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from my understanding the Ontario government currently wants to drastically overhaul the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System, ensuring that very few wetlands would be deemed provincially significant in the future and that many if not most existing Provincially Significant Wetlands would be vulnerable to losing that designation, leaving them open to destruction. (ERO# 019-6160)
We must protect WETLANDS they are the filter for clean water, act as a sponge for huge rainfalls which have been happening more , provide wildlife habitat. Wetlands are crucial to our delicate eco system and we must protect the last remaining few. They are precious. Why is the Lower Duffins Wetland located in Pickering ON being tilled right now >? This was suppose to be protected, due to the fact a group of concerned citizens created so much publice alarm about a proposed AMAZON Wearhouse going up Triple properties and AMazon *pulled out of the project. So why are the wetlands being protected more not less? We need to give the Conservation Authority back its power so it can do its job , I am not the expert they are. I just know common sense tells me if you pave over all the wetlands ,who pays the bill for flooding?the taxpayer, who pays the bill for more water filtration plants - the taxpayer who cannot find clean ground water if a well needs to be built- may be another citizen. We need to smarten up and protect our WETLANDS.