Environment committee  That's the only one I'm aware of, yes.

Environment committee  I'll give you an answer as a biologist. I hope the act intentionally maintains that focus on species in Canada for the very reason that we need to make sure we're preserving biological diversity across the range of species. So certainly the species at the edge of range in Carolin

Environment committee  Yes, or if the time lag is too long, there are provisions to have an endangered species looked at more quickly. The situations in which we might want to do that are, for example, if field biologists find new information from their field work that a population has declined by a si

Environment committee  If I may, to our knowledge it hasn't been invoked, but it's covered in subsection 29(1): If the Minister is of the opinion that there is an imminent threat to the survival of a wildlife species, the Minister must, on an emergency basis, after consultation with every other compe

Environment committee  The short answer is that it's a silence due to lack of consensus.

Environment committee  SARAC feels that stewardship needs to take a more prominent role. It's enshrined in the preamble of SARA, and everyone around the table at SARAC sees its importance as a tool. We talked a little bit about the habitat stewardship program within our brief, but we recognize that thi

Environment committee  The quick response might be in terms of the cycle that a species goes through. Certainly, as you've heard from Dr. Hutchings, COSEWIC has to reassess its species every 10 years or earlier if information warrants. Within SARA, there can be changes to recovery strategies or action

Environment committee  It's not a consensus position of SARAC, but certainly there have been instances where various groups have brought forward examples. One example is the tiny cryptanthe, which is a small plant that is found in grassland habitats in Alberta and Saskatchewan. A request was made that

Environment committee  Yes, there aren't very many of the plants. Some of their habitat was being bulldozed to put in a subdivision.

Environment committee  The groups that were involved didn't receive a detailed response, but our understanding was that the federal government was attempting to work with the Government of Alberta to make sure they recognize their responsibilities under the national accord for the protection of species

Environment committee  They play a role in providing us with contacts when we have questions about the development of policies or how things are being conducted within the core departments. They provide us with feedback, analysis, and presentations on progress to date. They certainly sit back and let t

Environment committee  We get regular updates at our SARAC meetings, and certainly by e-mail, about where things are in the timeline and the development of draft policies. We've certainly seen the policy suite in draft form on several occasions. Yes, we do get updates from them regularly.

Environment committee  We have certainly talked about the need, with regard to listing decisions, for timely consultations. SARAC fully recognizes that there is a suite of consultations that needs to occur. Certainly, with northern species, those can be expensive. I think SARAC understands that what we

Environment committee  To my knowledge, there hasn't been a compensation policy or implementation guidelines that have been developed, so I can't speak to the use of the concept on the landscape at this point in time. As far as I know, it's not being used yet.

Environment committee  I think our discussion around compensation has certainly been that we are anxious to see a uniform policy being developed and uniformly applied. I think all of us at the SARAC table would like to see certainty around the implementation of the act, and compensation is certainly on