Rotten Company

Hydro-Québec

Approved Evidence

Added to Rotten Company: 9/1/2026
Conduct/Event period: March 23, 2022–March 23, 2022
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: October 13, 2022
misconduct

Hydro-Québec pleaded guilty to damaging protected Western Chorus Frog habitat

Summary

Hydro-Québec pleaded guilty to one offence under Canada's Species at Risk Act and was fined $40,000 on October 13, 2022. Environment and Climate Change Canada said work performed on March 23, 2022 damaged 3,955 square metres of protected Western Chorus Frog critical habitat in La Prairie, Quebec. Primary source: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2022/10/hydro-quebec-fined-40000-for-violating-the-species-at-risk-act.html

Evidence Weight
98.30
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 98.29747035354515
File Weight: 1