Feds have opportunity to finally address environmental racism

A law like the one being proposed by Liberal MP Lenore Zann on environmental racism this won’t fix things like a magic wand. But it the strategy itself would examine the links between race, socio-economic status, and environmental risk.

If passed, Liberal MP Lenore Zann's private member's bill will require the environment minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured, to 'develop a national strategy to promote efforts across Canada to redress the harm caused by environmental racism.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PRIYANKA VITTAL

March 22, 2021

Bill C-230 is Canada’s chance to take a monumental first step in understanding and addressing environmental racism. The private member’s bill bro...

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