Ontario’s Endangered Species…

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act was a ground breaking legislation on protections for the most vulnerable species. However, repealing the act threatens to end most meaningful protections for endangered, threatened and special concern species and their habitat. While new legislation, the Species Conservation Act, is being presented as a replacement, it would not provide meaningful protection. The vast and sweeping proposed changes will move Ontario away from a science-based approach to protecting species at risk to one that relies on industry and developers’ voluntary and discretionary approaches.

Do not repeal and replace the Endangered Species Act. Our wildlife and natural heritage are not red tape.