Environment committee  Not that we know of to date.

Environment committee  I think this might be outside of the purview of the SARAC committee. I think a number of our organizations have initiated legal challenges about the orca, and when we're here as individual environmental organizations, we'd be happy to talk about that.

Environment committee  I think, Ms. Duncan, that it's hard for us to interpret the motivations of the government. I think what we can say as a committee that's here to protect the species at risk is that in the case of the caribou, for example, their recovery strategy, which was supposed to include cri

Environment committee  There is a measure under the act for a species of special concern, so that before their critical habitat needs to be identified, you can plan to ensure that they don't get uplisted to being threatened or endangered.

Environment committee  We think an emergency listing was requested for the Cultus Lake and Sakinaw Lake species of sockeye salmon.

Environment committee  COSEWIC.

Environment committee  They were denied listing.

Environment committee  Economic impacts.

Environment committee  I think it's important to note, as you did, Mr. Watson, that SARAC did not make any significant recommendations to change the component of the act that requires that critical habitat be identified for each individual species. I think it's hard to move forward in an ecosystem-ba

Environment committee  One of the things that's also implied by our recommendations, if I might say so on behalf of SARAC, is that we are highlighting the challenges of incompletion. So one of our recommendations would be completion.

Environment committee  I will just add that DFO has the significantly lowest rate of listing species that have deemed to be at risk by COSEWIC.

Environment committee  For 85% of Canada's species at risk, the primary reason they're at risk is habitat loss and degradation and destruction.

Environment committee  That includes marine species.

Environment committee  It's here in the SARAC brief, so I will just reread it, because it is an area of consensus: that the identification and consequent protection of critical habitat is necessary to the recovery and/or survival of most listed species.

Environment committee  It is mandated under the act: to the extent possible, based on the best available information.