Finley secures funding to remove phragmites

From the office of MP Diane Finley

“I’m very glad to see something finally being done to help protect one of Canada’s richest biodiversity sites,” MP Diane Finley (Haldimand Norfolk) said. “While the government was slow to act, I am thankful that they saw merit in my advocacy and the cause.”

Finley successfully secured funding for the removal of phragmites at the world biosphere at Long Point after bringing the issue to the attention of the Minister in February in a letter outlining the importance of the biosphere and the threat that phragmites pose to the biodiversity in the region.