Next Stop, Extinction: A Report Card on the failure of Canadian governments to save endangered species

This Report Card grades federal, provincial and territorial governments on their efforts to protect species at risk as outlined in the National Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk. The Report Cord gives failing grades to four jurisdictions - British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon. None of these governments has stand-alone legislation to protect species at risk.

Other highlights from the Report Card include:

  • Nova Scotia receives the top grade - "B" - largely because of the province's leadership on species recovery programs and its species at risk law, which includes a scientific listing process
  • On average, only 36 per cent of scientifically classified "at risk" species are legally listed for protection in Canadian provinces and territories.
  • A number of species at risk, including grizzly bear, wood bison and some whale species, can still be legally hunted in some provinces and territories.
  • The various levels of government cannot even agree on a common definition of "species"
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