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I am writing to express my deep opposition to Bill 5.

This legislation takes us in the wrong direction by prioritizing deregulation at a time when we’re already seeing troubling declines in wildlife and the loss of vital natural areas. Ontario has long valued environmental protections through important legislation like the Endangered Species Act. Dismantling these safeguards now will have serious, lasting consequences for vulnerable species and the ecosystems they rely on.

Bill 5 also disregards the voices of the public and Indigenous communities—groups that not only have a right to be consulted but whose knowledge and perspectives are essential. It gives the provincial government sweeping powers to ignore existing laws and push forward projects that threaten our most precious landscapes—whether it’s mining in ecologically sensitive regions, building highways through the Greenbelt, paving over farmland and wetlands, or filling in parts of Lake Ontario for private development.

Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights was created to ensure that we care for our natural world and leave something meaningful for the generations that come after us. We cannot throw that away just because it’s politically expedient.

This bill is not only undemocratic—it’s reckless. If it passes, it will do lasting harm to Indigenous rights, to the public’s trust, and to the many species that call this province home.