Stop killing our planet and our species! It is so much more important than anything else could possibly be! Protection and action must be increased, and this is a step in the wrong direction. I want to be proud to be a Canadian, this is not the way!
I am very concerned that proposed "business first" changes to the Endangered Species Act is totally biased in favour of business and commercial interests. To assume that business will put the needs of the environment ahead of its own economic interests is totally unrealistic.
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Increasing the supply of housing does not need to come about by what amounts to removing protection of endangered species in Ontario as is proposed in Schedule 5 of Bill 108. The government's claim that these changes will improve outcomes for species as risk is simply not true.
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SPECIES AT RISK
Ontario needs INTELLIGENT management of our natural species. The changes proposed by this government to the present Species at
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You must stop this asinine cutting of our environmental legislation. The endangered species act is one of the most important laws we have to ensure we steward our wildlife and to leave our children a better world.
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Below are my comments on the proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act as a result of the 10th Year Review
1. Assessing and listing species at risk
- Science-based listing of species at risk by COSSARO and automatic protection of listed species and
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I strongly support a long-term Section 55 Regulatory Exemption for the forest sector which recognizes the Crown Forest Sustainability Act (CFSA) as an equivalent process to the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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I am absolutely against the proposed changes, which seem to amount to a very significant weakening of the legislation. I would ask this government to:
- Prioritize the recovery of at-risk species over the demands of developers.
- Repeal the industry exemptions under section 55.
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed changes to the ESA. I strongly oppose the changes that are being considered. They will not improve outcomes for species at risk.
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I strongly support a long-term Section 55 Regulatory Exemption for the forest sector which recognizes the Crown Forest Sustainability Act (CFSA) as an equivalent process to the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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I disagree with just about everything in these proposed changes.
- Science-based listing of species at risk nd automatic protection of listed species and
their habitats provide certainty, whereas ministerial discretion politicizes the process, inviting delay and controversy.
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This review is highly disturbing. It is very clear that the proposed changes are to benefit industries and not Species at Risk. These changes will turn, what is considered a highly respectable Endangered Species Act (on international scales), into a fund for slaying our most vulnerable species.
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1A. By extending the time when when a COSSARO report is received by the Minister to when listing is to occur from three to twelve months you provide opportunity for the act to be exploited. Within those twelve months development could occur rapidly causing irreparable damage to the listed species.
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I strongly support a long-term Section 55 Regulatory Exemption for the forest sector which recognizes the Crown Forest Sustainability Act (CFSA) as an equivalent process to the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). I support the Canadian Herpetological Society position on this matter.
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