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Tag: Ontario’s Endangered Species Act

ESA Review: Ten Things You Need to Know PART II

April 23, 2019–Anne Bell

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Species at Risk

Boreal caribou © martYmage

In February 2019, we sounded the alarm about the provincial government’s plans to amend the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA). Well, their proposed amendments are in and it’s worse than we ...

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SOS: Save Ontario Species

February 7, 2019–Anne Bell

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Species at Risk

Mountain lion © Jitze Couperus

In its rush to cut “red tape” and ensure Ontario is “open-for-business,” the Government of Ontario is taking a sledge hammer to our environment laws and policies. First it cancelled ...

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Betrayed! (Again) Ontario Unravels Protections for Species at Risk

October 11, 2016–Anne Bell

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Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Spiny softshell turtle © Scott Gillingwater

Part 2 of a 3 part blog series about the Province’s failure to uphold strong protections for our most vulnerable plants and animals. What moves more slowly than a turtle? ...

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