Please accept that…

Please accept that preserving our environmental heritage is important. Once it is gone, the damage is irreversible. Development in these few viable habitats are not justified. I support CELA and hope that your plans are tied up in lawsuits for a long time. Just STOP!

1. the Streamlined EA process is not as robust, accountable, or participatory as the Comprehensive EA process;
2. the Streamlined EA process does not result in a project-specific approval with binding and enforceable conditions imposed by the Minister and/or Cabinet;
3. pursuant to the Bill 197 changes, it is no longer possible for Ontarians to file a “bump-up” (or “elevation”) request on environmental grounds to ask the Minister to move a particularly significant project from the Streamlined EA process to the Comprehensive EA process; and
4. People in Ontario cannot request the Minister to refer a Streamlined Class EA project to the independent Ontario Land Tribunal for a public hearing and decision.