The federal government is moving quickly to weaken environmental safeguards that protect endangered species, clean water and ecosystems in order fast-track major industrial projects like mines, ports and pipelines. Tell our leaders that Canadians expect major projects to be reviewed responsibly, not rushed through at nature’s expense.
Southern Mountain Caribou are a threatened species — in southern British Columbia, nearly half of all herds have already been lost. Canada is failing to meet its legal responsibilities under the Species At Risk Act. And while the feds delay, over 310,000 hectares of Southern Mountain Caribou habitat have been logged in southern and central B.C. alone.
The Inland Temperate Rainforest in British Columbia’s interior, is one of the rarest rainforests on Earth. Many of its ancient Cedar trees have endured since the end of the Roman Empire, but today this globally significant ecosystem is suffering a death by a thousand cuts from clearcut logging — and it needs your voice to help save it.