Indigenous consent isn’t a veto: it’s how durable, co-governed projects get built

If our governments recognized the synergies between these objectives, it would secure a leadership spot for Canada on the international stage. We, as Canadians from all backgrounds, should settle for nothing less.

The letter written earlier this summer by Alberta and Ontario ministers asking Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, to 'refrain from reintroducing' an act is a grossly regressive assault on human rights and, write Jessica Clogg,G Tim Gray, Emily McMillan, and Rachel Plotkin. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY TIM GRAY, EMILY MCMILLAN, RACHEL PLOTKIN, JESSICA CLOGG

September 11, 2025

The recent suite of poorly conceived and hastily passed laws in Canada (Bill 5 in Ontario, Bill 15 in British Columbia, and the federal Bill C-5) have not only weakened environmental safeguards; they also, to varying degrees, have sidelined the processes that traditionally...

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