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Take action now to ensure that the feds scrap their plan to fast-track destruction for good.
Earlier this spring, the Government of Canada dropped a discussion paper proposing a suite of legislative changes that would make it easier to fast-track destructive mega-projects – while our communities and the planet suffer the consequences.
The climate movement immediately responded to this undemocratic attack on environmental protections, and we have a real opportunity to stop it in its tracks if we can build enough public pressure.
Just last month, we successfully forced them to delay their plans but they could still table legislation when Parliament resumes this fall. We need to keep up the pressure and make it too politically toxic for Carney to turn this proposal into policy.
With a new tar sands pipeline being advanced, and the mask off Carney’s abandonment of Canada’s climate commitments, it’s more important than ever to ensure that we protect the regulations that keep communities and ecosystems safe.
Four ways to take action:
Here are some of the most alarming parts of Carney’s proposal to fast-track pipelines, mines, nuclear facilities, and other destructive mega-projects:
- A Free Pass for Pipelines: Companies proposing new pipelines would no longer need to pass an Environmental Impact Assessment prior to their project receiving approval
- Federal Destruction Zones: Taking a page out of Doug Ford and Pierre Poilievre’s book, Carney wants to create special Federal Economic Zones where all new development is “pre-approved”
- Habitat Decimation: this proposal seeks to suspend the Fisheries Act and Species at Risk Act that are critical laws created to protect vulnerable habitats
- Corporations First, Communities Last: if passed, Carney’s changes will allow companies to start construction while projects are still in review, meanwhile they will rush through consultations with Indigenous peoples and communities.