The last time the federal government issued an emergency order to protect a species was in February 2023 to save Canada’s last spotted owls. (That was Stephen Guillbeault.)
Will they do it again for the piping plovers on Wasaga Beach (which Ontario has stripped of all protections)?
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The federal government has begun assessing whether piping plovers on Wasaga Beach face imminent threats, after the Doug Ford government removed their protections. The results will determine if the tiny birds get federal protection. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
The stretch of the popular southern Ontario beach used by the endangered bird is no longer provincially protected. After a court challenge, the federal government is now assessing whether to step in
