Responding to today’s proposals by the Ontario government to amend the Endangered Species Act, Head of Forest Campaign with Greenpeace Canada Shane Moffatt commented:
“The Ford government is proposing to create a potential “pay to slay” loophole in the Endangered Species Act that allows industry and developers to pay into a fund rather than protect the habitat of at-risk species. At a time when the Earth’s wildlife are in crisis, we should be restoring our natural environment, not allowing big business to cut a cheque and send in the bulldozers.”
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For more information, please contact:
Marie-Christine Fiset, Head of Media, Greenpeace Canada
[email protected]; +1 514 400-3256
