The members of the Board of Directors are appointed by the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary and by the President of the University of Calgary. [...] Mark Boyce of the University of Alberta describes the potential extinction of the sage grouse as “the first case where the oil and gas industry has caused the extirpation of a species in Canada. [...] The CBS includes three main components: the SARA, 1999’s National Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk [Accord]41, and the Habitat Stewardship for Species at Risk.42 In addition to this main framework, the Canada Wildlife Act includes a provision pre-dating the SARA, that the Minister [generally, of Environment] “may, in cooperation with one or more provincial governments having an interes [...] In addition, the SARA adopts the precautionary principle, as the Preamble and the provision for contents of recovery strategies also includes the language: “[t]he Government of Canada is committed to conserving biological diversity and to the principle that, if there are threats of serious or irreversible damage to a wildlife species, cost-effective measures to prevent the reduction or loss of the [...] In that case, the Order cites measures under SARA to protect the SRKW, and “other measures have been taken, continue to be taken and will be taken by the Government of Canada and other organizations to address the three imminent threats to the survival and recovery of the SKRW; and “whereas social, economic, policy and other factors, and the broader public interest, have also been considered […] H