It is not an undue burden to expect proponents to do their due diligence and reapply for a permit before it expires or when there is a change of ownership any more than it is an undue burden on Ontarians to keep our driver’s licenses valid and up to date.
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If we are to survive as a province, water must be a public, not a private, resource.
We cannot afford to let this essential resource be sold to individuals who can use it as a bargaining chip or profit-making tool.
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This proposal violates Ontario's legal obligation to consult Indigenous Nations where their rights may be impacted.
This breach is especially serious because decisions concerning water fall under Indigenous legal jurisdiction.
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To our Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Minister of the Environment Todd McCarthy, and to all our elected members of the Ontario Provincial Government,
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I have massive concerns about the province of Ontario handing out/selling the province’s water resources. This is one resource we cannot squander!!!
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This proposal for "flexibility" is yet another example of the province sacrificing citizens' right to a safe and healthy environment for the benefit of a few profit-takers.
You clearly state the most important consideration is that proponents "keep their projects moving" at all costs.
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Attention Mr Ford,
This is a terrible time to change accessiblity to commercialize our drinking water.
For one thing, Donald Trump wants, and needs our water.
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As we look to future water will become more valuable and requires more protection. This proposed change decreases protection. I recommend that government keep the requirements for new water permits and renewal of water permits.
Water should never be commercialized or sold. There is not unlimited abundance—we need to protect our lakes, rivers, streams and springs from companies taking and selling the water.
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My concerns are about water taking in the Oro Moraine, specifically Gold Mountain Springs water bottling. Please do not make things easier for giant water suckers like this company. Our aquifers are finite. The glacier left them ten thousand years ago and the two deepest will not renew.
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Respectfully
This is wrong. Do not do this!
Regenerative Design must guide any and all decisions from top to bottom. It's not enough to do less harm we must aid and allow the planet regenerate and restore itself.
Decisions and actions must begin and end with the intention to...
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It is appalling the proposed changes to the water permit process. Water is not endesly abundant and an ENVIRONMENTAL review is always needed. Also, other provinces are struggling with water shortages and we do not want to follow suit.
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ERO #025-0730 Bill 5 – Water taking permit within Farewell Creek watershed
Water is a finite resource in Farewell Creek watershed, Courtice, Ontario. Currently hundreds of people there are facing water restrictions.
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Please find attached for your consideration the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's comments on ERO # 025-0730: Proposed changes to provide flexibility for water taking activities.
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These proposed changes to the water permitting process will:
-Strip municipalities of their power to determine what is best for their community;
-Violate Indigenous Rights by eliminating consultation with Indigenous Nations;
-Allow corporations to buy access to groundwater like real estate;
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