1. Proposed Changes:…

1. Proposed Changes: Removing the Concept of Wetland Complexes
Potential City Impacts:
- It will be more difficult for smaller wetlands (<2 ha in size) to be included and evaluated under the system.
- Given that wetlands comprise only about 0.9% of the city’s land base and many are small and exist in a mosaic of smaller habitats, the identification and protection of small wetlands will be impacted - they are essential to maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function at a local and landscape scale.
- Given that boundary changes will be allowed after a wetland has been accepted, this could lead to a situation where unauthorized and unpermitted changes to wetlands lead to a reduction in their size or loss over time to facilitate growth in areas that would have been otherwise protected.
Comments to the Province:
- The Province should maintain existing wetland protections. The benefits of developing on wetlands do not outweigh the potential environmental outcomes.