2007 Conservation Endangered Species Act Government 
Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 26, 2024
These species are the most vulnerable and require species-specific conservation efforts to survive. Unfortunately, changes to regulations in recent years clearly highlight Ontario’s lack of effort to protect these species. Many populations in Ontario are small and disconnected.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. For example, the Redside Dace and Butternut are just two of many species at risk that would be impacted by the proposed giant Highway 413.
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Enviromental Defense
MARCH 6, 2024
On December 20, 2023, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP) proposed more changes that will weaken the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA). The Redside Dace – a small, colourful and endangered minnow. The Redside Dace – a small, colourful and endangered minnow.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 25, 2022
Ontario Court of Appeals decision upholds vital habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Ecojustice, acting on behalf of Environmental Defence and Ontario Nature, intervened in the case. After a nearly 30-year absence, they returned to Ontario in 2007, including to Sauble Beach.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Case challenges habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Habitat loss and degradation threaten the species’ survival and recovery – and beach raking has been identified as a threat to their habitat. Beach conservation and tourism can co-exist. Background.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 11, 2022
Ontario court examines key habitat protection provisions under province’s Endangered Species Act. This case marks the first time the Ontario Court of Appeal will consider the meaning of “damage” to habitat under Section 10 of the ESA, which makes it an offence to damage or destroy an endangered or threatened species’ habitat.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 21, 2022
The world’s eighth-largest lake, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, receives support needed to become an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area. The United States, which did not attend the conference, announced a similar “30 by 30” conservation plan in January 2021. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers. On the Radar.
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