Federal government fails to see forest for the trees in caribou recovery

To protect caribou and thousands of jobs, the feds must re-examine the science and socio-economic impact of its recovery strategy.

Canada's boreal forest in Iroquois Falls, Ont. The Forest Products Association of Canada says industrial activity is not always a determining factor in how well caribou populations survive, and public policy should reflect that. Photograph by James Vincent Wardhaugh

Opinion

BY DEREK NIGHBOR

August 21, 2017

OTTAWA—Canada’s leading forest-products companies and the 230,000 people we employ in hundreds of communities across the country are urging the federal government to give serious thought to adjusting the procedures and timing of the Caribou Recovery Strategy to achieve a more balanced and sustai...

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