The proposed bill 5 seems to…

The proposed bill 5 seems to push the definition and subsequent conservation of endangered species out of the hands of conservation experts and into the hands of government members who do not appear to know, or do not care, about the requirements for maintaining healthy wildlife populations. For example, the new definition of habitat is severely lacking, as it does not list obvious essential habitat functions such as feeding grounds or migration routes, which would potentially open up important wildlife corridors to development, putting small or isolated wildlife populations at risk. Much of the rest of the bill simply tears away important regulations preventing wildlife disturbance. The proposal claims that removing or simplifying these regulations will make way for housing development, but the cost to our environment - which is remarkably intact, diverse, and impossible to restore once destroyed - is too great.