Canada’s Endangered Species Watchdog Is Strapped for Cash - The Tyee

Budget cuts have left the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada struggling to do its job even as the number of species at risk of extinction in the country steadily climbs. ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND SELECT PARTNERS What’s Up Docs? Female filmmakers find big ideas in even the smallest subjects in documentaries at VIFF Centre this month. The Tyee has learned that the committee of scientists is so strapped for funding that it was forced to cancel its biannual meeting last month to assess species as threatened or endangered — the first step for struggling wil…