Re: Conservation

Fifteen concerned scientists based around the country have sent a letter calling for Ottawa to further protect oceans from industrial activity, simply by following agreements it has already signed. Although the government pledged to protect five per cent of Canada’s coast by 2017 and 10 per cent by 2020, less than one per cent is currently protected.

“In Canada we have a lot of very weak regulations so we tolerate a lot of industrial activities... mostly fishing and oil and gas activities,” said Rodolphe Devillers, a geography professor at Memorial University in Newfoundland, a signatory.