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173713

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I am submitting this comment as an anonymous citizen within the area of Windsor-Essex County. My perspective is based on long-term familiarity with local planning processes, conservation authority policies, and how environmental governance affects land use in this region. Read more

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173714

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I, Nadine, resident of Thunder Bay, am OPPOSED to the Province’s proposed amalgamation of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) with six other Southern Ontario Conservation Authorities to form the “Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority”. Read more

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173715

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I'm commenting to express my strong opposition to the sections of the 2025 budget bill that would overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities by consolidating 36 local agencies into seven and placing them under a new provincial agency. Read more

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173732

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I, am OPPOSED to the Province’s proposed amalgamation of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) with six other Southern Ontario Conservation Authorities to form the “Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority”. Read more

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173738

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I live within the LRCA region and feel the consolidated regions will not service our community as effectively as the current system. I believe localized experts and services will better protect the interests of the environment. Kindly, Sarah Read more

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173739

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I’m strongly against condensing our conversation areas! The areas are too large and people in different communities don’t actually know what other communities need! Plus keep local jobs in local communities

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173740

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I, Chelsea, resident of Thunder Bay, am OPPOSED to the Province’s proposed amalgamation of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) with six other Southern Ontario Conservation Authorities to form the “Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority”. Read more

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173741

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Each watershed and ecosystem is unique and should be managed appropriately, by the people who have the knowledge. What knowledge does the government have in management aside from potential budgets and written policies really. Read more

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173743

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Conservation authorities were established to protect people and the environment, addressing local needs with local expertise. The proposed amalgamation would remove decision-making power from local experts, creating a disconnect between decision-makers and the communities they serve. Read more

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I am a resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and I am OPPOSED to the Province’s proposed amalgamation of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) with six other Southern Ontario Conservation Authorities to form the “Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority”. Read more

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173750

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I interact with our CA several times a year and know most of the workers personally. They have helped restore native habitat on my property and others around me. They are instrumental in protecting this fragile Carolinian zone that we are in. Read more

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173752

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Terrible idea to have our local boundaries be included in areas of southern Ontario and to have critical decisions made there instead of here. I’m hoping the Government of Ontario will reconsider and keep everything about our LRCA local.

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173753

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Consolidating Lake Superior region and Lake Huron/Georgian Bay into ONE Conservation Authority based near Georgian Bay?!?!?! What uneducated geography moron came up with this? Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world into which ALL the other Great Lakes water volume can be fit. Read more