This change would be…

This change would be incredibly detrimental to both the natural spaces and people in Ontario. We are already under equipped to deal with the huge impacts of storm events that cause damage to infrastructure, and reducing wetland area will only increase this. Surface runoff increases drastically with more urbanization, and further, wetland habitat is crucial to supplying clean, healthy water to our communities. "Streamlining" only means that the people most qualified to make decisions regarding wetlands will be left out. Housing is important, but so is protecting ourselves and future generations from disastrous flood events. Canada has plenty of land, and there are better ways to accommodate growing populations than destroying crucial wetlands. I am a training professional in the environmental technology field, and the Ford government has already destroyed important environmental legislation, putting Ontario decades behind. There is more to this province than the today's buck to be made. There are solutions that can be both progressive for population growth and housing as well as environmentally protective - let the ministries and conservation authorities help make this a reality.