Morneau’s new budget can be a wild success: here’s how

With only three years remaining to meet our international commitment and a wildlife-loss crisis underway in Canada as it is around the world, it is past time for the federal government to make a significant funding commitment to expand Canada’s protected areas network. But to truly conquer the decline of wildlife, we need more than a cash infusion. We need to revolutionize our approach to conservation.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured last month on the Hill. In response to staggering levels of wildlife loss, conservation organizations and federal parliamentarians of all political stripes have asked the Government of Canada to make nature a priority in the looming federal budget by allocating at least $1.4-billion for habitat protections, writes Megan Leslie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MEGAN LESLIE

January 22, 2018

OTTAWA—In response to staggering levels of wildlife loss, conservation organizations and federal parliamentarians of all political stripes have asked the Government of Canada to make nature a priority in the looming federal budget by allocating at least $1.4-billion for habitat protections. While...

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