Getting tough on environmental crime?

The amend statutes under the power of the eea resulted in the establishment by Minister of the Environment and Parks. [...] The Minister must annually prepare a report on the administration of this Act during the preceding calendar year and must have a copy of the report tabled in each House of Parliament within the first 15 days that it is sitting after the completion of the report. [...] The Minister shall annually prepare a report with respect to the admin- The Wild Animal and istration of this Act during the preceding calendar year and shall cause a Plant Protection and copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of Regulation of Interna- the first fifteen days that the House is sitting after its completion. [...] A total of The third source of enforcement infor- $70,000 of these penalties is being directed mation comes from news releases and to projects related to the conservation and departmental statements, which may protection of fish and fish habitat in the provide further information regarding waters of the Fraser River and its tributaries.