"Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is offering no explanation for a mysterious memo sent from a senior bureaucrat to his environment minister that incorrectly summarized scientific evidence from a secret report.
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The memo, released through a court challenge, contradicted the warnings from an Environment Canada scientist about “imminent” danger from a major residential real estate project near Montreal that is threatening the survival of a critical population of western chorus frogs, protected under federal endangered species legislation."
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“The Department’s assessment is that the development project constitutes an imminent threat to the recovery of the Western Chorus Frog, but not to its survival (in other regions such as Ontario),” said the memo, addressed to Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq.
“You have the legal obligation to make the recommendation (to cabinet) for an emergency order if you are of the opinion that the species faces imminent threats to its survival or recovery.”
READ MORE: http://mikedesouza.com/2014/10/04/leona-aglukkaq-silent-on-altered-evidence-in-frog-memo/
“The Department’s assessment is that the development project constitutes an imminent threat to the recovery of the Western Chorus Frog, but not to its survival (in other regions such as Ontario),” said the memo, addressed to Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq.
“You have the legal obligation to make the recommendation (to cabinet) for an emergency order if you are of the opinion that the species faces imminent threats to its survival or recovery.”
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