Our NPCA understands…

Our NPCA understands Glanbrook’s specific flood risks, soil conditions, and rural drainage needs in a way a distant centralized agency never will. Moving authority to provincially appointed officials risks overriding local knowledge with one-size-fits-all rules that don’t fit our community.
Most concerning, this structure creates a vehicle for provincial priorities to override local decision making based on science. It opens the door for development to take precedence, making our conservation lands —built and sustained through decades of community action—far more vulnerable to being reshaped or sold for housing at the expense of functional watersheds, tree canopy, animal habitat, and long-term resilience.

We all want more housing—our kids and grandkids need it—but meeting those demands shouldn’t come at the cost of sacrificing the autonomy of local conservation authorities or the pristine lands they oversee. Hamilton already has the land available to meet our housing needs for many decades to come.

For these reasons, I am moved to share my apprehensions about this centralization plan.