Ontario’s recently passed Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 has disturbing implications for the protection of nature and effectively muzzles dissent and community voices. As we unpack in our legal brief and testimony before the Ontario Legislative Assembly, Bill 5 has immediate impacts on Indigenous rights and environmental justice by: Creating […]
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We acknowledge that there are 46 treaties and other agreements that cover the territory now called Ontario and our roles and responsibilities as Treaty partners. We recognize the inherent rights and responsibilities of Indigenous Nations, who have cared for and governed Turtle Island since time immemorial TORONTO, June 3, 2025 /CNW/ – On May 22
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TIMMINS, ON – The Friends of the Attawapiskat River, a Treaty 9 Indigenous grassroots advocacy group, are calling out the government of Ontario for proposing legislative changes that violate Natural law and Indigenous rights. Bill 5, Protecting Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, was introduced on April 17, 2025, and threatens to prioritize economic