• Disagree with the removal of wetland complexes from the evaluation system
• Disagree with the removal of points awarded for Endangered (END) and Threatened (THR) reproductive habitat
• Disagree with the removal of points awarded for END and THR migration, feeding or hibernation habitat
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I strongly oppose this Bill.
We have a housing crisis and a climate crisis and opening the wat for building on protected green belt land will not help address either of these issues. We need high density housing and wetland and habitat protection to fight against climate change.
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On behalf of the County of Middlesex, I thank you for the opportunity to provide input on the proposed More Homes Built Faster Act and related Provincial changes. This submission relates to the proposed changes to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System.
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All living things in this province deserve a home. If the Wetlands go, so do we. Stop this nonsense. Density can be increased in housing. Look to other countries for solutions. Life over money.
We NEED to come up with better ways to preserve our wetlands! They are so important to our ecosystem, if we do not have a healthy eco system our whole world as we know it will slowly disappear.
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The whole pretext of the proposal to update the Ontario wetland evaluation system is to free up land for development to alleviate Ontario’s housing shortage.
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We are strongly opposed to the MNRF's proposed changes to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES), as they would undermine the protection of Ontario wetlands that are so valuable to all life in Ontario.
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Building the housing we need on wetlands is misguided, dare I say crazy. Wetlands are the Swiss Army knives of ecosystems, precious for so many reasons yet rapidly disappearing.
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The current evaluation system works and keeps land critical to wildlife from being developed.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and the Conservation Authorities are well suited to evaluate and designate land as significant, please don’t fix what isn’t broken.
I disagree with the outright removal of Conservation Authority comments and opinions on general areas within 120m of Provincially Significant Wetlands and 30m of all other wetlands.
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While it is important that new homes and housing solutions be found, it is of utmost importance that our watersheds, floodplains, farm lands and forests be conserved. In a province with a ever changing climate maintaining these pathways is vital to provide us with flexibility and sustainability.
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Please to not endanger our wetlands.
Wetlands play an important role in the health of our country and our communities:
- wetlands play a critical role in absorbing and storing carbon.
- wetlands remove sediments, excess nutrients, and bacteria from our surface and ground water
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The rhetoric used to justify the proposed updates to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System is disheartening. What does building more affordable housing have to do with protecting our precious freshwater wetlands? Wetlands are crucial to the survival of humans.
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Wetlands are more valuable to our existence than housing. It is irresponsible for the Government to allow development on these lands. Instead of sprawl continuing, we already have suitable areas for housing with infrastructures already in place. Intensification are solutions for the future.
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