The whole point of a Species…

The whole point of a Species at Risk Act is to PROTECT those species. It SHOULD make bulldozing over habitat more difficult because it should not be easy to destroy the remaining wild places we do have, especially near populated areas. These spaces are not only critical to non-human species, but to humans as well. The provide BILLIONS of dollars of ecosystem services and we are seeing first-hand the destruction caused by their loss. The increase of flooding in Toronto is a direct result of the loss of critical wetland habitat surrounding the city that prevents that flooding.

We don't have a housing crisis because houses aren't being built, the houses are built! We have a housing crisis because we lack legislation that caps rent and rent increases, and prevents third party corporations from buying up new homes and making them inaccessible to families that need them.

Our problem is NOT that we have too much natural space or too many protections for species that desperately need them, but that we are letting corporations and greed dictate our province's legislation and decisions.