The assessment calls for stronger adherence to scientific evidence and establishing reasonable timelines for listing threatened species
At international biodiversity talks, such as those under way in the Colombian city of Cali , Canada portrays itself as a strong and undiluted advocate for the protection of nature – but the reality is far less impressive, according to a new review.
“Everybody’s kind of doing their own thing,” said Susan Gordon, a conservation scientist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ottawa who co-led the review, in an interview. Another recommendation would reduce the power that politicians have to thwart species protections, such as by allowing exemptions, delaying action or by stacking advisory committees with participants that have conflicts of interest.
The federal species law includes, as a stop gap measure, the ability to issue an emergency order that can be enforced when there is an imminent threat to the survival of a species. But this provision had been used rarely since the law was enacted in 2002 and only in relation to two species . In general, Ottawa has been reluctant to impose its will on provinces and territories to protect species.
For example, Prince Edward Island has never listed a single species under its provincial regulations, despite the fact that the province is home to 28 federally listed species at risk. Similarly, British Columbia, which has the highest biodiversity of any Canadian jurisdiction, has not listed any of its rare and endemic plant species.
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