The proposal to create a…

The proposal to create a Project List for EA in Ontario that effectively restricts and creates uncertainty on how the EAA is applied if at all to specific undertakings deemed medium impact, and others such as mining developments, landfills (under 100,000 cubic meters), quarries, pulp and paper mills, smelters, (and others inexplicably excluded from the proposed provincial list) that have a large and lasting impact is simply not acceptable.
The termination of long-standing public safeguards in the EA process in relation to those infrastructure projects not assigned to the Comprehensive Project List endangers our increasingly fragile and changing environment.
The primary considerations of the need for the proposed development and the alternatives that may prevent environmental impact are not in this picture, thus negating the "full-range" assessment that includes these viewpoints.
The criteria for the listing is not site specific as much as project specific. This is not a balanced approach.
Environmental concerns signify a potential lasting impact that will affect future generations.
Streamlining a process designed to protect our existing natural resources for the sake of economics today can only be a short-sighted solution with a significant cost in the future.
In short, I protest these changes and the creation of a Project List that restricts opportunities for public consultation, streamlines projects that will still impact our environment and effects exemptions for others under these changes to the Act.