What are we doing if we…

What are we doing if we ignore science-based safeguards for the most vulnerable species in our province? In a time when the climate crisis is escalating, when biodiversity is collapsing around the world, and when trust in government is fragile, this proposal feels like a betrayal—not just of expert guidance, but of the Canadians values.

We are known globally for our love of nature—for the forests, lakes, and wild spaces that define our national identity. Stripping away mandatory recovery plans and giving political actors the power to decide which species deserve protection is an alarming step backward. This is not modernization; it’s deregulation dressed up in bureaucratic language.

You don’t strengthen a country by eroding its environmental laws. You don’t protect a legacy by making it easier for industry to bulldoze what little remains of wild Ontario.

If anything, we need stronger, more enforceable laws. We need to lead—not by weakening what protects our natural world—but by showing that conservation and prosperity are not mutually exclusive.

Don’t dismantle the tools that safeguard our shared home. Strengthen them.