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Why HCA is is Not Supporting the Proposed Merger - and neither do I!
The Province has not provided evidence showing why the merger is needed.
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Bill 68, establishing a provincial conservation agency including a reduction from 36 to 7 regional conservation authorities, is based on a proposed structure that requires more details and transparency before further steps are taken.
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So far, have ruined health care, the educational system and going for more. Absolutely disgusting leadership. I have worked through the educational system as we were moved from local to the very large TVDSB. What a total budgetary fiasco and cronyism at its greatest level.
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There must be a mechanism for Regional CA to recognize that Pelee Island and/or other similar watershed "unicorns" or anomalies (as stated by a CA Director) require a different level of service; Regional system must have a mechanism to offer a level of service that is unique and can be developed in
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My land is in the Lake Erie area. I’m wondering what the level of service will be in such a large area. How many employees will be hired to provide necessary support? Will resources be deployed from other conservation areas if needed?
Thank you for this opportunity to be heard. We moved here 2019. Our property was governed by the Hamilton and Niagara conservation authorities. At the start the process was we needed Niagara’s approval first and then Hamilton’s.
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I oppose this proposed amalgamation of our local conservation authority, the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, into the Huron Superior Regional Conservation Authority, and urge the Minister of Environment, Conservation, and Parks to withdraw this misguided and hasty proposal and rethink the wh
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I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed changes under Bill 68 that would dissolve Ontario’s local Conservation Authorities and replace them with a small number of centralized regional bodies.
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Good day,
Below please find the submission of comments from the Conservation Halton Board in response to Bill 68 and proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities (ERO #025-1257).
Sincerely,
Adriana Ingrid Birza
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I wholeheartedly disapprove of Premier Ford’s Bill 68 to amalgamate the province’s conservation authorities into larger regional organizations.
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I have concerns about Bill 68. I agree with Councillor Mark Tadeson from Ward 11, that the NPCA understands Glanbrook’s specific flood risks, soil conditions, and rural drainage needs in a way a distant centralized agency never will.
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City of Sault Ste. Marie City Council passed the following resolution on Dec. 15, 2025:
Whereas the Municipality of Sault Ste. Marie and the Township of Prince established the Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority in 1963; and
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Let's call this proposed "consolidation" what it really is: a land grab by the province to pave over valuable natural environments. These areas are a vital defence against the ravages of climate change.
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This proposal is not an improvement of the Conservation Authority system. This proposal is to make it easier for builders, landowners and farmers to seek permits. This is not about protecting our environment or protecting our fragile water systems.
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Given that the present ruling government in this province is CONSERVative, I would have thought that CONSERVATION would be primary to it's mandate.
Maintaining the present conservation wild areas for the future should be much more important than rich developers accumulating more money.
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Responding to Ontario’s Conservation Authority Restructuring Proposal
• The Province of Ontario is proposed amending the Conservation Authorities Act to consolidate 36 Conservation Authorities into 7 regional bodies overseen by a new provincial agency.
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No, do not do this. Consolidating the northeastern conservation authorities into one giant bureaucratic glob is going to be a failure. Local conservation authorities are essential. We need local people with local knowledge managing our wetlands and waterways.
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Conservation authorities have had a long history of working with their watershed residents, to ensure property, lives, and the environment we live in is protected against natural hazards.
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