Stephen Harper and Monarch Butterflies

monarch butterflies: Migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico in danger of disappearing, according to Globe and Mail. Why monarch butterflies numbers are in freefall A monarch butterfly. Getty Images/iStockphoto video Video: Monarchs at Point Pelee Video Video: How the visa issue looms large over #039;Three Amigos #039; summit Stephen Harper arrived in Mexico City Monday ahead of the Three Amigos summit with the U.S. and Mexican presidents. The Prime Minister attended a wreath-laying ceremony honouring fallen Mexican soldiers. CP Video Video Video: Stephen Harper in Mexico for leaders #039; summit The magic of the monarch migration from Canada through the U.S. and on to Mexico and then back north over multiple generations continues to be in existential jeopardy. Destruction of monarch habitats in Mexico initiated the threat to the iconic butterfly. But its no longer a crisis that gringos can blame solely on the illegal logging I witnessed in Michoacan, where monarchs overwinter. Thats why when Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Prime Minster Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to meet in Toluca for one of their periodic summit conferences close to the Monarch breeding grounds monarch aficionados and preservationists hoped the trio would add monarch survival to the agenda. More Related to this Story Monarch butterflies new population low ramps up fears of migrations collapse (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.