The Ontario Auditor General…

The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the number of hectares lost to deforestation each year is almost four times greater on average than the number of hectares established as new forests. Deforestation in southern Ontario more than doubled from 2009 to 2018.
Since this issue has not been rectified and that expanding the existing registration in the EASR ( Environment Activity and Sector Registry) would mean that once registrants have received confirmation of their on line registration, they may undertake an activity at once and the ministry does not actively review such registration at first instance, this will make it more difficult to rectify the afore mention deficiency, therefore, the additions to the EASR should not be allowed.
Also, since the last webinar regarding these changes is not available until 4 days before the end of the comment period, the comment period needs to be expanded to 145 days commencing the day after the final webinar.