Conservation authorities…

Conservation authorities prevent more than $100 million a year in flood damage - reducing their budgets in times of increased flood risks and intensity is the opposite of what makes sense and benefits citizens and municipalities alike. Who is planning, preparing and responding to flood events if staff have to be sacked, and resources cut?

Non-scientist deciding which species not to put on the endangered lists is simply not acceptable - who has better knowledge than the experts? Any non-species related expert will have a bias which will lead to foreseeable further endangering of Ontario's wildlife.

The compensation mechanism for developers is simply a punch in the face in the year when the IPCC and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services clearly indicate we are facing extreme biodiversity loss .

The government's proposal is disappointing, in fact, unacceptable.