OFA has provided comments to the Ministry of Natural Resources through their consultation process on A Renewed Ontario Invasive Species Strategic Plan.

OFA supports the renewed Ontario Invasive Species Strategic Plan, particularly its focus on prevention, science-based decision-making, collaboration, and recognition of agriculture as a high-risk, high-impact sector. OFA emphasizes that prevention, early detection, border controls, and rapid response must remain top priorities, and that implementation should be risk-based, regionally informed, and focused on practical tools such as education, research, and incentives rather than expanded regulation. OFA calls for clear safeguards to prevent unintended regulatory burden on farmers, ensure voluntary practices do not become mandatory without consultation, and avoid treating the presence of invasive species on farmland as non-compliance. OFA stresses that expanded expectations on landowners must be matched with stable public funding, technical support, and coordinated implementation to ensure invasive species management delivers broad public benefit without imposing disproportionate costs on agricultural producers.