The proposed changes are…

The proposed changes are clearly a deliberate attempt to make it as difficult as possible to classify wetlands as provincially significant. Wetlands are undeniably essential features to have on the landscape for the ecosystem services they provide to humans (which are valued at billions of dollars in Ontario), and their role in maintaining a functioning ecosystem and biodiversity. The purpose of the wetland evaluation system is meant to assess which of these wetlands hold exceptional value far as wetlands go (they are all valuable) and afford them the appropriate protections and consideration accordingly. As such this system of designation of provincially significant wetlands is extremely important to protecting a plethora of environmental, social and economic values in Ontario, values which enhance our quality of life enormously. The changes proposed changes make it unjustifiably difficult to designate a wetland as provincially significant, and essentially nullifies the whole purpose of the system. Based on the document provided, I am in opposition to ALL of the proposed changes to the wetland evaluation system. The system should remain as it is without any of the proposed changes