ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER WEIGHS IN

Gord Miller, Ontario's Environmental Commissioner is not a happy camper. Ontario has lost their elm trees, is losing our ash trees and he feels that maple trees are next on the list. This is due to a combination of climate change and an invasive species coming up from New York state. Furthermore as the Ontario government has announced across the Board cuts he feels that both the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of the Environment are in the sights. Last November he already had warned that their budgets had been slashed to the "tipping point". Mr. Miller's overall point was that the Ontario government is clearly unprepared for upcoming environmental threats including threats to biodiversity.