Canada needs more than ambition to protect nature: we need accountability

If Canada is serious about its commitment to biodiversity, it’s time to create transparent national legislation that binds biodiversity targets to a clear timeline and ensures legal accountability from governments.

To create real accountability, the proposed law should require transparent reporting on both the targets and the plan (including reasons for failures) and empower the Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco, pictured, to examine and report on the Government of Canada’s implementation of the plans to achieve the targets. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MELANIE SNOW AND SARAH KORPAN

December 8, 2022

The largest international biodiversity conference in more than a decade is taking place right now in Montreal. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Around the globe, nearly

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