Allowing people to go ahead without approval first is just letting developers do whatever they want to. They can cause serious harm to wildlife ecosystems and then just ask for forgiveness later. By then the damage has already been done.
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This act goes against everything I grew up believing was important and valuable to Canadians. We are nothing without the land that surrounds us, the animals that tend to it, and those who vow to protect it. To disrespect our land like this is disgusting and disgraceful.
Please do not approve this act. It is not well planned. It's not appropriate for the government to prioritize development and not have a rehabilitation, recovery, or management plan. The act should not rely on voluntary initiatives to help protect species.
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This should not be approved in it's current state. If the aim is to speed up permits to projects, then it is doing so without any accountability or timely repercussions to ill-intended projects. Government powers described in this is too ambiguous.
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I oppose these changes completely. Destruction of habitat for development while leaving "the den" is a recipe for species extinction and dangerous animal/human interactions
On behalf of Beaverhouse First Nation, I am writing to express our strong opposition to Bill 5, the Protecting Ontario by Enabling Economic Growth Act.
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Absolutely horrendous the idea that ford should have the power to destroy what canada is known for. Wide open spaces, amazing ecological diversity and ford thinks it's his sandbox to do as he pleases. Completely against bill 5. Disgusting.
This is an awful bill in the middle of a climate crisis you want to roll back environmental protections. I live in an area that you already tried that in and ruined half of the wetlands the building and parks built over those wetlands are completely unusable like half the year.
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These proposed changes are reprehensible and a gross abuse of power. The long term impacts of this policy change are detrimental to all Ontarians, it is short sighted and ignorant to go through with this bill.
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Ontario does not need a Bill such as Bill no. 5. I believe this bill will WEAKEN our ecosystem and destroy the natural beauties of Ontario. Infrastructure is important to run a society but killing our enviorment is not the way of doing it. I say NO to bill no. 5.
As an ecological consultant who works closely with species at risk and their habitats across Ontario, I’m deeply concerned about the direction the province is taking with the proposed amendments to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the introduction of the Species Conservation Act (SCA).
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This reeks of the flagrant undermining of environment protections that stand in the way of the private interests of our premier.
Put this away.
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I am greatly opposed to this Bill.
Please stop trying to fast-track ill-conceived development projects without doing your due diligence or when environmental protections force you to think more creatively. Let experts on species and environmental conservation do their jobs.
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