Ministers meeting could mark Canada’s return to conservation leadership

This year’s historic federal investment in protected areas and species at risk signalled a turnaround: Canada wants to take back the conservation lead, writes Aran O'Carroll of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is scheduled to sit down with her ministerial counterparts on Thursday to develop a national conservation strategy. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ARAN O’CARROLL

June 25, 2018

When Canada's ministers responsible for conservation, wildlife, and biodiversity meet in Ottawa on Thursday to hash out a national strategy on protected areas and conservation, the gathering could mark another step towards this country’s return as a global conservat...

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