In essence I disagree with that, because some of the critical provisions in the Species at Risk Act, certainly the ones regarding agreements and permits, sections 11, 12, 13, 73, etc., have not been used. For some baffling reason, the Government of Canada has chosen not to use them. In my experience at the farm gate with crofters and farmers—property tenure holders—in the U.K., it's different legislation but the imposition is solved through multiple conservation agreements, involving, where necessary, financial incentives and compensation.
