This change would be incredibly detrimental to both the natural spaces and people in Ontario. We are already under equipped to deal with the huge impacts of storm events that cause damage to infrastructure, and reducing wetland area will only increase this.
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This legislation will remove protection of our wetlands and will literally pave the way to their destruction.
It will remove the guardianship of the Conservation Authorities and leave less knowledgeable councils in control.
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Sharing this comment on all applicable legislative changes: Conservation authorities are the experts at performing their work (i.e., natural hazard assessments, planning for development in flood-prone areas, conservation and recreation programs), not municipalities.
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Stop Bill 23. We are in a climate crisis. It will not provide the truly affordable and sustainable housing we need. What it will do is kill birds and wildlife, destroy vital green space and wildlife habitats, result in development of unsuitable and environmentally significant areas (i.e.
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Hands off our wetlands Doug Ford and your developer pals Wetlands provide an invaluable ecological service including balancing the water table providing habitat and cleaning water resources!q
We need to protect what we have left. Between climate change and existing developments, we are already encroaching upon our limited and environmentally significant wetlands.
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I am totally opposed to the proposed changes in regard to wetlands and to the other content of Bill 23. Yes, there is a need for more affordable housing, but these buildings do not need to be on valuable wetland. There is lots of vacant land or old buildings in most cities.
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The real purpose of this act is to enrich the private interests of developers on friendly terms with the current administration. Bulldozing critical wetlands so wealthy builders can be even wealthier is a travesty and a crime.
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Do not change the Greenbelt Evaluation System for the purpose of housing development! Urban sprawl will not be of any benefit for new homeowners, and they'd foot the bill for any consequences of living over these lands.
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Wetlands are extremely important for biodiversity, water filtration, carbon sequestration, and erosion prevention. They are essential for healthy communities, now more than ever during the climate crisis. Opening up currently significant wetlands to re-evaluation is a grave mistake.
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Destroying wetlands for housing development isn't going to fix the housing crisis. The new developments are going to be out of affordability range for people anyway. The only people gaining from this would be investors and construction companies.
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This is a moronic proposal and a blatant cash grab. If this goes through never will I vote PC again. Protect our wetland ecosystems, they prevent floods.
Wetlands are extremely important not just to the wildlife that lives there, but to humans as well. They capture rain water during intense storms which prevents flooding, maintains surface flow, and filters pollutants from our drinking water.
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As long as this new process strengthens existing wetland protections.
Southern Ontario houses a huge amount of biodiversity, especially in wetlands.
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This is not the way to help the housing crisis. The wetlands are an important part of the biosphere and full of biodiversity and help with flooding. I urge you as a citizen to not create any kind of actions or procedures for construction that would destroy wetlands
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