I am absolutely appalled at…

I am absolutely appalled at the changes being proposed in this 10th year review! As I was reading it I kept shaking my head thinking, what kind of world do I live in where the provincial government is putting business ahead of the environment and endangered species. The sections I had the most problems with were: 2.A. Giving power to the Minister to suspend protection of species and their habitat. Seriously??? No one person should have this kind of power. They can easily be swayed and bribed into doing what businesses want at the expense of the environment. This is not a good idea and I completely disagree. We have already destroyed so much natural habitat. We should be doing whatever we can to protect MORE areas of our beautiful land so our endangered species can bounce back and no more species are placed on the list. Secondly, section 4, allowing businesses to basically buy their way out of having to do their due diligence in protecting the environment, species at risk and their habitat. This kind of passing of the responsibility on to another organization is most likely going to end up in the environment suffering and , who is it going to be run by? Doug Ford’s friends? I envision a lack of responsibility with this new proposed model. Thirdly Section 4. C. The current regulations in place should hold true. Allowing businesses/developers to continue for a year after discovering a species or habitat that needs protecting??? Unbelievable. In a year the damage done could potentially be irreversible. If a species at risk or their habitat is discovered, OF COURSE that business or developer should immediately stop what they are doing! This is common sense! If you are doing damage to ANYTHING you should stop immediately. I am just in complete shock that this would even be a consideration.
These are just my top 3 complaints about these proposed changes. For the sake of Ontario and our beautiful environment, DO NOT go ahead with these changes.