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Please find attached, City of Toronto staff comments regarding ERO 019-6160 Proposed Updates to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (comments by November 24, 2022).
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We absolutely do not need more housing if it is going to destroy what needs to be protected! Stop building and start looking after what's already there. Build where housing is starting to fall apart. So many cities have neighbourhoods that are in such disrepair.
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The residents of Ontario, the Tax Payers, the voters, DO NOT support these changes. Affordable and sustainable housing development can occur in areas and on lands that are not environmentally significant and sensitive.
The proposed changes outlined in Bill 23 to OWES would be a complete overhaul of the system and would be jeopardizing a considerable portion of wetlands that have been classified as significant.
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Wetlands take millennium to form, and minutes to destroy. “It will take both short-term strategies and long-term commitment from all levels of government, the private sector, and not-for-profits to drive change. Each entity will have to do their part to be part of the solution to this crisis.”
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The proposed changes outlined in Bill 23 to OWES would be a complete overhaul of the system and would be jeopardizing a considerable portion of wetlands that have been classified as significant.
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Scientists, responsible developers, conservation authorities, community leaders and politicians have been working together for decades to create the system of wetland evaluation that we have now. Leave it alone!
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The proposed approach to updating the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES) demonstrates a lack of understanding of wetland science and the unique context of Southern Ontario.
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I think the proposed changes to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System will result very few wetlands being designated as provincially significant in the future.
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November 22, 2022
Public Input Coordinator
MNRF – PD – Resources Planning and Development Policy Branch
300 Water Street, 2nd Floor, South Tower
Peterborough, ON
K9J 3C7
RE: ERO Posting 019-6160 Proposed Updates to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System
To Whom It May Concern,
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As someone who values wetlands for the incredible services they provide (water storage, water filtration) which taxpayers would otherwise have to pay for infrastructure to deal with, I have to say the proposed changes to OWES are absolutely terrible.
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Every wetland and bog that is no longer (after bill 23) considered provincially significant on it's own holds multitudes of endangered and at risk species.
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The City of Burlington recognizes the importance of a systems-based approach to planning for natural heritage and key features. Wetlands are a vital component of the functional connections between aquatic and terrestrial systems.
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I have attached a letter outlining the submissions of my client, Saugeen Ojibway Nation, regarding the proposed updates to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System.
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I vehemently oppose these proposed changes to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System. Removing the provincial government (MNR) role in the review and approval of boundary changes, represents a significant risk to sensitive habitats and species.
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Don't pave over wetlands. The 10 to 30% of wetlands left in southern Ontario are critical pieces of natural infrastructure that recharge aquifers, filter out toxic pollution to groundwater and prevent flooding and drought. They store twice as much carbon as forests, and cannot be replaced.
Wetlands are critical natural infrastructure in Ontario. Protecting them is imperative to address the serious problems of loss of biodiversity and climate change. The deep deposits of peat in bogs, fens and swamps store carbon thus preventing its release into the atmosphere.
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