The CA's generally are…

The CA's generally have greatly expanded upon their original mandates - which were basically to secure person and property from hazardous lands prone to flooding and erosion. Today, they are deeply involved in matters that overlap jurisdictional mandates of DFO, MNR and MOE to name a few agencies. This has resulted in confusion, duplication of efforts, delays and, costs. It is time align regulation and responsibility in order to refine purpose, function and deliverable services.
To pay for their extraordinary reach into all things "environmental" including public "education" land acquisition and "stewardship" as well as implement various interpretations of "sustainable development" and "climate change" CA's are now turning to imaginative revenue streams such as compensation schemes based on questionable science and made up values.
Development review (and approvals) processes are now longer, more expensive and certainly less predictable.
It is time to review mandates and authority for the sake of clarity, predictability and cost.