This proposal should never…

This proposal should never have been put forward. These changes to allow "exceptions" are unacceptable, shows high likelihood for corruption and favouritism. This governments recent moves to remove environmental protections is reckless and backwards. You seem set on regressing backwards and destroying what little we have left to make a short term profit for you and your friends while causing as much confusion and chaos as you can for others. Your actions are not only damaging to the environment but they are damaging to the economy in the long term.

Your constant changes to our laws and regulations is not extremely damaging to what little environment we have left it is also confusing and unhelpful for those trying to follow the rules. Further destroying environmental protections, especially for our most vulnerable species, will cause irreparable damage to our province. This destruction is not sustainable and not economically beneficial in the long term.

We are in a global biodiversity crisis. In Ontario alone, more than 230 plants and animals are at risk. The healthy forests, waters and wetlands species at risk rely on sustain all Ontarians.
I urge your government to:

– Cancel Bill 5 and plans to scrap the Endangered Species Act or implement “regulation-free zones” for resource extraction.

– Commit to strengthening the Endangered Species Act.

Rather than significantly weakening protections for species at risk, your government should be safeguarding biodiversity, respecting Indigenous rights and ensuring local communities benefit from the ecosystem services that nature freely provides.