Sunday, August 11, 2013

Controversial changes to Fisheries Act guided by industry demands

Photo, courtesy Darryl Dyke for Globe & Mail
 Who would have guessed?

Controversial changes to Fisheries Act guided by industry demands

by Gloria Galloway, The Globe & Mail, Aug 5, 2013

The federal Conservative government consulted with both environmental organizations and industry associations before making controversial changes to the Fisheries Act last year, but listened primarily to industry.

When a section of one of the government’s massive 2012 omnibus budget bills limited the scope of the legislation governing the protection of fish and their habitats, some ecologists said it was the biggest setback to conservation law in more than 50 years.

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