Title
WCS Canada Comments - Gold Canyon Resources Springpole Gold Access Corridor Project - September 2013
Author(s)
Justina Ray
Published
2013
Publisher
[Correspondence]
Abstract
This proposed overall benefit permit under the Endangered Species Act would set an important precedent for future permit applications in northern Ontario. Our primary concern relates to how this permit application reflects the implementation of the provincial Range Management Policy, which is a central pillar of the Caribou Conservation Plan that is meant to direct how cumulative disturbance within caribou population ranges will be managed by the MNR. There is a lack of available supporting documentation like the MNR Caribou screening report. Our concerns include a lack of consideration for alternative permit types that would fit the proposal more accurately than an Overall Benefit Permit, the lack of regard for the poor condition of the Churchill Caribou Range, and the lowering of the Overall Benefit Permit standard to minimize impact to caribou through mitigation measures rather than actually achieving overall benefit.
Full Citation
[Correspondence] Ray, Justina (2013). Gold Canyon Resources Inc ., Permit for activities with conditions to achieve overall benefit to the species - ESA s.17(2)(c) – (Ontario EBR Registry Number 011-9719)
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