1. Proposed change 1d,…

1. Proposed change 1d, extending the time to which the minister receives a report to when listing is to occur from 3 months to 12 months. In light of breakneck development in the golden horseshoe, 3 months is more than sufficient to raze land and destroy habitat. To what benefit would extending this window bring – destruction of further habitat, longer and drawn out processes that waste even more government resources.
2. Proposed change 1c, similar to my comment above, limiting the time at which the SARO list to only one month a year enables permanent destruction of habitat.
3. Proposed change 1e, considering a broader biologically relevant geographical area. Newer and deeper scientific knowledge consistently reveals sub-populations. By broadening the areas by which we consider the status of animals reduces protection for these sub-species. Furthermore, it does not take into account that we as Ontarians have a right to enjoy living in proximity to these species in our own province – NOT in conjunction with our neighboring provinces or America.
4. Proposed change 4 – creating the Species at Risk Conservation Trust that includes cities and infrastructure developers to pay to get out of abiding by the law. I cannot begin to understand this proposal. (1) we are allowing those who should be governed (the developers) to govern the process itself and (2) we are allowing them to buy their way out. If we are letting them self govern, why do we have the Conservative government at all? Why not abolish yourselves, save us some tax dollars and call it a day?