These proposed changes are…

These proposed changes are anti-democratic and have no basis in science. This is the "Species Extinction Act".

The new proposed law is clearly designed to strip protection altogether from almost all of the critical habitat protected by the Endangered Species Act, 2007, reducing the definition of “habitat” to tiny slivers of land—the immediate “dwelling place” of an endangered animal (such as around dens or nests) and the immediate “root zone” of an endangered plant.
To someone with even a basic understanding of wildlife biology or ecology, this is such a low-bar that if it wasn't so dangerous, it would be laughable. This shows a profound ignorance of what is required to maintain healthy wildlife populations in Ontario. Ontarians rely on their wildlife for sport, food, and enjoyment.

The creation of special lawless "development" zones is deeply undemocratic. No government should have the power to suspend the normal rule of law because some super-rich company wants strip-mine Ontario's future without the hassle of worrying about the health and the rights of the people of Ontario.

This is brutal.