Bill C-5 grants ‘superpowers’ never before seen in ‘environmental law history’: Bloc critic Patrick Bonin

Bill C-5 grants ‘superpowers’ never before seen in ‘environmental law history’: Bloc critic Patrick Bonin

The One Canadian Economy Act is being rammed through the House via a ‘non-democratic’ process and would result in governmental overreach, say the Bloc Québécois, who plan to vote against the bill.

PBI-Canada observes rally on Parliament Hill in which Indigenous leader calls Bill C-5 “economic terrorism” - Peace Brigades International-Canada

The Chiefs of Ontario held a rally with about 200 people on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this afternoon in opposition to the Canadian government’s Bill C-5. At that rally, Chief Shelly Moore-Frappier of Temagami First Nation stated: “Let me be clear — weaponizing the economy to suppress First Nations rights is economic terrorism. It is coercion, plain and simple, and it has no place in a country that claims to value justice or honour of the Crown.”…

Nation building isn’t just about speed — it’s about vision

Bill C-5 is walking backwards into the future if it aims to support an outdated and expensive fossil fuel industry while moving in the direction of more climatic and environmental breakdown By Sandra Schwartz, executive director of CPAWS I’m writing on behalf of the heads of Canada’s largest environmental organizations, including WWF Canada, Environmental Defence, Équiterre, Greenpeace Canada, Sierra Club Canada, West Coast Environmental Law, Na…