Environmental justice in Canada needs legislative backing now

Environmental racism happens when development, policies or practices lead to more pollution or heightened health hazards in Indigenous or racialized communities, and unequal access to clean water and air, or proximity to green spaces.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. Canada needs a national environmental justice strategy, as proposed by Bill C-226. 

If there weren’t already enough reasons to scale up Canada’s response to the climate crisis, last year, people throughout the country faced unpreced...

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