Ottawa should suspend passage of C-69

This legislation seems to be just another colonial approach to change the system without adequate consultation or inclusion of Indigenous interests, writes Stephen Buffalo, a member of Alberta’s Samson Cree Nation.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna earlier this week said the government won't be 'accepting amendments that weaken the rules' set out in Bill C-69, the feds' overhaul of the environmental assessment process. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Stephen Buffalo

June 14, 2019

Ottawa is on the verge of passing the controversial Bill C-69, an act of dramatic environmentalism that will undermine Indigenous efforts to achieve a decent level of prosperity and community autonomy. For more than a quarter century, the government encouraged Indigen...

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