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Permitting destruction of habitat or species sacred to Indigenous nations without consent is a continuation of dispossession. You cannot reconcile with one hand while deregulating sacred life with the other.

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Species protection must include Indigenous-led stewardship and law. This amendment assumes the Crown has the right to decide who gets to survive. That assumption is false, violent, and rooted in ongoing colonial erasure

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The Species Conservation Act creates a system where destruction can be legalized without dialogue. Indigenous voices, lands, and teachings are bypassed in favor of industry timelines. That is not environmental justice. It is sanctioned exclusion.

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Species do not exist apart from people. In Indigenous law, they are relations, teachers, and co-creators. Removing them from protection is an act of violence—not just against biodiversity, but against entire knowledge systems.

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This legislation was created without proper consultation or co-development with Indigenous nations. It is yet another top-down framework that strips power away from those who have been defending life since long before Canada existed.

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There is no environmental protection without Indigenous governance. Any system that fails to recognize Indigenous title, rights, and knowledge is incomplete, ineffective, and structurally unjust.

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When governments remove species protections, they are also removing the ability of Indigenous nations to fulfill their responsibilities to the land. This bill is more than deregulation—it is a direct disruption of relational governance.

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Bill 5 claims to balance environmental protection with economic growth. But removing protections from 106 species, replacing scientific oversight with government control, and opening habitat to industry isn’t balance—it’s bait-and-switch.

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The language of “streamlining” is not neutral. It’s a rhetorical weapon used to justify the gutting of ecological safeguards. These reforms do not balance anything—they simply tilt the scale toward industry and silence.

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The phrase “support faster development” appears repeatedly in the justification for Bill 5. That’s the core goal—not conservation, not protection, not survival. This legislation is about speed, not safety, and life cannot survive under a ticking clock.

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The government frames this amendment as economic resilience. But resilience isn’t built by destroying the ecosystems that sustain life. Species protections are not a barrier to progress—they are the foundation of it.

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I am writing to express my deep concern about the government’s decision to weaken Ontario’s species protection laws and remove species from the endangered species list. Lire davantage

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If we define strength by how fast we can deregulate, we are building a system that collapses faster. Ontario’s economy cannot outlast mass extinction. Environmental health and economic security are not opponents. They are entwined.

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I oppose the changes proposed. Repeal bill 5!!! Nature and species at risk are more important than rushed projects and profits for shareholders. Ontario is watching Lire davantage

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Protect endangered species! Repeal bill 5! Canada is known for its beautiful nature and these species are part of the ecosystems that make it beautiful. Let them live and thrive.

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You cannot call it “balance” when one side—life itself—has no seat at the table. These amendments serve developers, not ecosystems. They widen the profit margin by narrowing the future.

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The SCA is branded as a smarter, more efficient system. But efficiency in this context means fewer safeguards, less time for review, and more shortcuts to irreversible harm. The government is calling a bulldozer a balancing act.

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These changes are presented as necessary to “unleash” the economy. But what happens when you unleash destruction? What happens when you remove every obstacle to harm? You don’t create strength. You create collapse.