Changes to OWES will be a…

Changes to OWES will be a blow to the remaining few wetlands in the most densely populated region of Southern Ontario. These changes will lead to fewer designations of provincial significance to the wetlands that will be evaluated from now on, as it will not take into consideration smaller wetlands that have enjoyed protection under wetland complexes, and also may lead to de-notification of existing provincially significant wetlands. As highlighted by so much of the research and reports; wetlands offer a variety of benefits that are irreplaceable by any offsetting policy that is being proposed. Please take into consideration the science-based research and reports done by experts in the field over the years.

In the age of the sixth mass extinction that we are living in, if we do not consider a habitat of a species at risk worth protecting, then we are surely fast-tracking the demise of all our wildlife neighbours in urban as well as rural and far wild spaces.