Environment committee  No. That's right. There are a variety of some 30 species concepts that are out there to address a variety of different priorities, but the biological species concept that you referred to, the ability to interbreed, is still one that's quite important in the scientific community.

Environment committee  There are new species being found in Canada; at exactly what rate, I don't know. It varies a lot by taxonomic group. I don't think we're going to find a whole lot of new mammals, but we find new lichens, new plants, and new insects especially. So it varies by group, it varies by

Environment committee  Obviously we are suggesting that there be another body created, and that's a little scary because it tends to suggest that things could slow down.

Environment committee  I am a member of COSEWIC and I think COSEWIC works pretty efficiently. What we envisioned when we came up with this concept and nicknamed it COREWIC is a fairly parallel organization, though of course it doesn't have to be exactly parallel. An independent oversight body has the