Critical Habitat of the Fernald’s Braya (Braya fernaldii) Order (SOR/2021-12)

Whereas the Fernald’s Braya (Braya fernaldii) is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a;

• Return to footnote ^aS.C. 2002, c. 29

Whereas the action plan that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;

Whereas no portion of the critical habitat of that species that is specified in the annexed Order is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)Footnote ^b of that Act;

• Return to footnote ^bS.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 58(5) of that Act, the competent minister must consult with every other competent minister and whereas the Minister of the Environment is also the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency;

And whereas the Minister of the Environment is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect land that is under the authority of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and, pursuant to subsection 58(9) of that Act, has consulted with that Minister with respect to the Order;

Therefore, the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Fernald’s Braya (Braya fernaldii) Order.

Gatineau, February 5, 2021

Le ministre de l’Environnement, Jonathan Wilkinson Minister of the Environment