After asking officials questions about the inventory, the commissioner indicated that:
Department officials told us that with the passage of the Species at Risk Act, which came into full force in 2004, it is not appropriate for Environment Canada to apply resources to a comprehensive inventory for all the species for which it now has accountabilities.
Do you think that, because we have the Species at Risk Act, which came into force in 2004, there is no need to allocate resources to this area?