Can Canada’s Species at Risk Act protect endangered wildlife on federal land?

A pending Federal Court of Appeal ruling might hold the answer.
The desired site of the Near Surface Disposal Facility is currently home to a number of animals, including the Canada warbler, listed as threatened under the Species at Risk Act.

There’s a beautiful, wild, south-facing hillside close to the Ottawa River, not too far upstream from Parliament Hill. It is densely forested with mature stands of deciduous and coniferous trees, and partly surrounded by five named wetlands that drain through Perch Creek a...

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