Presentation Ontario Environment Commissioner-February 28, 2012

Engaging Solutions Gord MillerEnvironmental Commissioner of Ontario ONEIA Feb 28, 2012

Overviewl  Engaging Provincial Solutionsl  Biodiversity Mattersl  Planning Solutionsl  Getting on with Environment Businessl  Emerging Issues

Great Lakes without a COAl  Unilaterally, Ontario could implement the following: –  Expand the Lake Simcoe protection approach to the Great Lakes; –  Get serious about combined sewer overflows; –  Report on pollutant loadings; –  Build full-cost recovery into the water taking charge; –  Unleash the potential of the Clean Water Act, 2006 –  Build on successes like the cosmetic pesticides ban; –  Ban Asian carp imports, dead or alive; –  Defend wetlands; –  Curb agricultural runoff; –  Harness a broader range of ministries to delver GL restoration; and –  Champion the Great Lakes.

Ontario’s Great Lakes Fishery Legacy No Data for Atlantic Salmon But they went Extinct

Unlikely Species at Risk Icon

Recognising the Need for Green Infrastructure

Stormwater: Our Neglected Headwaters

Cottages at Rondeau Provincial Park

Budgets at MOE + MNR as %

Waste Diversion Current Situationl  Diversion only 23%l  More tonnes going to landfilll  WDA review process and proposed amendments in Limbol  Diversion funded by a strange mix of property taxes, provincial revenues and stewards

Current Situationl  Diversion only 23%l  More tonnes going to landfilll  WDA review process and proposed amendments in Limbol  Diversion funded by a strange mix of property taxes, provincial revenues and stewards

Will Rogers … “If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why cant it get us out?”Thank You For Your Attention

Presentation Ontario Environment Commissioner-February 28, 2012

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