{"id":1483,"date":"2014-02-19T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2014-02-19T12:33:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:33:01","slug":"eco-justice-case-favourable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=1483","title":{"rendered":"Eco Justice case favourable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Delay no more. That\u2019s the clear, strong message the Federal Court sent late last week when it chastised the Canadian government for its chronic, unlawful delays in producing recovery strategies for our country\u2019s vulnerable wildlife.<\/p>\n

The judgment, coming just six weeks after our Federal Court hearing, marks the\u00a0successful end to one of the biggest endangered species lawsuits in Ecojustice history<\/a>. The lawsuit challenged the federal government\u2019s multi-year delays in producing recovery strategies for four species \u2014 the Pacific Humpback Whale, Nechako White Sturgeon, Marbled Murrelet and Southern Mountain Caribou.<\/p>\n

Justice Anne L. Mactavish wrote in her judgment:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nIt is \u2026 apparent that the delay encountered in these four cases are just the tip of the iceberg. There is clearly an enormous systemic problem within the relevant Ministries, given the respondents’ acknowledgement that there remain some 167 species at risk for which recovery strategies have not yet been developed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nThis isn\u2019t just a big win for the four species at issue in the case, but a victory for the rest of Canada\u2019s wildlife struggling to survive.\u00a0 The pressure\u2019s now on the federal government to step up and find a way to produce meaningful recovery strategies for the 160+ species that still need them.<\/p>\n

Lawsuits like this one require a massive investment on the part of both our staff and supporters …..<\/p>\n

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\nSean Nixon
\nstaff lawyer,\u00a0Ecojustice
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