Comment
PLEASE REMOVE THE ENTIRETY OF SCHEDULE 5 FROM BILL 108, BECAUSE:
- The changes would remove essential legal protections for species at risk and for the habitats that sustain them.
-The proposed changes would lead to delays in protecting species at risk – delays of up to three years for newly listed species – at the discretion of the Minister.
- The proposed changes would also weaken Ontario’s science-based approach to listing which species receive protection.
- The proposal weakens virtually all aspects of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act and could put development and industrial interests ahead of species at risk.
- Schedule 5´s changes are inconsistent with the purpose of the Act, which is to protect and recover species at risk in Ontario.
Submitted May 17, 2019 10:23 AM
Comment on
10th Year Review of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act: Proposed changes
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013-5033
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29945
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