""The stability, safety and efficiency of our local watershed management system are too important to jeopardize. Any move that threatens to weaken or disrupt the high-performing services our residents and businesses rely on demands our direct and urgent intervention.""
""A larger, regionalized structure may weaken the precise, local and responsive programs that municipalities rely on, potentially disrupting floodplain mapping or flood forecasting.""
The mayors of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon are opposing the provincial plan to consolidate 36 conservation authorities into nine. They argue this move poses significant risks to local watershed management and could disrupt essential services. In a letter to the Environment Minister, they express concerns that the changes may slow housing approvals and reduce certainty for builders. The mayors emphasize the importance of maintaining local programs that effectively manage floodplains and wetlands, warning that a larger structure could weaken these critical services.
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