Animals need to live in a…

Animals need to live in a habitat to survive because they have to hunt and forage for food. The immediate den of an animal is like saying a homeless person should survive in a human sized hole in the ground and have no access to food.

Coyotes are harassing people because their habitat, the AREA they live, is destroyed from sprawl.

Plants need more than a small root ball to survive, roots need to access water and nutrients to keep the plant alive. City trees only live 7-14 years before they die from root damage, compaction and pollution.

A road and urban spaces plastered across green spaces will dump pollutants and salt into the water and kill even more species. Fresh water is a REQUIREMENT of life. Clean air is a REQUIREMENT of life. A working ecosystem and food chain is a REQUIREMENT of life.

Paving and paving will only increase storm water runoff to the city and increase flooding. The Ford government will destroy existing homes to plaster mansions and casinos on farm and forest land.

This bill is intended to destroy the environment with no regard to life and liberty which will heavily impact our ability as humans to survive here without extreme drought, rain and fire. Destroying our environment will destroy our insects that we rely on for polination. OUR FOOD relies on the environment.

This government is not only short sighted but extremely negligent with extreme disregard to how any species including humans require the environment to survive. This bill aims to destroy biodiversity and destroy the future of Ontario.