Environment committee  Yes. I would say the primary problems to date have been a lack of implementation and a lack of supporting policies.

Environment committee  I think I'll just take a first stab, and then Keith and Susan can join. There are a couple of times when we've talked about timelines and also consultation as it pertains to timelines. I think there are a number of recommendations that you've heard to close some of the loophole

Environment committee  The collaborations for joint recommendations between NGOs and industry are still under way. I think we all hope that we are going to be able to achieve some collaborative recommendations that we can then bring before the committee before it is over.

Environment committee  I think this highlights one area where the act is right. The protection of most species at risk is not about creating specific small protected areas, nor is it about killing predators. It is about ensuring that there is enough habitat for species to survive and recover. As, I t

Environment committee  I'll let you take a stab at it, Keith.

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. The way that I understand SARA to work is actually that the prohibitions apply primarily to federal jurisdiction, and that the only way the federal government would ever step on a province's toes is if a province didn't have its own measures to effec

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. I think there is a consensus, almost, that the implementation of the act to date has been quite poor. I do hope, however, that it came across from our presentation that we believe the main thing we've been fighting for, which is the identification of

Environment committee  Thanks, Keith. We're now on the slide entitled “Conservation agreements--incentives”. We agree with other presenters that the lack of any concluded section 11 conservation agreements is an enormous missed opportunity, and that they should be utilized. However, we believe that c

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to present before you today. I'm Rachel Plotkin, with the David Suzuki Foundation. On the screen before you are Keith Ferguson, staff lawyer for Ecojustice, and Susan Pinkus, scientist for Ecojustice. As