Re: ERO#013-5033 -…

Re: ERO#013-5033 - Endangered Species Act Review

To Whom it May Concern,

I am completely opposed to the proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act. Schedule 5 will remove essential protections from our most vulnerable plants, animals and wildlife.

The Endangered Species Act is supposed to help protect, recover and ensure the survival of our most threatened species. Instead, these proposed changes do the exact opposite - removing protections, allowing pay-to-slay, eliminating scientific rigour and dooming so many creatures to death in the quest for profits over a sustainable, thriving ecosystems and biodiversity.

I urge you to remove Schedule 5 in its entirety and not to proceed with the proposed changes to the ESA. Our wild areas and endangered creatures should not be "Open for Business".

We are currently experiencing extinctions at an unprecedented rate. The public expects our government to be doing more - not less.

Please think about your legacy, how you will be remembered and for what by future generations.

I beg you to abandon these ESA changes, develop a real plan for climate change and ensure the survival of our province in the decades ahead.

Thank you.