May 30, 2018

FRW respectfully asks the Zoo Board of Management to fully comply with provincial and federal laws, plans and policies by amending the draft Toronto (Zoo), TRCA and Parks Canada Tripartite Agreement to:

1. Transfer all existing Rouge Park and Valley Nature Reserves and ANSIs to Parks Canada for Rouge NU Park, instead of licensing some 200 acres to the Toronto Zoo;

FRW Patrons 2. Transfer the 41 acres of existing Rouge Park Restoration / Nature Reserve public lands and Greenbelt NHS lands to Parks Canada for Rouge NU Park, instead of Lois James, "Save the Rouge" founding member licensing them to the Toronto Zoo for another expensive and unsustainable Zoo and Order of Canada expansion which would undermine existing Rouge Park and Ontario Greenbelt Plan Recipient policies and Rouge NU Park's legislated priority for ecological integrity, by building on lands which are vital to connecting two Rouge Park ANSIs; Hon. , former Ontario Premier

3. Ensure that any park interpretive or gateway facility goes through a further public Hon. Gerry Phillips, former assessment of alternative sites, including the site east of Meadowvale Avenue and north MPP Scarborough Agincourt of the existing RVCC, and the large vacant lot on the NE corner of Sheppard and Meadowvale Road. Hon. , former MPP Scarborough Rouge River Ontario Greenbelt Plan 3.2.7

Derek Lee, former MP "provincial plans and policies ... will continue to apply to lands not proposed for Scarborough Rouge River transfer [to Rouge NU Park]... Rathika Sitsabaiesan, former MP Scarborough "Ontario will work collaboratively with Parks Canada, municipalities and other Rouge River relevant agencies and organizations to ensure ecological integrity is the first Joyce Trimmer, former management priority for the Rouge National Urban Park.... Mayor of Scarborough, posthumous Rouge Park Management Plan - a provincially created and approved policy document Paul Harpley, "Save the Rouge" founding member" 4.2.1 Nature Reserve Zones “are of the highest ecological sensitivity, requiring the highest degree of protection in order to ensure their continued health” Bobbi Hunter, founding member of Greenpeace 2013 Rouge Land Transfer Memorandum of Agreement between Ontario and Canada Executive

"Parks Canada will work with Ontario to develop written policies in respect of the creation, management and administration of the Park that meet or exceed provincial policies regarding the Transferred Lands, including the policies... in the Greenbelt Plan"

Rouge National Urban Park Act 6 (1) Maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity, through the protection of natural resources and natural processes, must be the first priority of the Minister when considering all aspects of the management of the Park.