Current status

Declaration order: extension, November 29, 2015

Project summary

The purpose of the Wildlife Rabies Control Program is to eliminate rabies from wildlife species that spread the disease. Exemption Order MNR-62 exempts the Wildlife Rabies Control Program from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act.

Proponent

Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs

Location

Province of Ontario

Type

Resource

Reference Number

15067

Contact

Antonia Testa, Environmental Assessment Branch

Project history

Declaration order (2015): extension
Decision date: November 29, 2015

Declaration order (2005): extension
Date submitted: July 5, 2005
Decision date: November 22, 2005

Declaration (2015)

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, along with support of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, requested a 10 year extension to Exemption Order MNR-62 (Wildlife Rabies Control Program) under the Environmental Assessment Act for the Wildlife Rabies Control Program. No other changes to the Exemption Order were proposed. The Exemption Order was set to expire on November 29, 2015.

The extention to Exemption Order MNR-62 under the Environmental Assessment Act, was granted by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change on November 10, 2015 and was published in The Ontario Gazette on November 28, 2015. In accordance with Condition 4 of the Exemption Order MNR-62, it is now set to expire November 29, 2025.

Declaration (2005)

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) requested a ten-year extension to Exemption Order MNR-62 (Ontario Regulation 520/95), exempting the Wildlife Rabies Control Program from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act.

The purpose of the program is to help eliminate rabies from wildlife species in order to protect human life, enhance the quality of life for the residents of Ontario, reduce health care costs, and enhance agricultural production. Approval was received November 22, 2005.