Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution

In our constitutional rights document, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, there are all manner of protections. But nothing—nothing—about the environment.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured in her Hill office on Aug. 29, 2016. The Green Party’s environmental plan is the one that deserves the greatest scrutiny, because—if, as recent polls also suggest, a minority government is almost inevitable—it is the one now most likely to be implemented. Ms. May will be the most powerful person in Canada, in effect, because she will hold the balance of power in late 2019 and beyond, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

July 1, 2019

TORONTO—Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution. In the United States, such an amendment has been sought since 1996. Here’s what it says: “The natural resources of the nation are the heritage of present and future generations. The right of each person to clean and healthful air and wa...

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