Send a Message! Tell Ontario to Repeal Bill 5
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 ...
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Joint Media Statement: Bill 5 Must be Withdrawn
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 ...
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Bill 5 an Affront to Indigenous Rights and Natural Law, Say Treaty 9 Indigenous Grassroots
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 ...
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Support our Protection Declaration
Tens of thousands of mining claims have been staked absent the consent of Indigenous communities in a region that is among the world’s last remaining peatlands (or muskeg). This vast ecosystem in Omushkego territory in Treaty 9 is critical for ...
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