At a time when there is a…

At a time when there is a indisputable scientific evidence that climate change is happening and largely caused by human activity, combined with a plethora of cautionary tales from around the world of natural areas which were disturbed/drained/paved over for human use with devastating results, it is unbelievable to me that our government would fail not only to protect our important green spaces/wetlands/forests/peat bogs but accelerate in a reverse direction to put these areas at further/greater risk. Our government has been endowed with the responsibility to protect Canadian assets and put the needs Canadians above all else. Wild spaces are assets that need governmental protection. All living things need clean air, water and soil to survive. My child in Gr 5 understands this as a fundamental truth; I expect our government to as well. I call upon the government to reinstate environmental and historical site protection laws, to respect the role of the conservation authorities and to keep its commitments to protect the Greenbelt.