The revisions proposed to…

The revisions proposed to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System significantly weaken the criteria for establishing (and/or re-evaluating) Ontario's wetlands. In spite of the need for housing, the province must maintain its ecological protections.
I am greatly concerned with the loss of process and thereby the loss of integrity to the assessment criteria. Land use planning for residential building should be addressed first and foremost within previously determined urban boundaries (i.e. density increases), rather than creating pressure on wetlands surrounding cities and towns.
While I do understand the need to increase housing supply, this proposal should be re-worked and re-worded in order to maintain the current criteria for wetland identification.
Given the climate change crisis, we should be strengthening our environmental protections. This proposal does the opposite.