﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2018-07-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2018-07-31" lims:current-date="2019-06-21" lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852182" lims:id="852182" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852183" lims:id="852183"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2018-169</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2018</YYYY><MM>7</MM><DD>31</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31"><Date><YYYY>2019</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>22</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852185" lims:id="852185"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">SPECIES AT RISK ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852186" lims:id="852186">Critical Habitat of the Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata) Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield Population Order</LongTitle></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852187" lims:id="852187"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852188" lims:id="852188" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the Western Chorus Frog (<Language xml:lang="la">Pseudacris triseriata</Language>) Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield population, is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_a">a</FootnoteRef>;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852189" lims:id="852189" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852190" lims:id="852190" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas, pursuant to subsection 58(5) of that Act, the competent minister must consult with every other competent minister and whereas the Minister of the Environment is also the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852191" lims:id="852191" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>And whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_b">b</FootnoteRef> of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852192" lims:id="852192" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Therefore, the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_a">a</FootnoteRef>, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2018-169">Critical Habitat of the Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata) Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield Population Order</XRefExternal>.</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852193" lims:id="852193" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Gatineau, July 24, 2018</Text><SignatureBlock justification="left" width="20pc"><SignatureName justification="left" topmarginspacing="12">Catherine McKenna</SignatureName><SignatureTitle justification="left">Minister of the Environment</SignatureTitle></SignatureBlock></Provision><Footnote id="fn_a" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2002, c. 29</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_b" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>S.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60</Text></Footnote></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852194" lims:id="852194"><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852195" lims:id="852195"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852196" lims:id="852196">Application</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>Subsection 58(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal> applies to the critical habitat of the Western Chorus Frog (<Language xml:lang="la">Pseudacris triseriata</Language>) Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield population, which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry, other than the portions of that critical habitat that are</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852197" lims:id="852197"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of the Act; or</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852198" lims:id="852198"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>found on a reserve or any other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band under the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="I-5">Indian Act</XRefExternal>.</Text></Paragraph></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852199" lims:id="852199"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2018-07-31" lims:fid="852200" lims:id="852200">Coming into force</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Text>This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>