I would like to comment on the proposed changes to the Ontario Endangered Species Act. The forest sector requires a permanent solution to the ESA. I fully support a permanent regulatory Exemption for the forest sector.
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I am strongly in opposition of the proposed changes to Ontario's Endangered Species Act. The changes will reduce the effectiveness of the act and are not beneficial to Ontario's flora and fauna. Instead, they primarily benefit industry.
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment. It is vital for the health of our interconnected ecosystem that we do not let species become extinct. This legislation should be strengthened and the penalties for harming endangered species increased.
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposal. I offer general and specific comments below, based on a 20+ year career in the private sector that includes many species at risk recovery activities but also operating construction companies, educational facilities, etc.
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Growing up around precious untouched wetlands has been magical and has affected me in a deep way that has connected me with my environment.
Just to know the decline of turtles has plummeted so severely in the past 20 years really hurts my heart.
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EACOM Timber Corporation welcomes the 10th Year Review of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP).
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I am grateful for the opportunity to submit comments on this proposal. There are aspects that are potentially beneficial to the protected of endangered species, but it is imperative that sound science-based conservation be at the forefront of decisions made under this act.
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The preamble to this bill appears to confirm that 'environmental protection' is the aim. However once you start reading further you realize that this is not about environmental protection but rather about political interference.
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The Council of Tay Valley Township is writing to express concern that the proposed changes to the
Endangered Species Act will result in significant reduction to biodiversity in Ontario:
i) due to Ministerial direction regarding species protection rather than automatic listing and
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We need to be doing more for endangered species not less. Ontario is an incredibly beautiful province with an amazing diversity of animals that are tragically dwindling due to our human interference.
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May 18, 2019
RE: ERO 013-5033
10th Year Review of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act: Proposed changes
The Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club opposes the changes to the Endangered Species Act proposed in Schedule 5 of Bill 108, and asks that they be rejected entirely.
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I am opposed to the proposed changes to the ESA. The lack of regard and protection for SAR and their habitat is the reason we have species at risk in the first place.. If there was more regard and respect for common species and nature in general. we would not have SAR in the first place.
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The idea that Rod Phillips, a man with a background in gambling, would not have to consult with scientists before making changes is deeply upsetting. How on earth can he make a decision without talking to those that have the knowledge?
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The proposed changes to the Endangered Species legislation in Ontario is, in my opinion, a death sentences for many species at risk/endangered Species in Ontario.
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It's not only about protecting individual species. Life forms never exist in a vacuum, they are intimately connected to multitudes of other organisms that evolved along with them. Take out one part and the entire chain collapses.
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