I urge your government to:
–Cancel Bill 5 and plans to scrap the Endangered Species Act or implement “regulation-free zones” for resource extraction.
–Commit to strengthening the Endangered Species Act.
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As someone with an Undergraduate and a Master’s Degree in Biology, I find the Special Economic Zones Act, 2025 to be an extremely bad proposal. Once an ecosystem or a species has been compromised, decimated or completely destroyed, there will be no going back.
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Reduced environmental oversight will result in environmental degradation, leading to future costs associated with clean-up, habitat restoration, and mitigation of ecological damage.
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This bill serves only to remove protections for vital ecosystems and species that are essential parts of what makes this province great to make it easier to exploit the wonderful beautiful land that we all live on.
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Ontario's Indigenous history stretches back over 10,000 years, and the fact is the potential for sites and burials is always present on these lands.
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I am writing as a concerned Ontario resident to submit a comment on Bill 5.
I am deeply alarmed by how this bill prioritizes the rapid expansion of energy, infrastructure, and mineral extraction projects at the expense of environmental protection and Indigenous rights.
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The proposed exceptions for "special economic zones" are extremely problematic and would open the door to destruction of important habitat. The biodiversity crisis is inextricably connected to the climate crisis and conserving endangered species should be a non-negotiable.
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We cannot afford to sacrifice our hard won health and safety legislation and environmental protections just to push rushed and often ill-conceived business plans that often ultimately fail, in a vain attempt to stick it to Trump. This is not a viable, long-term solution!
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I understand the sense of urgency that active and proposed US tariffs have created, and I agree that our provincial and federal governments should respond in ways that protect our sovereignty and economy.
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I would like to thank the committee for considering this submission.
It is clear that this legislation is ill-considered, not grounded in science and is highly detrimental to species at risk in Ontario.
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Across all schedules of Bill 5 – Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025 – there is a notable and concerning absence of any explicit reference to consultation with First Nations.
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I am opposed to the Special Economic Zones Act, 2025 because it is unwise and undemocratic. Over many years in Ontario we have passed legislation democratically after long and serious deliberations.
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So many changes.
My questions would be who are the experts in all the different areas of change? Where and when were public concerns adressed?
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