By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer When Ontario Nature\u2019s conservation campaigns and advocacy manager, Shane Moffatt, told The Pointer in May that Bill 5, dubbed Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, is \u201cpotentially the worst piece of legislation that Ontario has seen in a generation,\u201d he knew exactly what was at stake. The Doug Ford government\u2019s controversial legislation, passed on June 5 gutted the Endangered Species Act (ESA), one of the province\u2019s strongest environmental protection tools, and replaced it with the far weaker Species Conservation Act, stripping away essential safeguards for Ontario\u2019s at-risk wildlife. Five months later, Moffatt found himself writing to the federal government, urging Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to step in and help polar bears, after Ontario had abandoned the cause of… <\/p>\n
By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer When Ontario Nature\u2019s conservation campaigns and advocacy manager, Shane Moffatt, told The Pointer in May that Bill 5, dubbed Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, is \u201cpotentially the worst piece of legislation that Ontario has seen in a generation,\u201d he knew exactly what was at stake. The Doug Ford government\u2019s controversial legislation, passed on June 5 gutted the Endangered Species Act (ESA), one of the province\u2019s strongest environmental protection tools, and replaced it with the far weaker Species Conservation Act, stripping away essential safeguards for Ontario\u2019s at-risk wildlife. Five months later, Moffatt found himself writing to the federal government, urging Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to step in and help polar bears, after Ontario had abandoned the cause of... <\/p>\n