GI-2024-51-reg6: Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act (Certain Wildlife Species of Red Knot and Four Other Wildlife Species)

The government's own analysis confirms there are no incremental compliance costs to businesses, landowners, or Indigenous peoples from this Order. Since all nine species were already listed, no new prohibitions are triggered — species being downlisted or delisted actually reduce the situations where you'd need a SARA permit to carry out activities on federal land. For anyone who has previously needed permits to conduct research or other activities near Red Knot habitat, roughly five MBCA permit applications per year are expected to continue, costing applicants about $370 each. The small business lens analysis explicitly found zero incremental costs or benefits for small businesses in Canada.