Federal judge sides with tiny frog, rules against Quebec developer

It’s the size of your fingertip, but this tiny frog has some big legal protection.
In late June, a Federal Court judge ruled that the federal government had the right to issue an emergency protection order — which shrunk a development already under construction in La Prairie — to protect the breeding grounds of the western chorus frog.
The frog, which averages around 2.5 cm long, is one of the smallest frogs that lives in Quebec. While it’s not an endangered species globa