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Endorsement of Species and Ecosystems Protection Act
We support a Species and Ecosystem Protection Act, and endorse the following principles to work to protect species:
- Enshrine the principle that healthy ecosystems are essential to healthy human societies and economies;
- Recognize that biological diversity is essential to healthy ecosystems;
- Identify, protect, and recover at-risk biodiversity throughout the province;
- Protect and recover biodiversity by protecting habitat;
- Identify, assess, and develop recovery strategies for at-risk biodiversity on the basis of sound science;
- Enshrine the precautionary principle, the principle of intergenerational equity, and the polluter-pays principle;
- Regire citizen, community, and First Nations participation;
- Require accountability and transparency;
- Be funded; and
- Be enforced
Municipal Endorsers
- Union of BC Municipalities
- City of Victoria - Mayor Dean Fortin
- City of Penticton - Mayor Dan Ashton
- District of Saanich - Mayor Frank Leonard
- District of Maple Ridge - Mayor Ernie Daykin
- City of Burnaby - Mayor Derek Corrigan
- City of Abbotsford - Mayor George W. Peary
- District of Coldstream - Mayor Jim Garlick
- Town of Osoyoos - Mayor Stu Wells
- District of North Saanich - Mayor Alice Finall
- District of Mission - Mayor James Atebe
- City of Fernie - Mayor Cindy Corrigan
- District of Hudson Hope - Mayor Karen Anderson
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Resort Municipality of Whistler - Mayor Ken Melamed
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