We Need Our Conservation Authorities – Webinar
November 12, 2020
Webinar about the proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act contained in Bill 229
Action Alert - We Need Our Conservation Authorities
On November 5, 2020, the Ontario government tabled omnibus budget measures Bill 229 in the Ontario Legislature, Schedule 6 of which proposes fundamental changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and to the conservation authorities’ role in land use planning.
Bill 229 is the most recent in a disturbing trend of using omnibus budget measures bills to make substantial changes to environmental laws, thereby sidestepping the public’s right to comment under the Environmental Bill of Rights.
In CELA’s view, the proposed changes to conservation authorities in Bill 229 will not achieve the crucially important goal of building climate resilience for Ontario. To the contrary, the package of amendments as proposed are likely to set back watershed planning and implementation of an ecosystem based approach by decades.
CELA recommends that Schedule 6 not be enacted in its present form and instead be withdrawn in its entirety from Bill 229.
Further, CELA recommends that the Ontario government immediately seek to ensure that the current mandate of the province’s 36 conservation authorities is maintained and enhanced, in order to effectively protect, restore and manage the watersheds where 95 percent of the people of Ontario reside.
Resources
Proposed Amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act – Preliminary Analysis
November 10, 2020
Preliminary Analysis of Schedule 6 of Bill 229, amending the Conservation Authorities Act.
We Need Our Conservation Authorities – Survey & Primer Report
September 25, 2020
Conservation Authority survey results and primer report
Letter to the Premier in Support of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities
April 29, 2020
CELA joined over 100 other organizations from a number of sectors to call on the Government of Ontario to retain the current mandate of the province’s 36 Conservation Authorities in protecting, restoring and managing the watersheds where 95 percent of Ontarians reside.
ACTION ALERT – Ontario’s Conservation Authorities Act At Risk
February 27, 2020
Ontario’s Conservation Authorities Act is under review (again) – please participate in support of maintaining strong watershed protection
Conservation Authorities Modernization ERO Numbers: 013-5018 (including Schedule 2, Bill 108) and 013-4992
May 21, 2019
Title: Conservation Authorities Modernization ERO Numbers: 013-5018 (including Schedule 2, Bill 108) and 013-4992 Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: 1267-ConservationAuthoritiesModernization # of Pages: 12 Date authored: May 21, 2019 Publication number: 1267 Author/s: Anastasia M Lintner and Kelsey
WRITE TO YOUR MPP
MPPs have a responsibility to advocate for their constituents and our communities. Send an email asking them to defend our Conservation Authorities. Find your MPP here.
CALL YOUR MPP TO SHARE YOUR PRIORITIES
It is your MPP’s duty to help their constituents. Politicians of all parties determine their policy positions, in part by listening to what people back home are doggedly asking them to do. Find your MP’s name and phone number here.