Please do not consolidate 36…

Please do not consolidate 36 conservation authorities into only 7. The impact on the environment will be damaging and this effects residents all over Ontario. The increasing number of wildfires, floods, and other weather-related disasters should be all the proof you need that this decision is unwise and very dangerous. This decision could result in the inability to protect farmland and drinking water (think Walkerton disaster!), which is absolutely alarming! You may save some costs with consolidation in the short term, but there is always a long-term cost to the environment and humans. We need our Greenbelt to protect our farmland, and we need the conservation authorities to help maintain the natural environment to prevent major and VERY COSTLY floods and other disasters. Do you want to spend millions in disaster relief for residents WHEN the next natural disaster happens? These are no longer once in a century storms, floods and fires. They happen regularly now and will continue to do so. Think long-term protection, not short-term minimal savings. Governments are always so short-sighted and the money saved in the short-term is always less than the cost in the long-term when the inevitable happens. Rethink this terrible idea!