What the hell do wetlands have to do with housing? NO HOUSING should be constructed on wetlands. NO wetlands should be destroyed. We have a climate emergency that is already intensifying weather extremes resulting in flooding.
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Wetland evaluations are a fundamental cog in the identification and protection of wetlands in southern Ontario. I have been certified to evaluate wetlands as a consultant since 1995, and have delineated hundreds of wetlands in southern Ontario since that time.
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I am concerned about these changes. Please see https://mailchi.mp/nation/south-nation-current-july-2022-courant-de-la-nation-sud-juillet-8686625?e=20158f1346
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A drastic overhaul of the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System, ensuring that very few remaining wetlands would be deemed provincially significant in the future and that many if not most existing Provincially Significant Wetlands would be vulnerable to losing that designation, is NOT acceptable.
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The proposed changes outlined in bill 23 to OWES would be a complete overhaul of the system and would be jeopardizing a considerable portion of wetlands that are considered significant.
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The Ontario Provincial Government and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) are proposing changes to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES) procedure.
The proposed changes have been summarized on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO), as follows:
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It seems to me that this Bill is the “easy way out” for the Ford government. Why not put more work into finding areas within existing cities and communities, like “brown” sites/spaces to rebuild on?
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These will essentially remove any ability to protect wetlands in this province. Already southwestern Ontario has lost over 80% of its historic wetlands.
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My question is where will it stop, if Bill 23 pass we will see more farm land wetland the greenbelt disappear without anybody being able to stop it. Now Ford wants to take away part of the greenbelt this is the start and in the future more will disappear.
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Removing wetlands and farmlands will not help. Stop this act before its too late. We need more wetlands, we need more farms and forests, what we don't need is more urban sprawl. To reduce the carbon footprint we need more plants and oxygen not buildings.
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Protect the wetlands and green belt! Additional housing can be built by densifying existing areas. We are in a climate crisis and wetlands are vital to protecting us from flooding, maintaining our supply of clean drinking water, and preserving biodiversity.
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The proposed updates to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System are egregious, and must not pass. The only way to protect the wetlands that in turn protect us from flooding and serious biodiversity loss is to evaluate them as the interconnected complexes that they are.
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This is a bad idea. We can’t build forcefully at the cost of precious wetlands. I can’t believe this is an issue at this point; haven’t we negatively affected the environment enough by zoning and building and paving?
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As an Ontario resident, homeowner and taxpayer I am appalled to read your proposed changes to the OWES under the guise or "more homes built faster." Building on wetlands will not provide quality, affordable homes for anyone - nor will it help protect existing homes from increased flooding and erosio
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The housing crisis faced in Ontario must be planned by all of our elected officials working collectively on innovative solutions to increase housing availability that is sustainable to the environment. Europeans have been doing this for decades as they do not have the land Ontario and Canada has.
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