The Ontario government is proposing major changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007, and many of them reduce protections for at-risk wildlife and give the government more control over decisions.
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Ontario, and the world at large deserves much better than to have its biodiversity decimated in the name of industry.
Bill 5 will see essential wildlife protections removed in favour of allowing companies to gain short-term and short-sighted financial gain.
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The only ones that should be identifying species at risk, should be the expert scientists, and certainly not politicians.
Identifying habitat to an animal's dwelling and immediate area is far too restrictive.
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Whoever thought this up is a complete idiot. Why not cut all the trees down so that you can pave over everything—no trees, no air. Pave over the land so that we can't produce food—who needs to eat? Pave everything so that we have no water drainage and flooding.
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Please do not allow the Ontario government to repeal the endangered species act. This would be environmentally devastating legislation & we have to continue to live on this planet together.
Habitat conversation is of the utmost importance. Back stepping and eliminating the origional act will be devestating to wildlife and birds in particular. Nesting grounds are dwindling as it is and many species are being forced into urban areas.
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Initial public consultation concerns:
Proposed Bill 5, “Protecting Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act” is split into 10 different schedules and whereby some schedules have a different ERO reference number of input and others do not (Schedules 1, 4 & 8)
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As a biologist who has worked with Species at Risk and someone who works in the field of provincial government wildlife management, I have serious concerns regarding the changes to the Endangered Species Act.
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Letting work commence before an approval will cause irreperable harm to the environment. I know the Ford government wants to build sprawl upon sprawl, but once you harm a habitat you can't take it back, thats thy the existing legislation exists in the first place.
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Changing provincial measures of the ESA, 2007 to SCA, 2025 will be beyond detrimental for endangered species as it does not included areas and space that are necessary for their life.
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This is a terrible idea. The Ford government should not remove or downgrade protections from endangered species and their habitats to build things like Highway 413. Instead, more money should be put towards green initiatives like public transit that benefit the entire GTA population.
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I would like to state my opposition to this legislation. It is, in my opinion, foolishly short-sighted to harm the Endangered Species Act, and other environmental protections.
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How dare the Ontario government announce plans to eliminate its Endangered Species Act.This is a significant step backwards for bird conservation in the province.
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