Canada: $750,000 Fine For Killing Migratory Birds by Paula Lombardi, Siskinds LLP, January 8, 2016, Mondaq
On November 5, 2015 Canaport LNG Limited Partnership plead guilty to charges under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 and the Species at Risk Act and was ordered to pay a total penalty of $750,000 by the New Brunswick Provincial court.
The investigation conducted by Environment Canada into the incident disclosed that in September 2013 there were in excess of 7,500 bird mortalities resulting from direct or indirect contact with burning natural gas from a flare stack being operated at the Canaport LNG facility. Approximately 26 different species of migratory birds were killed; four of which were Canada Warblers, a threatened species listed under the Species at Risk Act.