While the Endangered Species…

While the Endangered Species Act in its current form can be difficult for industry, the new Species Conservation Act is nonsense. It will not conserve species in any meaningful way. I am deeply concerned about the precedent that it sets for science to be optimal when setting environmental policy. For the minister to be able to reject the committee's decision on what constitutes an endangered species is blatantly anti-science.
The changes to the definition of habitat are cruel; many plants and animals might survive a
season, but you have cut them off at the knees. For proponents to be able to pay into a fund, but there are no stipulations on how that fund is spent or where it is ripe for government misuse of funds.
The endangered species policy is not necessarily to save a specific species, but to protect different environments so that they can support biotic and abiotic functions. We cannot allow our environments to become more degraded in a climate crisis!