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Let's save the lives of Ontario's birds
November 6, 2015 - 6:32pm
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Ontario Environmental watchdog blames bird deaths on the province: http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2015/11/03/ontario-watchdog-blames-...
Apparently there is a law that could prevent the deaths of thousands of birds, but the government of Ontario has not been enforcing it. Read the article from the link above, and then write Premier Wynne to protest this: kwynne.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org (ETA: also can write to the general email: info@ontarioliberal.ca or the contact form at https://www.ontario.ca/contact-us )
Here's the letter I sent to Kathleen Wynne (kwynne.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org): (ETA: also can write to the general email: info@ontarioliberal.ca or the contact form at https://www.ontario.ca/contact-us )
Feel free to copy my example and send it as your own. Thanks.
Yes, this has been a known problem for decades, and not only in Ontario. Poor boidies.
Still haven't heard from Wynne. AND I still haven't heard from all the thousands of social activists here at Babble letting me know that they too have written Wynne about this. So get writing! Save the birdees today.
I got the following from the government, likely from the "contact us" url form I submitted to them (I linked it above somewhere):
So, they've at least acknowledged receiving my issue.
Birds are part of the food chain for many other species. They are an integral part of the ecosystem, more than humans.
Well, I heard back from Premier Wynne. Here's her response,
So, basically, she's on it.
Yes, she was grateful for my ideas and wished me the best.
It's more (if not better) than what I got from Anne McGrath. She received my ideas and disappeared.
Can't Wynne 'em all.
"Can't Wynne 'em all." Can't win any without persistence, I figure. It's nice of the Ontario Liberals to send out a form letter of acknowledgement. So, the next step is to wait a bit and write again.
Well, Wynne still hasn't gotten back to me with a letter saying, "Yes Mark, we will take action on this issue! In accordance with the court's ruling, reflected light from highrise buildings' windows is a contaminant harming birds, so any highrise building owner not taking action on this will be fined under the Envrionmental Protection Act."
Since the government hasn't followed up on it, as I mentioned, it's time for the next step. Snail mail! I'm going to sit right down and write myself a letter, then put a stamp on it, and send it straight to the government. They asked for it by ignoring my email. They shouldn't have ignored me.