Media Release 2020

Glenn MacMillan new GM, Planning, Development and Restoration 30-year conservation veteran to lead critical authority branch Lake Simcoe watershed, ON, December 18, 2020 – Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) is pleased to announce that Glenn MacMillan will be taking on leadership of the conservation authority’s planning, development, and restoration services portfolio, as of January 18, […]

We’re Deeply Concerned for Ontarians’ Health and Safety Lake Simcoe watershed, ON, December 10, 2020 – Despite significant opposition from a range of stakeholders and Indigenous group​s, and the resignations of half the Greenbelt Council, the Province passed Schedule 6 of Ontario’s Budget Measures Act (Bill 229), leaving conservation authorities alarmed about the future safety of hundreds

Lake Simcoe watershed, ON, December 5, 2020 – Despite overwhelming support from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Big City Mayors, the Canadian Environmental Law Association, more than 64 citizen and environmental organizations, tens of thousands of Ontarians and numerous provincial MPPs, to remove schedule 6 of Bill 229, the Province is now poised to pass

LSRCA Board still calling on the Province to remove Schedule 6 of Bill 229 Lake Simcoe watershed, ON, November 27, 2020 – Through a resolution in their Board meeting today, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) Chair and Board of Directors further solidified their resolve to call on the Province to withdraw Schedule 6 of

LSRCA calls on Province to repeal Section 6 of Bill 229 Lake Simcoe watershed, ON, November 19, 2020 – Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) Chair, Board of Directors and senior staff are calling on the Province to repeal Schedule 6 of the budget measures Bill 229, Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19. “The changes to