US EditionMajor projects: How Bill C-5 works and why Indigenous leaders are so concerned
CANADA, JUL 18 – Indigenous leaders argue Bill C-5 undermines constitutional rights and environmental protections while fast-tracking projects affecting their self-determination, according to multiple community representatives.
- Last month, Canada’s parliament passed Bill C-5 to fast-track projects in the national interest, including mines and oil pipelines, and eliminate some trade barriers.
- Canada’s political leaders cited tariff threats as justification, while President Donald Trump specified a 35% tariff next month.
- Following the June, Ontario Superior Court filing said the laws `represent a clear and present danger to the Applicant First Nations’ self-determination rights`.
- Indigenous and environmental groups threatened protests, recalling 2020 rail and road shutdowns in solidarity with a B.C. group fighting a gas pipeline.
- Broader implications include Indigenous groups argue fast-tracking project approval sidesteps their duty to consult and denies them a real say in decisions affecting their rights and environment.
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Todayville
LifeSiteNewsCanadians have surrendered complete control to Mark Carney
From LifeSiteNews Bill C-5 can be accurately and fairly described as Mark Carney’s grab for power in Canada. Here’s why. Mark Carney operates as a banker and corporate leader, not as prime minister. We saw this in blazing technicolor when he brought forward Bill C-5, passed in the House of Commons on the 20th of June and rubber stamped without any amendments by the Trudeau-appointed Senate on June 26, 2025. Ignoring Parliament The manner with w…
The Peterborough Examiner
The Hamilton Spectator‘No level playing field’: NAN leader says he can’t accept Bill C-5
OTTAWA — After meeting with senior federal ministers and listening to Canada’s Prime Minister, the leader of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation says he can’t accept the Building Canada Act as-is.
Carney's Bill C-5 summit does little to allay concerns, say Manitoba chiefs
A group of Manitoba chiefs have emerged from a summit with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa with many of their concerns remaining over his government's major projects legislation, and how its fast-tracked approval process could sidestep consultations and threaten Indigenous sovereignty.
The Toronto Star
Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why Indigenous leaders are so concerned
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney held a meeting with hundreds of First Nations chiefs Thursday, amid widespread skepticism and frustration over his controversial major-projects legislation.
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