Les Entreprises Antoine Stabile & fils inc. has been fined $25,000 for violating the Species at Risk Act

December 19, 2023 – Longueuil, Quebec

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On December 14, 2023, at the Longueuil courthouse, Les Entreprises Antoine Stabile & fils inc. pleaded guilty to one count of violating prohibitions under the Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence–Canadian Shield Population) (the Emergency Order), in contravention of the Species at Risk Act. The company was fined $25,000. The fine will be paid to the Receiver General for Canada.

On November 7, 2022, Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers responded to a report of machinery being operated in the Emergency Order area in La Prairie. The investigation revealed that between October 27 and November 7, 2022, Les Entreprises Antoine Stabile & fils inc. operated heavy machinery in the Emergency Order area. In so doing, they violated subsection 2(1) of the Emergency Order. A violation of the provisions of an emergency order constitutes an offence under the Species at Risk Act.

The Emergency Order prohibits the use of any on- or off-road vehicle anywhere other than on a road or paved path. The Act prohibits killing or harming a wildlife species that is listed as threatened and the damaging or destroying of its habitat.

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