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Wild species’ survival should shape National Biodiversity Strategy

(April 02, 2024) This op-ed appeared in the Hill Times. Long before settlers arrived on Atlantic and Pacific shores, Indigenous people stewarded wildlife for diversity and abundance. “Abundance” isn’t recognized as a recovery target under any current legislation; rather, most efforts to protect at-risk species consist of attempts to stop declines and maintain the status quo. In Montreal in 2022, Canada committed to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. The federal government is developing...

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Wildlife without boundaries

(March 01, 2024) This op-ed appeared in the Hill Times. Songbirds from South America travel thousands of kilometres to nest in Canada’s boreal forests. Caribou herds traverse vast tundra distances to find safe areas to calve and then travel back with their young in tow. Whales transit from one ocean to another to reach feeding grounds. Bats make long and perilous journeys to southern forests in the United States to avoid our cold winters. But where was Canada when it came to discussing the fat...

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Public Policy Developments WCS Canada is watching in 2024

(February 05, 2024) In this rundown of upcoming initiatives, we look ahead at some of the big public policy decisions expected in 2024 and explain what outcomes we will be pressing for from each. From the federal government’s efforts to draft a new National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan that can be a cornerstone for efforts to reverse the current decline of biodiversity across Canada to provincial efforts like the commitment by the British Columbia government, in collaboration with First Na...

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Tracking policy developments is just as important as tracking wildlife

(February 05, 2024) See also: Public Policy Developments WCS Canada is watching in 2024 Releasing a wolverine from a live trap can really get your heart pounding. Providing comments on a government policy, a lot less so. But helping make government policies better for nature is a big and important part of the work we do here at WCS Canada. That’s because these official laws, policies and regulations (and their implementation) matter – a lot. The right policy can make a major...

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