Federal Government not doing what majority of Canadians want when it comes to species at risk

A recent Ispos Reid poll found that 62% of Canadians think the federal Government is not doing enough to protect species at risk. One way that the government could do more was highlighted in a recent Op-ed in the Globe and Mail, co-authored by Sally Otto and Jeannette Whitton from UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre, along with colleagues Sue McKee, Jeremy Kerr and Scott Findlay from the University of Ottawa, and Arne Mooers from Simon Fraser University. The group examined what happens to the files of species recommended for listing under Canada’s Species at Risk Act. They found that more and more of the recommended species are waiting longer and longer before the government takes action on listing.

Read the full Globe and Mail article and links to research analysis