I'll answer that question indirectly. The act does not address ownership. What the act does is establish protection of species, and that protection arrives in different ways and has different status depending on the species itself and its location. If the species is on federal land, then certain protections apply automatically. If the species is not on federal land, then the nature of the protection depends on whether the species is subject to federal jurisdiction or not. Then, of course, additional protection may apply as we work our way through the process in the act developing recovery strategies and action plans, working with partners, including importantly the provinces, and then ultimately, in extreme cases, possibly making a determination as to the effectiveness of the protection that the province has applied.
I apologize; it's not just a question of ownership. But there is an important question as to what protections there are, or in other words what restrictions are placed on the ability of a private person, for example, to do something to that species, its residence, its habitat. I can't tell you more than that it depends: it depends on the species and it depends on the location of the species.