Comment
I urge MECP to:
Repeal the 2013 exemptions for the forestry, hydro, mining and development industries;
Amend section 57 (1)1 of the ESA so that exemptions will only be allowed if they do not jeopardize the survival and recovery of endangered and threatened species;
Maintain COSSARO’s current science-based listing process;
Maintain mandatory habitat protection with no ministerial discretion; and
Maintain the requirement for proponents of harmful activities to provide an on-the-ground overall benefit to species impacted with no backdoor option to simply pay into a fund to compensate for harm.
Submitted March 1, 2019 10:55 PM
Comment on
10th Year Review of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act: Discussion Paper
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013-4143
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22982
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