Outlined in the attached…

Outlined in the attached document are Deshkan Ziibiing’s (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) detailed concerns regarding the proposed changes to Conservation Authority’s boundaries and recently passed changes to the Conservation Authority Act to create the Ontario Provincial Conservation Authority. These include the Province’s failure to meaningfully consult First Nations, the historic, ongoing and purposeful exclusion of Indigenous peoples from Conservation Authority watershed governance, and the direct and indirect impacts these reforms pose to Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, watershed protection, and public safety.