will release stored carbon, degrade water systems, and worsen the impacts of climate instability across the province.

This proposal will cause widespread harm by stripping away habitat protections and dismantling Ontario’s natural carbon storage systems. Which in turn accelerates ecological collapse. Handing political leaders the power to override scientific findings ignores climate science and undermines public trust. Furthermore, abandoning recovery plans for endangered species weakens the web of life that stabilizes our air, water, and soil.

The choice is clear. Protect the land now, or pay the price later.