I strongly believe Ontario…

I strongly believe Ontario should protect habitat for migratory birds.

The proposed legislation and the new Species Conservation Program does not do this and instead values economic growth over species at risk. This is shameful.

The proposed new Species Conservation Act will only provide protection for the dwelling place but not the forest, wetland, grassland or other habitat that birds require to survive. Federal laws do not protect habitat for migratory birds on private or provincial crown land, so this needs to be kept.
At a bare minimum, legal protection for threatened and endangered birds should continue to exist for habitat on provincial crown land, just as the federal Species at Risk Act habitat protections apply to federal crown land.