Following Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna's declaration in May, 2018 that B.C.'s mountain Caribou were under imminent threat and that immediate intervention is required, Ecojustice has now brought in their guns on behalf of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y), the Wilderness Committee, Greenpeace Canada and Wildsight. Ecojustice is a well funded, massive organization that is known for its lawsuits against governments, supposedly to protect the environment.
Ecojustice wrote a letter to Catherine McKenna in November, 2018, basically stating that since May not enough action was being taken on Caribou protection, that laws were being violated, and that this Caribou decline was secondary to "loss or degradation of the habitat". The letter cites logging as one problem contributing to this degradation. There are also accusations that the Species At Risk Act was not being followed and in a rather bold statement declared, "Accordingly, you must finalize one or more SARA conservation agreements covering all southern mountain caribou LPUs in BC by the deadlines set out in the conclusion of this letter." Ecojustice was also dismayed that under s. 80(2) of SARA no recommendations had been made to Cabinet13 for an "emergency order to protect the species and its habitat." A demand was also made to use s. 41(1)(c) of SARA as a basis to identify southern mountain Caribou critical habitat, claiming it is unlawful to not do so. The full list of demands is on page 5 with most having deadlines of May, 2019. Everyone needs to understand that Y2Y and their cronies have brought in a legal mechanism to force their agenda into place, that being land taken away for use. Citizens have been left out of all consultation, that law was also broken. It is time to step in and demand from the government that your rights are above those of Ecojustice and their cronies.
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The Crown of the Continent (COC) website and their activity has been out of commission for some time, but they have now emerged once again with a new website. Like other non governmental organizations, they are reorganizing themselves into stronger groups, especially since the large landscape cooperatives are dying.
In the new reorganization the COC map is more far reaching than previously, now extending from Montana far into British Columbia. There has been some reorganization of their leaders as well. Several Montana organizations are still listed, including state agencies, but oddly, the Anglican Church of Canada is now listed as one of the team members. More representation from Tribes and First Nations is also a change. Another surprise is the addition of a Teck Resources mining company employee. COC touts conservation so what is a mining company doing as part of the team? With much emphasis now on Grizzlies as they will be used for justification of corridors, Vital Ground is still much up front and present. The Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC), which is a large organization comprised of U.S. government agencies and other large NGOs, including COC, and is also on the team. Gary Tabor is the Director of the CLLC, and is one of the leaders of the Yellowstone to Yukon agenda, along with Harvey Locke. The U.S. Forest Service is one representative of the federal government, essentially affecting British Columbia policy, but there is NO representation of British Columbia on this team! Given the massive impact on land in British Columbia it would only seem logical that the government would be included on this "roundtable". This video explains the COC mission. For those who live in southern British Columbia watch this organization, who is working with them, and their goals. |
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