To reduce the red tape and…

To reduce the red tape and duplication that results from having two Acts that attempt to achieve the same outcomes the government must recognize the Crown Forest Sustainablity Act (CFSA) as an equivalent process to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) through a permanent Section 55 Regulation.
The CFSA provides landscape, stand and site level direction for managing, conserving and protecting species at risk. Having two Acts trying to accomplish the same outcome is decimating the Forest industry in Ontario by tying it up in red tape.
A sustainable Forest Management Plan (FMP) to be truly sustainable must satisfy all three pillars of sustainability: Social, Environmental and Economic. Currently there is NOT equity in the application of the three pillars. Focus appears to be only on the Environmental component. The present enforcement of the Endangered Species Act and MNRF’s application of Areas of Concern in relation to forest harvesting activities is pedacious.
Equitable application of protection criteria must apply to everyone.
Travel down a highway through out Ontario in the spring and count the dead turtles on the road. Where is the Area of Concern?
Watch Ontario Hydro workers drive hudge tracked vehicles through cattail ponds with frogs, nesting red wing blackbirds and effervescent dragonflies. Where is the Area of concern?