Canada has recognized its environmental injustice problem, now it must act on it

A nation is built on a set of commitments to its people about how it will ensure their well-being. The question is not whether Canada is building, but for whom, and at what cost.

Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Assembly of First Nations' Special Chiefs Assembly on Dec. 2, 2025. Canada's mandated national strategy to advance environmental justice must require meaningful community engagement, and coherence with commitments under UNDRIP, writes Manvi Bhalla. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MANVI BHALLA

May 6, 2026

In June 2024, Bill C-226 mandated Canada's first-ever national strategy to advance environmental justice. Before that, 2023 amendments to the Canadian Environmental Prote...

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