This ‘pay to slay’ legislation wrongly incentivizes habitat destruction. Proponents of harmful activities will now have clearance as soon as they pay into the fund. This is absolutely the wrong direction for the province and will create further loss of species at risk.
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This is incredibly wrong, and is going to have detrimental impacts on species at risk. This gives an incentive for habitat destruction, thus resulting in a loss of habitat for species.
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This is one of the worst proposals. Species at risk need to be protected, this is why they are considered at risk. Allowing anyone to pay into a fund does nothing to protect the species. At this rate we will lose everything.
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As a certified arborist and BHA, I do not agree with canning the BHA certification course. It is a valuable resource and one would not be qualified to assess butternut canker without it.
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The fund and agency proposed in the regulation are reasonable on their own, but what seems questionable is offering the choice between beneficial actions to protect species, and paying into the fund, because these are not equivalent actions when it comes to species protection.
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I am a citizen of Toronto, Ontario, and I am very concerned about the proposed species at risk conservation fund. Offsetting damages by paying into a fund does not protect biodiversity, nor does it reverse the harms done to the critical members of our ecosystems.
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We, are group consisting of 99 members, are strongly opposed to the Government’s proposal of new regulations to enable use of the Species at Risk Conservation Fund and to establish a provincial agency to administer the Fund.
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The stated objectives of this proposal are
• “to enable use of the Species at Risk Conservation Fund (the Fund) and to establish a provincial agency to administer the Fund” and
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How is allow people to pay to destroy habits going to help habitats?
This allows for zero consequences to corporations and individuals who destroy a habit. As long as those who offend pay into the fund they get to walk away scot free.
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Disagree with the concept. Just found out about this today. With changes to conservation authorities terms of reference this is another attack against nature.
Sounds like we may have a one term ruling party here.
I am extremely concerned about this government continually attack to weaken protections through changes to Ontario's Environmental Legislation.
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This government is so short sighted it is ridiculous. Attacking the measures that would help the environment, attacking wildlife, attacking the habitats of wildlife, and for what? The almighty dollar.
It makes me sick that these people are ruining the Ontario I know.
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Let’s call this what it truly IS: The slush-fund for ill-gotten gains of a grotesquely inhumane
pay-to-slay scheme —enabling developers to fast-track projects that should never be allowed.
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