The federal government has adopted a local MP’s private member’s bill.
Richard Cannings introduced a bill to amend the Species at Risk Act to close a loophole used to delay or deny protection for species deemed at risk.
He says this has been a goal of his since coming to Ottawa.
He says now the Minister of Environment and Climate Change will have a clear deadline to add species to the list.
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He brought the bill to the House of Commons in September.
The previous government made no decisions about 82 species considered at risk between 2011 and 2015.