I am a resident of the city…

I am a resident of the city of Thunder Bay, and I am OPPOSED to the Province’s proposed amalgamation of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) with six other Southern Ontario Conservation Authorities to form the “Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority”. I support LRCA’s recommendation that the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority form a stand-alone regional conservation authority as the “Northwestern Ontario Regional Conservation Authority”.

Conservation Authorities in Southern Ontario are not dealing with the same types of topography and issues that we have here in the North. I don't believe it is in the best interests of either region to force the amalgamation of such distant and disparate areas. I doubt that whoever proposed this is familiar with Northern Ontario. This is NOT a good idea.