The new definition of habit is far too narrow. An animal cannot survive with only a den or nest if we destroy the food and water sources they survive on. This update will cause harm to our environment, and therefor our citizens.
I am vehemently against this proposal.
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“Under the proposed new approach, instead of waiting for the ministry to approve permits, most proponents will be able to begin an activity immediately after registering.”
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Bill 5 is extremely irresponsible and unnecessary in Ontario. We have environmental protections to protect our natural environment that provides habitat for a variety of wildlife. Our environment is not something to bulldoze over.
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Subject: Opposition to Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ERO Number 025-0380)
Dear Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks,
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Broadly, I welcome this proposal with its overarching intent to improve and speed up a cumbersome process. As a Registered Professional Forester I have a deep professional commitment to species protection through careful management of shared habitats with all species, not just endangered ones.
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The Endangered Species Act has protected wildlife across the province since the 1970s. This new act shifts the focus from the wellbeing of endangered species to the goals and needs of developers.
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I am writing to express my complete and unequivocal opposition to the proposed repeal of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act under Bill 5, "Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act." This proposal is reckless, irresponsible, and a catastrophic failure of leadership.
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This decision is an insult not only to environmental science but also to the long-standing stewardship traditions of Indigenous Peoples across Ontario. Indigenous Nations have cared for this land with respect, foresight, and a deep understanding of ecological balance for thousands of years.
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This plan is not only an attack on wildlife and biodiversity. It is an attack on Ontario’s ability to combat climate change. Healthy ecosystems and soils are among our most powerful tools to sequester carbon, regulate the climate, and preserve life.
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The very idea of repealing Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is deplorable. That this government would even entertain weakening protections for vulnerable species and ecosystems in the midst of a climate crisis is a moral and environmental failure of the highest order.
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Ontario is home to one of the most threatened ecosystems in Canada: the Carolinian forest. Once expansive, it has been decimated by reckless development, ripped away for toxic, temporary building structures that left behind environmental degradation.
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Forests and wetlands are not decorative. They clean our water, stabilize our weather, and produce the very air we breathe. Removing protections is an assault on human survival itself.
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Once old-growth forests and critical ecosystems are lost, they are not replaced in a human lifetime. No amount of rebuilding can restore the ancient complexity that will be wiped out.
Chasing construction profits today will cost Ontario billions in disaster recovery tomorrow. No economy survives the collapse of its natural foundations.
This repeal openly defies Ontario’s climate commitments and Canada's international obligations to protect biodiversity under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity........ What are you seriously doing here guys? This is our home.
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Ontario’s landscapes are already so fragmented by roads, industry, and urban sprawl that many species are hanging on by threads. Removing legal protections is not reform. It is assisted extinction.
Biodiversity is our insurance policy against climate chaos. Every species lost weakens the resilience of forests, wetlands, and watersheds to drought, fire, flood, etc. Cutting protections now is like burning down your house to stay warm for one night.
There is nothing efficient about gutting environmental safeguards. True efficiency builds in resilience, sustainability, and long-term prosperity, not ecological collapse that will leave future generations to pick up the pieces.
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