PETITION
TO The
Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
WHEREAS the
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) plays a vital
role in the protection and management of the natural
resources that belong to all Ontarians;
AND WHEREAS
the MNR budget for 2006-07 is 24 per cent less, in real
terms, than it was in 1992-93;
AND WHEREAS
vital programs relating to fish and wildlife, provincial
parks, forestry, and other MNR activities continue to be cut
back;
AND WHEREAS
the aesthetic, cultural, economic, educational, environmental,
recreational, and social value of our natural resources far
exceeds the cost of protecting and managing them;
WE the
undersigned petition The Legislative Assembly of Ontario as
follows:
THAT funding
of the Ministry Natural Resources be increased to a level
that will enable it to STOP cutting existing programs
and PROVIDE FULL FUNDING to all existing programs as
well as any new programs that may be required to ensure the
effective protection and management of Ontario’s natural
resources.
PÉTITION
À
l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario :
ATTENDU QUE le ministère des Richesses naturelles de l’Ontario (MRN)
joue un rôle déterminant dans la protection et la gestion des
richesses naturelles qui appartiennent à tous les Ontariens et
Ontariennes;
ET
ATTENDU QUE le budget du MRN de 2006-2007 est inférieur de 24 %, en
chiffres absolus, à celui de 1992-1993;
ET
ATTENDU QUE des programmes essentiels ayant trait aux poissons et au
reste de la faune, aux parcs provinciaux, à la foresterie et
d’autres activités du MRN continuent de faire l’objet de
compressions budgétaires;
ET
ATTENDU QUE la valeur esthétique, culturelle, économique, éducative,
environnementale, récréative et sociale de nos richesses naturelles
surpasse largement les coûts de protection et de gestion desdites
richesses naturelles;
NOUS, soussignés, adressons à l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario
la pétition suivante :
QUE
les fonds affectés au ministère des Richesses naturelles soient
augmentés de manière suffisante pour METTRE FIN À la réduction des
programmes et pour FINANCER ADÉQUATEMENT tous les programmes
existants, ainsi que tous nouveaux programmes qui pourraient
s’avérer nécessaires pour garantir une protection et une gestion
efficaces des richesses naturelles de l’Ontario.
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| # | First Name | Last Name | Comments |
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| 2351 | Norman | Wingrove | I was Director of Finance for a Conservation Authority from 1991 to 2000. Thus, I am familiar with the funding cuts that have hampered the ability of the MNR and CA's to do their job of protecting Ontario's natural resources. |
| 2352 | Anonymous | Anonymous | |
| 2353 | Jeff | Becker | |
| 2354 | Augusta | Becker | |
| 2355 | Roland | Joselyn | We need to bring an end to the continual cutback of Gov't services that affect the use and enjoyment of our natural resources |
| 2356 | Anonymous | Anonymous | SAVE THE WILD LIFE!! |
| 2357 | Anonymous | Anonymous | |
| 2358 | Jim | Withington | |
| 2359 | eric | hanans | I just want to know where is all our fishing licence dollars going too really?? I think the gov need to get there heads out of there asses and start putting more money into our outdoors. |
| 2360 | Paule | Cholette | The fact that the MOE and the MNR share 1% of the provincial budget is outrageous. We need environmental protection more then ever. |
| 2361 | Myron | Nadarajah | I can't believe that Ontario has had so many cutbacks. Here I am thinking so proudly of Ontario and all its doing for the environment!! |
| 2362 | Aaron | Weber | |
| 2363 | Michael | Brown | http://www.bigfatbass.com/viewthread.php?tid=8338
Please read this enforcement protest thread. |
| 2364 | J. | WADE | IF WE ARE NOT PROTECTING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, WHAT ARE WE PROTECTING? |
| 2365 | Gregg | Lloyd | |
| 2366 | keith | miller | |
| 2367 | Brandon | McDonald | |
| 2368 | Ron | Grzegorz | |
| 2369 | cybele | Young | please |
| 2370 | Lara | McGraw | |
| 2371 | Shaunie | Young | |
| 2372 | kevin | blake | |
| 2373 | Nigel | Romeril | |
| 2374 | Justin | Young | |
| 2375 | MaryKay | Winter | |
| 2376 | Emily | Trolley | MNR needs to remain accessible and visible for the public to be willing to contribute to our programs. |
| 2377 | J | McCartney | |
| 2378 | Ryan | Hamersma | Natural Resource Enforcement and Management must continue to be one our top priorities. We must strive to maintain our natural resources in a sustainable manner. This means that increased funding to ALL of our natural resource programs is essential. |
| 2379 | Trevor | Dunn | |
| 2380 | Daniel | Molczan | |
| 2381 | Shane | Molczan | |
| 2382 | Edward | Molczan | |
| 2383 | Mark | Peterson | |
| 2384 | Steve | Widmeyer | The Ontario Government promotes Ontario as a fishing and outdoor destination lets not make this false advertising |
| 2385 | Anonymous | Anonymous | i am 16 years old and i think you guys are doing some amazing things keep it up |
| 2386 | Anonymous | Anonymous | |
| 2387 | dan | letual | |
| 2388 | Kerry | Stevens | In think that the programs that the MNR run for youth such as Ontario Rangers are the typesof programs that youth in Ontario need and therefore, the program should not suffer becuase of cuts. |
| 2389 | Roxann | Lynn | If Mr. Ramsay followed through on his promise to reinstate the spring bear hunt, there would be tens of millions more dollars infused into the economy that would pay for more COs and their ability to do their jobs. Instead Mr. Ramsay choses to take money from the COs to put in the bear wise program to control a problem that outfitters would pay the govenment to do the same job. Typical government mentality. |
| 2390 | Serguei | Karas | |
| 2391 | Antonia | Guidotti | As someone who visits the Provincial Parks regularly and holds a season pass, I am very concerned about the reduced access to the parks and the lack of real conservation. You should be hiring more conservation officers not less. |
| 2392 | Francesco | Santini | |
| 2393 | Jennifer | Walton | If we fail to look after our natural resources, we will be left with nothing. |
| 2394 | karen | pedersen | |
| 2395 | Tammy | Dill | SHAME STOP THE CUTS |
| 2396 | Maxwell | Hitchcock | We need the MNR, period!!! |
| 2397 | Metello | Levi | |
| 2398 | eric | rayson | I pay over 64 cent of every dollar earned to live here in ontario canada. where does it go? |
| 2399 | Shane | O'Hara | |
| 2400 | ryan | bignucolo | |
