Nature Canada

Vote for Nature, Part 1: The "Federal Environment"

Candidates make a lot of statements and promises during elections. But what power do politicians really have to protect nature on our behalf? Funny you should ask – today I start a blog series on this very question!


Under the Canadian constitution, the provincial, territorial, and federal governments each have specific areas of responsibility. This means that the candidates asking for your vote will be accountable to you for protecting nature in specific ways.

The federal government has legal responsibility for specific areas of nature conservation based on existing laws and constitutional authority. So what part of the environment is federal jurisdiction? Simply put, the government of Canada has a duty to do four things for us:
  1. Protect Wildlife
  2. Preserve Natural Areas
  3. Prevent Environmental Disasters
  4. Lead Canadian Conservation

I will look at each of these in more detail in a series of blog posts. Please let me know what you think.

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