Environmentalists Have Mixed Reactions to Quebec-Ottawa Caribou Funding Deal
The deal includes $25 million for caribou conservation and $15 million for Indigenous communities, while environmentalists disagree on whether it will help herds.
- Earlier this week, Ottawa and Quebec announced a $25 million caribou conservation deal, with funding allocated over five years to protect the province's dwindling herds.
- Quebec committed to publishing reports on how it uses the funds, demonstrating a shift toward transparency and collaboration with Ottawa on caribou protection.
- An additional $15 million will be directed toward Indigenous communities to support conservation efforts and address habitat challenges facing the species.
- SNAP executive director Alain Branchaud called the deal a positive step, though he noted that meaningful conservation requires compensation for logging communities facing disruption.
- Retired Universit biology professor Marco Festa-Bianchet from Sherbrooke remains skeptical, characterizing the announcement as a "smokescreen" offering only an "illusion of progress" for caribou.
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The battle between the federal and provincial governments over the protection of the cervid began in 2022.
Environmentalists have mixed reaction to Quebec-Ottawa caribou conservation deal
Tuesday’s agreement will see Ottawa send Quebec $25-million over five years to spend on caribou conservation initiatives, and another $15-million to Indigenous communities implementing their own programs
Environmentalists are divided over whether the new funding agreement between Quebec and the federal government will help save the province's caribou herds, whose numbers are constantly dwindling.
The Toronto Star
Environmentalists have mixed reactions to Quebec-Ottawa caribou funding deal
MONTREAL - Environmentalists are divided on whether a new funding deal reached between Quebec and the federal government will help save the province's dwindling caribou herds.
Reactions to the June 30 announcement of federal funding for caribou in Quebec are all but unanimous, as reflected in the comments received from André Michel, biologist and representative of the Innu Nation, forest president Boisaco Steeve Saint-Gelais and researcher Martin-Hugues St-Laurent. André Michel, caribou expert for the Innu Nation, welcomed the federal announcement with some scepticism. "For our part, we were rather happy when the fede…
Le Charlevoisien
Reactions to the June 30 announcement of federal funding for caribou in Quebec are all but unanimous, as reflected in the comments received from André Michel, biologist and representative of the Innu Nation, forest president Boisaco Steeve Saint-Gelais and researcher Martin-Hugues St-Laurent. André Michel, caribou expert for the Innu Nation, welcomed the federal announcement with some scepticism. "For our part, we were rather happy when the fede…
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