Ontario has announced plans…

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Ontario has announced plans to eliminate its Endangered Species Act. This means birds, turtles, and other at-risk wildlife could lose the forests, wetlands, and grasslands they need to survive.

The proposed legislation would reduce protection to only active nests or dwellings - ignoring decades of science that shows species need full, connected ecosystems to persist and recover.

Replacing enforceable habitat laws with voluntary measures shifts responsibility away from government and onto private landowners, creating dangerous gaps in protection. Our most vulnerable species cannot afford this.

This is very unacceptable. Our ecosystems can’t survive on “voluntary” protection alone!!