Five things Canada must do to protect nature—and tackle the climate crisis

Protecting nature must be tackled across partisan lines: it’s in the best interest of all parties to establish new protected areas, reverse nature loss, support Indigenous-led conservation, and restore and enhance wetlands, grasslands and peatlands.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured Oct. 27, 2021, in Ottawa. What Canada does matters—on the global stage and within our borders. At COP26, our government promised to be a global environmental leader. Now the work begins to translate these promises into action here at home. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SEVERN CULLIS-SUZUKI AND GRAHAM SAUL

November 29, 2021

Halt and reverse the destruction of nature. This is the urgent call of more than 200 Canadian environmental groups to the prime minister and the new government, as Parliament prepares to open its 44th session. The call reflects the important reality that destroying critical ecosystems i...

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