Overall, I am against these…

Overall, I am against these amendments to the Endangered Species Act. In total, they reduce the protections for endangered species.
Specifically, I oppose the new section 16.1 which allows the Minister to enter into landscape agreements with persons to (i.e corporations) to mitigate their destructive activity upon a habitat of a particular species by supporting somehow another species. That is counter to protecting the species that would be harmed by the development. It makes no sense to claim that by assisting species X while ruining species y is a positive outcome.
The change to consider number of particular species outside Ontario in determining whether a species merits protection is an affront to the people of Ontario. The objective of the Endangered Species Act is to provide protection to wildlife in Ontario. This is so that the people of Ontario can continue to enjoy the animals, birds, fish, insects and plants that are native to our province. Why should I have to go to another province or to the States to see a Canada warbler, bobolink, least bittern or a peregrine falcon among many other birds, not to mention the numerous other creatures and plant life that ought to have sanctuary in Ontario?
The new ability for the Minister to defer listing a species for 12 months instead of 3 is wrong.
This set of changes appears to reduce protections of our wildlife in order to facilitate the building of new housing and other building activities. There is more than enough land in our huge province for housing and other infrastructure without reducing habitats for our valuable wildlife.

Start over and this time treat wildlife and the people of Ontario both with the respect they deserve.