To Whom it May Concern, I…

To Whom it May Concern,

I am very concerned about the proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act. As a resident of South Bruce Peninsula, I have witnessed how individuals and politicians, can unduly affect the process and outcomes for species at risk in regards to the piping plover. I am very concerned about the amount of discretion the proposed changes give to the minister as I am witnessing how individuals who are not informed or educated about scientific processes and wildlife, can influence politicians at a higher level of government.

We need to take a stand on this. This act was heralded as progressive and needed when it came in. To walk it back, years later, is ridiculous.

If South Bruce Peninsula had embraced the economic opportunities provided by the opportunity to be a community that would be perceived as bringing a species back from the brink, then it all would have been a different story.

Most importantly, the conflict in our community .... is not about the plover. It is about people not understanding coastal processes, and not knowing what a real beach is. Sauble Beach will not survive the kind of beach grooming that has taken place here. We won't have a beach in 50 years. The kind of grooming that has gone on here is, Incredibly short sited. The endangered species habitat, is our habitat.