I oppose the proposed…

I oppose the proposed updates to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System. These updates potentially change the status of important wetland complexes by ignoring the connectivity and functionality they have as a whole, because smaller wetland components don't have all significant features or size individually. Southern Ontario has already lost a dreadfully high percentage of its wetlands. The more they are developed and destroyed, the more we need built storm-water infrastructure, which is costly, not as reliable, and does not come with the biodiversity and carbon sink benefits of protecting existing quality habitat.

I agree with Canadian Environmental Law Association's (CELA) submission on this matter. Please heed their recommendations, and the recommendations of other highly qualified and interested organizations advocating for the protection of Ontario's natural spaces.

I am an ecologist, not associated with CELA.