Canada should rethink UN feedback on children’s rights and climate change

Canada’s leaders recently had an opportunity to affirm this responsibility to the next generation, but stopped short of recognizing that future children have rights today.
Hundreds of students gathered on Parliament Hill to demonstrate in support of climate action in May 2019. Today’s failure to consider the next generations has stark consequences for the future we share with the rest of creation, writes Sarah Niman.
Indigenous mothers, aunties, Elders, and leaders don’t just tell children they are important—they demonstrate children’s importance by putting their rights at the centre of key decisions. That’s because Indigenous laws and governance systems consider how today’s actions create ripple effec...

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