I strongly oppose the…

I strongly oppose the proposed elimination of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act and the shift toward voluntary habitat protection. This is not just a bureaucratic change — it is a profound betrayal of our shared responsibility to protect life. Birds and other at-risk species do not live only in their nests; they rely on entire ecosystems — forests, wetlands, and grasslands — to survive. By stripping away legal protections for these habitats, we’re not only accelerating biodiversity loss, we’re also endangering the ecological balance that supports all life, including our own.

This short-sighted move benefits no one but developers and industrial interests. It ignores decades of science and silences the moral voice of future generations who will inherit a quieter, emptier province if we fail them now. We need stronger protections, not weaker ones. Ontario must uphold its duty to preserve these irreplaceable ecosystems — not dismantle them.

I urge the government to abandon this regressive proposal and recommit to real, enforceable habitat protection for all endangered and threatened species.