The proposed reevaluation of…

The proposed reevaluation of Ontario's wetland protections is a TERRIBLE idea.

Firstly, wetlands are not the right place to build more housing. There is plenty of undeveloped land already available that's close to existing infrastructure. That's how you make housing affordable: by building up, not out.

And secondly, wetlands are some of the most important, precious, and vulnerable habitats, homes to thousands of species, including threatened and endangered. You cannot simply put a wetland elsewhere; these habitats take centuries to develop and cannot be replaced. Wetlands are crucial to combatting climate change, and destroying them will be disastrous not only for plant and animal species, but for us humans as well, as this will leave us in greater danger of environmental disasters such as flooding.

Chipping away the protected wetlands will set a dangerous precedent and leave everyone worse off.

Keep wetlands as they are!