Upon review of this review,…

Upon review of this review, I am alarmed at the number of times "economic development" or "business" comes up in the new discussion paper. Business and economic development are the cause of species and habitat loss. The thought that the Act should take more care in helping business and economic development is disgusting. According to this government, the Act should:
- relax government timelines on protection and recovery of habitat and/or species
- allow government to override processes and timelines that don't fit within the government mandate/timeline
- increase timelines to act on Species at Risk
- put businesses and making money as first priority, habitat and species be damned
As a taxpayer and a global citizen, this type of discussion and review is destructive and meant for one thing only - making money. However, without our wildlife and their natural habitats we will have nothing to sell....life as we know it will be over. It is not all about making money when you have destroyed everything else around us to do it. Please reconsider your position on this issue and if anything, make the ESA stronger and more effective...but not for business. We must put the environment first or we will have much larger problems.