This proposal is regressive…

This proposal is regressive and dangerous. The negative impacts far outweigh any positive ones. These risks range from problems with municipal water systems and building codes, drinking water and aquifers, agriculture and tourism, biodiversity and endangered species, flood control and fisheries, and human health including First Nations communities that had no input into this ridiculous direction to disaster.
It is poorly thought out as these impacts will degrade our environment continually as wetlands are key to balance, water storage and flood control. Leaving them with no oversight is irresponsible at best! This is an open invitation for sprawl and loss of wetlands.
Ontario has already lost almost three quarters of our natural wetlands! This would spell disaster for a safe future for Ontarions as our water filtering system is threatened by aggregate removing filters and developers paving over the other filtering system.
This would leave us vulnerable to loss of safe drinking water, more algae blooms, and make Walkerton water disaster look puny.
Floods cost billions and so get ready to pay that cost. You may want to talk with the insurance industry about the costs of flooding and you would be removing another line of defense. Climate change is real and we need to be working to mitigate water risks not increasing them!
We need functional municipalities, Conservation Authorities, appeal options, citizens voices heard, consent from First Nations and democratic decision making with proper advice before taking sledgehammers like this to oversight. This proposal must be withdrawn as the dangerous move that it is!