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I am greatly concerned about the regressive changes being proposed to Ontario's Endangered Species Act. My main concerns are:
- Allowing developers to pay a fee to avoid compliance with the laws (payed into the Species at Risk Conservation Trust)
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This act is a terrible dedication of Canada’s wildlife policy. I do not want any parts of the act to be accepted into legislation. Money will not fix the issue.
This proposal is, like so many others coming from this provincial government, as short-sighted and self-serving as it is dangerous and threatening to the well-being and future of the planet.
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I do not support these proposed changes. We need to do more for Species at Risk, not less. Species are becoming extinct at an alarming rate and losing a species is right up there with losing cultural heritage features, like Notre Dame. Once these species are gone, they cannot come back.
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Section 2.A - The Minister should not have the authority to temporarily suspend species and habitat protections for up to three years. This provides far too large a timeline for development projects to receive approval before a proper assessment can be made.
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I don’t think that a bill that increases the possibility that species be taken off the list is in the best interest of anyone at this point in time.
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Instead of destroying wildlife and their habitat please consider filling in abandoned urban lots. The wildlife have already lost so much of their habitat.
The green space and the wildlife are what make Canada great.
DO NOT MAKE THESE PROPOSED CHANGES!!
You are weakening this Act that took years to put into place.
You are proposing a pay-for-kill scenario and will have devastating effects on our ecological systems and will quicken the effects of climate change in Ontario.
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DO NOT MAKE THESE PROPOSED CHANGES!!
You are weakening this Act that took years to put into place.
You are proposing a pay-for-kill scenario and will have devastating effects on our ecological systems and will quicken the effects of climate change in Ontario.
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I am completely against this change. This green lights the destruction of species and their habitat. The act is worthless if deep-pocketed companies can just pay to ignore it.
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Do NOT cancel the Ontario endangered species act! This would be a very short sighted move. Canadians are proud of our nature and land and not protecting it is foolish. Please do not put money above life. There is nothing more sacred than that.
The overall tack of the proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is that the Minister will now be the primary decision maker, and the input from qualified experts (e.g. members of COSSARO) will be secondary in importance.
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Allowing payment in lieu of action is unacceptable. Allowing “local” extinction due to animals existing elsewhere in the province is unacceptable. There should be stricter controls on the impact business actions have on endangered species and habitats not lesser ones.
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This is an awful idea. We need to help our animals. So many have already gone into extinction. Dont leave this world worse then it was when you came into it.
If the post I just read and hit the link is real. This is totally disgusting that anybody would support this
The government should hang its head in shame.
Same if getting ride of rent control
We need to protect our dwindling species from further loss and extinction. The enviromental protection act is important to me, Ontarians and Canada as a whole. Life of plants and animals are important to human survival. We need to treasure, preserve and protect our environment and it's inhabitants.
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