The current ESA has been in…

The current ESA has been in place for a very good reason: to protect species at risk. In every possibly scenario, the survival and sustainability of healthy ecosystems is more important than business and development opportunities. The only acceptable revision of the species at risk act would be to STRENGTHEN protections, and make it more difficult to develop natural spaces or to extract resources. We have only one chance to protect species and their habitats. These protections must be upheld at not just the federal level, but also at the provincial and municipal levels. Every grade 9 student in Ontario who studies ecology in their science class understands this.