Critics Concerned Pipelines, Tankers Reason for Downgrading "Threatened" Status of Humpback Whales

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By Stephen LeahyApr 23, 2014, 8:40 pm41 pts
This week the federal government was legally obligated to establish protected habitat for threatened North Pacific humpback whales. Instead the Harper government suddenly moved to take the humpback off the “threatened species” list. That would eliminate the legal requirement under Canada’s Species At Risk…

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