Yes, we are motoring through a lot of reports today. I hesitate to tell you that we have five more coming in a couple of weeks. Hopefully we'll be back for those as well, and we're happy to do a deep dive on any of these issues in a specific hearing, while we do the overview as we are today.
With species at risk, remember that, especially for endangered and threatened species, these are species that are already in, essentially, the equivalent of the emergency room of biodiversity. However, in the history of SARA, we've seen only three instances in which the emergency order power has been used and no instances in which the safety net power has been used.
This lack of action and lack of use of these tools run contrary to the urgent action needed on the biodiversity crisis. It wouldn't be a problem if we were confident that the provinces and territories were doing their part, as this is a matter of shared jurisdiction, but as the statistics in our report note, the vast majority of the species that have been listed since the 1980s are not in better shape than they were. We know, on the ground and in the waters, that the problem is getting worse. It's self-evident that these powers are being underutilized, given that we have so many species that are at risk and not recovering.