A First Nation along the route of the proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline (now called Pacific Link) says it’s considering court action.

Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA) aims to prevent wildlife extinction and facilitate the recovery and management of species imperilled due to human activity. A species may only be included on SARA after scientific assessment and a Cabinet decision. Recommended timelines for each stage of this process were introduced in 2017. We evaluated the influence of these recommendations by comparing delays before and after 2017, focusing specifically on the second stage where timelines are not mandatory. We also analyzed stated causes of delay for each species considered for listing. We found that decisions were made within the timeframe for only 6% of 288 species, and 31% were listed after delays. Critically, 85% of 181 species waiting for a decision have already exceeded recommended timelines. Timeline compliance did not improve after the 2017 policy was introduced (longer median decision times and proportionally fewer species advanced to decision), where decisions exceeded the timelines by an average of 477 days (versus 484 days pre-2017). Certain species groups, particularly marine vertebrates, experienced disproportionate delays, but publicly available information highlighting causes of delays is limited. Despite the intention of the 2017 policy to expedite decision-making, species at risk in Canada continue to wait.

Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA) aims to prevent wildlife extinction and facilitate the recovery and management of species imperilled due to human activity. A species may only be included on SARA after scientific assessment and a Cabinet decision. Recommended timelines for each stage of this process were introduced in 2017. We evaluated the influence of these recommendations by comparing delays before and after 2017, focusing specifically on the second stage where timelines are not mandatory. We also analyzed stated causes of delay for each species considered for listing. We found that decisions were made within the timeframe for only 6% of 288 species, and 31% were listed after delays. Critically, 85% of 181 species waiting for a decision have already exceeded recommended timelines. Timeline compliance did not improve after the 2017 policy was introduced (longer median decision times and proportionally fewer species advanced to decision), where decisions exceeded the timelines by an average of 477 days (versus 484 days pre-2017). Certain species groups, particularly marine vertebrates, experienced disproportionate delays, but publicly available information highlighting causes of delays is limited. Despite the intention of the 2017 policy to expedite decision-making, species at risk in Canada continue to wait.

Officials at Canada's agriculture department are asking scientists who were abruptly fired earlier this year to help the agency decide its future research goals, Canada's National Observer has found.

The government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors, they say, while gutting Canada’s environmental protections in favour of oil and gas

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Impact assessments prevent harm before it occurs. Circumventing the process before we understand the risks is misguided and a gamble with our collective future.

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Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees

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Unanimously passed and once celebrated, B.C.’s Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act is now facing rushed amendments

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Canada’s accelerating biodiversity and climate crises threaten ecosystems, communities, and the economy. Significant progress toward international and national conservation targets—supported by federa...

Following lobbying by a mining group, B.C. is reviewing how it defines conservation across the province — raising concerns protections could weaken

As delegates gather in Brazil for COP15, the fate of Arctic caribou migrations should serve as both a warning and a test.

In the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about what I’ve been reading as reference points for my commentary on the…

As scientists and knowledge holders, our voices carry weight — and right now, they're needed. We have drafted an open letter to Prime Minister Carney urging the renewal of federal conservation funding...