Federal court raps government’s knuckles for failure to protect endangered species
Court holds that, 'this is a story about the creation and application of policy by the Minister in clear contravention of the law, and a reluctance to be held accountable for failure to follow the law.'
The federal government can be decidedly zealous in applying the law when it wants to be. With the Income Tax Act, anti-terrorism legislation, or the Criminal Code the courts are frequently called upon to rein in overzealous government officials who try to take the law to the nth degree.
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