OFA supports proposed changes to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act that would have the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO) provide an annual activity report to the Minister of Environment, Conservations and Parks; allow the Minister to require COSSARO to reconsider the classification of a species; require COSSARO to consider a species’ condition around its broader biologically relevant geographic area; broaden COSSARO’s membership qualifications to include community knowledge; and clarify that Recovery Strategies are advice to government. OFA does not support proposals to extend the time for adding a species to the Species at Risk in Ontario (SARO); nor does OFA support removing the mandatory legislative requirement and timelines to develop a habitat regulation proposal for newly listed threatened or endangered species. OFA does not oppose the proposed changes to the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act.
Submissions & Correspondence
OFA submission regarding 10th year review of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act
Updated: July 10, 2019