Keep conservation decisions in the community. Provincial consolidation will weaken the voices in community conservation and just add another layer of bureaucracy. We’ve already seen what the Ford government tried to do with the Greenbelt.
I support the HCA’s position, and oppose consolidation of regional conservation areas. I have enjoyed the Hamilton conservation area for over 30 years and feel the HCA does a fantastic job maintaining those lands.
I am not in favour of this realignment of boundaries for Conservation Authorities. The Government of Ontario has not convinced me there is justification to make this move.
I am urging the Province of Ontario not to proceed with the proposed amalgamation, which would ultimately undermine conservation authorities’ ability to protect communities from floods and natural hazards.
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This proposed merger is long overdue; conservation authorities share a single, aligned goal: protecting the environment, watersheds, and biodiversity, among other items.
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Please do not pass Bill 68, the provincial budget bill. The part related to amalgamating Ontario's conservation authorities into 7 regional organizations is a cynical attempt to ignore the current science on climate change in favour of short-term thinking.
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As a member of the Owen Sound Field Naturalists, I urge the Province of Ontario not to proceed with the proposed amalgamation, which would ultimately undermine conservation authorities’ ability to protect communities from floods and natural hazards.
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As the author of the biography of Edmund Zavitz, a critical person in the passing in 1946, of the Conservation Authorities Act, and who subsequently oversaw their evolution until his death in 1969, I have a good perspective of the reasons conservation authorities were created.
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It’s disappointing just how far the provincial government under Doug ford is willing to sell of and profit from the degradation of our natural areas.
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I agree very strongly with HCA’s submission to the ERO. I am concerned about the cost of this unnecessary merger, losing local decision-making and I support keeping conservation decisions rooted in our community. Strong conservation depends on local relationships.
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The government has cited the need to reduce administrative duplication and overlap between municipalities and conservation authorities, with the goal of simplifying accountability and strengthening local partnerships, as a key rationale for consolidating conservation authorities.
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I strongly agree with HCA’s submission to the ERO. I am concerned about losing local decision-making and I support keeping conservation decisions rooted in our community.
The province should instead legislate consistent guidelines for all conservation authorities to follow.
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