This proposed bill is meant to circumnavigate and prevent government decisions from taking environmental concerns at face value, and effectively disregards environmental concerns when considering new infrastructure projects.
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Please do not move forward with Bill 5. Conserving species biodiversity makes our environment resilient, which contributes to the well-being of Ontarians. Changing the definition of ‘habitat’ means important areas for species conservation will not be protected.
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Land is precious and development is forever. We are in twin crises of climate change and loss of biodiversity. Land use is critical to both challenges.
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The provincial government cannot be allowed to arbitrarily decide that the duly passed laws that regulate its operation do not apply when it is inconvenient to the administration's prerogatives.
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This is to express my profound objection to the effective repeal of the Endangered Species Act of 2007 and its replacement with a proposed Species Conservation Act, 2025.
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This comment is to express my deepest opposition to the changes proposed under ERO number 025-0380: the amendments to the existing Endangered Species Act (ESA) outlined in Schedule 2 of the proposed Bill 5, and the repeal of the ESA and enactment of the Species Conservation Act outlined in Schedule
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I was born and raised in Northwestern Ontario. That is where I learned to have a deep respect for our wildlife and our environment. I have lived in paper mill towns and mining towns.
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I am a family physician, a grandmother and a bird lover. I am appalled by many aspects of Bill 5, particularly the decimation of the Endangered Species Act. This government seems to care more about liquor prices than about the future of our planet.
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I am highly concerned about the proposed interim changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007 and the proposal for the Species Conservation Act.
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I oppose changing the Endangered Species Act. After helping to stop Landfill Site 41 in 2009/2010 it became apparent that protecting our environment, biodiversity and water cannot be tampered with under the guise of development or tariff protections.
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If the current process takes too long, we should be hiring more people to help with the workload, not getting rid of the process altogether. We need to protect our land and its inhabitants. The laws are there to stop people from making unsafe decisions. I do not support the proposed changes.
I am writing as a concerned Ontario resident who values our provinces biodiversity. Bill 5 threatens to weaken protections for species at risk and their habitats – protections that have been established through decades of scientific research and conservation efforts.
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This act should not pass until every Indigenous group in Ontario is consulted and agrees it should move forward. It sounds like loopholes are being created in order to benefit construction companies.
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We do not want environmental protections removed just to build faster!!! You are going to destroy what little flood protections we currently have by building where we shouldn't and lead to the extinction of numerous species that are integral to our ecosystems. Please!!!
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I believe this new law is harmful for the environment. It seems to come from an economic process and doesn't appear to draw any of it's information from environmental sources.
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