Canada is threatening to use, for the first time, a provision in endangered species legislation to intervene and force caribou habitat protection in Quebec.
Ottawa is threatening to intervene in Quebec to protect caribou as Premier Francois Legault calls on the federal government to stay out of what he considers a provincial issue.
Ottawa is threatening to intervene in Quebec to protect caribou as Premier Francois Legault calls on the federal government to stay out of what he considers a provincial issue.
A commission looking into the future of Quebec's woodland and mountain caribou population is about to launch public consultations to consider two options for conserving the species. Environmental groups say neither option is acceptable.
The nomination of former environmentalist Steven Guilbeault to the position of Canad as environment minister is generally being very well received by environmental groups though there are some reservations.