Environment minister calls for emergency decree to protect Quebec caribou from ‘imminent threat’

Environment minister calls for emergency decree to protect Quebec caribou from ‘imminent threat’

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is recommending the adoption of an emergency decree to protect the boreal caribou in Quebec as some herds cross the “threshold of near-disappearance.” The Pipmuacan, Val-d’Or and Charlevoix woodland herds could soon be subject to federally imposed protection measures. In a letter addressed to Quebec Environment Minister Benoit Charette, Guilbeault writes that he intends … Read more