I do not support these…

I do not support these proposed changes. We need to do more for Species at Risk, not less. Species are becoming extinct at an alarming rate and losing a species is right up there with losing cultural heritage features, like Notre Dame. Once these species are gone, they cannot come back. This is especially important in Ontario, as we contain most of Canada's biodiversity. Within southern Ontario, development poses a huge risk to species survival, not to mention impacts like climate change, invasive species and poaching that many are already dealing with. The SAR Conservation Trust breaks my heart as a biologist. There is no amount of money worth the death of entire populations of wood turtles or hognose snakes or five lined skinks or acadian flycatchers or American ginseng. We want these species in Ontario. We want future generations to live in a diverse, beautiful and interesting Ontario. Please, please do not take away the limited protection they have. We need them. They need us. I work every day in the conservation field speaking up for these creatures and I won't stop.