I know you are seeking to…

I know you are seeking to find efficiencies and to stimulate the economy. I know you are proceeding in a way which you believe to be best to achieve those goals. But I believe you are wrong and acting irresponsibly.

Governments are temporary. Your government will not last forever. But the consequences of what you are planning to do will be irreversible. Species lost. Important habitat lost. Biodiversity diminished. These effects all have negative consequences down the road for all of us, for our children and grandchildren. They deserve to inherit an environment that is as healthy and intact as possible and that is protected from uninformed, unscientific intervention for the sake of business and efficiencies.

I urge you to stop this course of action. Show Ontarians that you care about the well being of our environment more than you care about the short-term benefits to the business community and your own political ambitions. Show us the Progressive in Progressive Conservative. Do not pass this legislation.