The Ontario Government's decision not to release the Eastern Wolf recovery strategy is a serious blow to transparency and endangered species protection.
According to reporting by The Narwhal, internal government emails show while the province has continued work on several recovery strategies that were underway when Bill 5 passed, including the Eastern Wolf's, they have decided not to make them public. That means years of scientific research and expert input may now be kept behind closed doors.
The Eastern Wolf faces ongoing threats from habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and hunting outside limited protected areas. Earlier drafts of the ...
The Ontario Government's decision not to release the Eastern Wolf recovery strategy is a serious blow to transparency and endangered species protection.
According to reporting by The Narwhal, internal government emails show while the province has continued work on several recovery strategies that were underway when Bill 5 passed, including the Eastern Wolf's, they have decided not to make them public. That means years of scientific research and expert input may now be kept behind closed doors.
The Eastern Wolf faces ongoing threats from habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and hunting outside limited protected areas. Earlier drafts of the recovery strategy pointed to the need for stronger protections, including a recovery zone to allow safer movement between protected landscapes. That work should be built upon not buried.
Ontario cannot claim to care about species recovery while withholding the very science and guidance needed to make recovery possible.
Ontario’s refusal to release the draft Eastern Wolf recovery strategy is a serious blow to transparency and endangered species protection.
Earthroots is calling on the province to release the Eastern Wolf recovery strategy immediately and commit to moving forward with transparent, science-based action to protect and recover all threatened species. The public has a right to know what is being proposed, what is at risk, and whether Ontario is prepared to act.
Species cannot recover in secrecy.
Join Earthroots in demanding that the Ontario Government release all endangered species recovery strategies. Email Doug Ford now!