Dear Editor:
The Ford government’s plan to sell 60 per cent of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park’s beach front for private development is a troubling step backward for Ontario.
These public lands protect endangered species like the piping plover, they shelter fragile dune ecosystems from erosion and they provide affordable, accessible opportunities for families to enjoy nature.
Once sold and developed, they will be lost forever.
Equally concerning is Bill 5, which guts the Endangered Species Act and weakens Indigenous consultation rights.
By removing oversight and public accountability, this legislation threatens not only Wasaga Beach but the long-term protection of all provincial parks and conservation lands.
Bill 5 must be repealed.
As a parent, I fear my young daughter will grow up in an Ontario where she is deprived of the chance to experience these extraordinary places as I have.
These parks belong to all Ontarians, now and for generations to come. We must urge our leaders to protect them – not sell them off for profit.
Louise Cumming,
Fergus