Are the feds halting and reversing the progress made at COP15?

The Roberts Bank megaport approval casts a shadow on Canada’s domestic commitment to align federal policies and actions to its biodiversity commitments.

At the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated, ‘Nature is under threat; in fact it’s under attack.’ Far from reversing that attack, the Roberts Bank decision he and his ministers made ramps it up in coastal British Columbia, write Emily McMillan and Patrick Nadeau. Photograph courtesy of UN Biodiversity/Flickr

Opinion

BY EMILY MCMILLAN, PATRICK NADEAU

May 24, 2023

Canada, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, played a critical, widely applauded role in achieving international agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss this past December at the Montreal Biodiversity Conference, COP15.

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