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06/10/2020
Holding Government's Responsible: How Bancroft v Nova Scotia helps protect provincial wildlife.
"[e]ndangered species do not have time to wait for [the competent minister] to 'get it right'"
Judicial Review is a principle which allows the courts to hold governments accountable in the event they reasonably failed to fulfill their obligations. In this case, the Lands and Forests Minister of the provincial government was found guilty of not meeting various proposals and action plans responsible for protecting six endangered or at risk species. The Minister is now required to make a formal declaration of its promise to meet the original proposals, and will be held accountable for creating action plans and designating teams to carry out the plans. The Bancroft case has been a huge success for protecting our beautiful province and the wildlife living in it, as well as showing the power of the courts to represent the public's best interests when needed.
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice ruled that the province failed to live up to its self-prescribed duty to protect endangered species, and has ordered the minister of lands and forestry to act.
