Where we have failed is on the side of large protected areas. There are area-dependent species, like caribou and sage grouse, that need areas free of industrial activity. Many species will benefit from better management practices, but we need to do a better job on actually protecting larger blocks of habitat. I think that's where we've been deficient. Alberta didn't meet its targets under Special Places 2000, for example, and those were business plan targets from a very conservative government. If that government can't even meet its own business plan targets, then we have a serious problem.
On May 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.