The proposed interim changes…

The proposed interim changes and the proposal for the new act is abhorrent. The changes put over 230 plants and animals at risk, and will ruin their habitats, including precious wetlands. This destruction is in the name of 'progress', but progress for whom? We are lucky to live in a country with beautiful natural resources and abundance of plant and animal life. Wetlands and protected areas are key to ensuring we don't turn our province into a waste land of concrete and flooding. With climate change breathing down our necks, the best thing we can do to ensure our survival is protect all species and habitats, not just he ones for humans.

And this doesn't even touch on precious farm land. The further our cities creep into farm land, the more we lose. Farmers sustain us by producing food. Gutting natural wetlands and habitats will directly affect food production that Ontarians need to survive. Building up of concrete and asphalt will negatively affect watershed. Water that is crucial to food production, ultimately driving up food prices and making Ontario even more unaffordable than it already is. There are chain reactions and downstream consequences to this so-called progress.

Doug Ford has a duty to protect the the whole province, and that includes our animals and plants, not just the people and investors who voted for Doug Ford. His proposal is so he can 'build more houses'. but the houses he's building are for rich people. It does nothing for the average person like myself who can't afford to buy a house. The progress he's trying to achieve only benefits his rich builder buddies and people who donated to his campaign. The man wants to dig a ridiculous tunnel under the 401 when he could be diverting those resources to build up our existing cities, and invest in public transit. We don't need to expand further into nature for progress. We need to be creative with the land we currently have.

And finally, have the Indigenous nations and people of this land been consulted? Why do we always consider them an after thought. They have been the keepers of turtle island since time in memoriam, and know what is best to sustain us by caring for the land.

The changes to this act represent a direct threat to the people, animals and plants of our beautiful province. If our politicians care at all about our future, they will vote this down.