Humpback whale losing 'threatened' status amid Northern Gateway concerns

"In January, the Living Oceans Society, along with Ecojustice, ForestEthics Advocacy and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, launched a lawsuit attempting to block cabinet approval of the pipeline. They argued that the report being used as the basis for approval was flawed, in part because it failed to consider protections for the humpback whale required under the Species At Risk Act."

One of the departments cut in the last budget? "Species at Risk Program"

Things that make you go . . Hmmmmmmm . . .

They will remind it to Harper at next elections.

I truly hope so. But I don't see an alternate government actually reversing anything he's done.

What's with the "by...scientists"?
I always get suspicious when printed media does stuff like that. What was edited out before the word scientists?

Whale strikes occur pretty often in tanker shipping lanes in the St. Lawrence seaway.

And yea, that's annoying when they do that.

Whale strikes occur pretty often in tanker shipping lanes in the St. Lawrence seaway.

And yea, that's annoying when they do that.
Oh, I'm not denying that whale strikes are a real concern. In fact I've been against shipping oil out of Kitimat pretty much since Day 1. Not necessarily just because of the whales but because it's a really bad idea all the way around.

And good, I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one who thought it annoying when they did that