The consolidation of…

The consolidation of Conservation Authorities is useful only if you are going to support them with increased funding and staff. The NBMCA does not control water levels on the 15 dams in its territory. This is done by ONE MNR staff person who has to hike through the woods to get to most of the dams and has therefore changed the allowable lake levels from plus and minus 3" to plus and minus 6". This has led to much erosion. What is needed is hydro electricity to every dam, cameras on dams available for public viewing and dam automation where possible, See Tennessee Valley Authority for how to run a modern Conservation Authority.

RE, getting shovels in the ground faster, this statement is a ruse a CA's are only involved when developers want to build on wetlands. In my town a 50 townhouse development was built on land that a seasonal creek ran diagonally across. The creek was moved to an unsightly ditch skirting the perimeter of the property and the developer chose not to raise the land high enough instead installing 2 sewage pumps and a holding tank to pump up to city services. Within months the pumps failed and parts from the US took 2 weeks. Sewage trucks visited 3 times a day in the interim. Now 50% of the townhouses remain unsold.

Just a warning as you may end up in litigation as the province and the developers will jointly be responsible for what appears to be another Doug Ford land grab.