Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence and the Friends of the Attawapiskat River jointly provide these comments (see attached) to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks in response to the following proposals, posted to the Environmental Registry of Ontario on September 26, 2025:
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I don’t agree with Bill 5 and the changes that have been made. It is our responsibility to protect the animals in our environment for generations to come. Please repeal Bill 5.
This act is a woefully inadequate replacement to the Endangered Species Act that will cost an immense, irreplaceable loss of life, habitats, and ecosystems.
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I support the proposed changes and hope that the promised streamlining and clarity will be a reality. Presently, the process is inconsistent, unclear, and in the end I do not think it actually helps species or their habitat.
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strongly oppose the proposed legislative and regulatory amendments that would allow the federal government to unilaterally determine which species are classified as endangered.
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Our cowardly government officials only care about money and it's disgusting.
They are trying to take over a world that is not theirs.
The government is supposed to work for our benefit, not their own bank accounts.
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These amendments threaten the foundation of Canada’s conservation framework by prioritizing politics over protection. Species designation should remain in the hands of independent scientific bodies, not government actors with economic incentives.
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The proposal to centralize endangered species decisions within the government is a blatant conflict of interest. We cannot trust the same entity that approves extractive projects, highways, and deforestation to also determine which species deserve protection.
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I do not support this proposal. Rather than significantly weakening protections for species at risk, this government should be safeguarding biodiversity, respecting Indigenous rights and ensuring local communities benefit from the ecosystem services that nature freely provides.
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These amendments represent a quiet coup against environmental accountability. If passed, they will weaken oversight, dilute transparency, and gut the legal protections that ecosystems depend on. The removal of 106 species is not administrative efficiency—it’s an extinction event by legislation.
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Every species proposed for removal from the endangered list deserves individualized review, not a mass erasure. This regulatory amendment treats biodiversity like a bureaucratic inconvenience. Once a species disappears, it cannot be restored.
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The long-term cost of removing species protections cannot be measured in dollars—it will be paid in ecological collapse. Pollinators, keystone species, culturally significant animals—once gone, their absence will ripple through food webs, water cycles, and communities.
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This proposal directly undermines Canada’s commitment to biodiversity protection. Delegating control of endangered species classifications to the government removes the objectivity and scientific rigor that this process demands.
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Removing 106 species from the endangered list is not a neutral act—it’s an environmental massacre dressed in legal language. Every species lost under this amendment is a rupture in the balance of life. Biodiversity is not a luxury, it’s a life-support system.
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Public trust in environmental legislation depends on transparency, scientific independence, and the recognition that ecological collapse is a present danger—not a distant hypothetical. These amendments threaten all three.
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Canada is already failing to meet biodiversity targets. Instead of doubling down on protection, this proposal invites disaster. Rolling back species protections en masse is a fast track to collapse. We are witnessing a mass extinction event in real time—this amendment would pour fuel on that fire.
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Species don’t have lobbyists. That’s why the law must speak for them. This amendment silences that voice by removing independent science from the process and allowing government interests to decide who lives and who disappears.
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