In the last phase of January 2011, Environment Canada's assistant deputy minister is evaluating the ultimate report of the joint review panel running the environmental appraisal of Total E&P Canada the $10 billion oil sands project, the Joslyn Mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Though the report advised that the endeavor will take the public interest only if - and it proved to be a large if - adverse effects on species at risk were fully assuaged, she was conscious that both the company and provincial officials did not agree with the need for further wildlife protection measures.
Further, behind the scenes, the business lobby group, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, opposed any offsite protection of habitat that might be regarded as a precedent for future jobs. The government's priority was jobs, and the assistant deputy minister would soon be under pressure to advise the minister on whether to authorize the project to go ahead. With no mechanism to ensure that threatened wildlife could be protected, she was not able to recommend her consent. She needed to find a solution that will work both for the surroundings and the endeavor.
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