This is totally unnecessary. Larger conservation authorities will not be un touch with local concerns. Better to make changes locally if necessary. Just another land grab (eventually) by this government. Please stop this.
Nobody sitting in an office in Toronto knows our creeks, our farmers, our floodplains.
Doug Ford is now forcing through the amalgamation of our local NPCA, the conservation authority that protects so much of what we hold dear in Hamilton.
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I do not support the proposed consolidation of Ontario’s conservation authorities. In my view, this initiative risks weakening environmental oversight at a time when strong, localized protection is critically needed.
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This amalgamation is not justified. The Hamilton Conservation Authority has a positive track record of responsiveness and success. It is made up of passionate individuals who live close to the trails they maintain.
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I do not agree with the proposal to consolidate conservation authorities.
This does not support environmental protection, flood prevention, or community by in.
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Firstly, I wonder at the motive behind this move. Putting another layer between the CA's and the government is hardly reducing adminiand bureaucracy.
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Please stop planning and promoting acts which will hurt the environment. This will take away local expertise and voices to further concentrate power and decision-making at the expense of irreplaceable natural environments.
Why on, literally, earth does the proposed Lake Erie Regional Conservation Authority extend to Lake Huron? The Thames River does not empty into Lake Erie, but Lake St. Clair, not to mention actual Lake Huron watersheds. Did anyone fact-check this plan?
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Strongly against this change, this will cause an extreme administrative burden, lose critical environmental context each individual authority brings to its region, and severely underrepresent communities and municipalities that are covered by the current conservation authority system.
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Please don't do this. Each conservation area has its own specifics needs. The people who manage these areas are experts of the plants and animals in their region and do everything they can to conserve them.
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This is an awful idea. The point of CAs are to tackle local problems. That isn't possible when things are merged. People are going to lose their jobs and CAs will become useless .
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Please do not reduce the resources and effectiveness of the regional conservation authorities by consolidating them! The work they do is so important both for our kids futures and for industries like tourism. Supporting a robust system of conservation is good for Ontario’s future!
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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I am writing to express my strong opposition to the amalgamation of the 36 conservation authorities into 7 regional authorities based on;
1. an unsubstantiated case for the consolidation, without any evaluation of the current CAs or performance metrics from the amalgamated CAs
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While in am in favour or inter regional cooperation I think local government should maintain control of their own regional boundaries to protect local interests.
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