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Canada Standard
16 minutes ago
- Canada Standard
'You Will See Us In Your Cities': First Nations Youth to Mobilize Against Major Projects Bills
First Nations youth leaders are warning Canadians can expect a long, tense summer of protests as governments push forward with plans to fast-track major projects-and young people will be leading the charge. "You will see us in your cities, your city's hubs," said Ramon Kataquapit, a youth councillor with the Chiefs of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation and a member of Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario, told The Canadian Press. The federal Liberal government's Bill C-5, which passed through the House of Commons Friday night, allows cabinet to quickly grant federal approvals for big industrial projects like mines, ports and pipelines. It sailed through a Commons committee in the early hours of Thursday with support from the Conservatives. And in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford's Conservatives have passed legislation allowing his government to designate "special economic zones" where the provincial cabinet can exempt companies or projects from having to comply with any provincial law, provincial regulation or municipal bylaw. Both pieces of legislation have met with fierce resistance from First Nations leaders who accuse Ottawa and Queen's Park of trampling on their rights and failing to consult with them in good faith. Kataquapit said First Nations youth are "starting a movement" to protect their cultures and lands from what they see as increasing encroachment by governments looking to build major projects in a hurry. He compared both pieces of legislation to a rock falling off a mountain. "You don't know how much momentum it's going to build," he said. "It might cause a mudslide and turn into something like an avalanche. "This can turn into something much bigger, and a lot of our people-a lot of the youth-we see that." While chiefs have been the most prominent First Nations voices in news coverage of the legislation, Kataquapit said young people were the driving force behind recent rallies against the fast-track bills in northern Ontario, at Queen's Park and on Parliament Hill. He said they draw inspiration from the Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy, which speaks of a "seventh fire" generation that will bring back traditional knowledge and ways of living after a period of cultural dislocation. "We were raised to be the seventh generation," Kataquapit said. "What I've been taught was that it's my role to wake people up and to really show just how much colonization has affected us, but (also) how much strength we have in our traditional identity, culture... "The seven fires are ready to take the steps that our leadership are falling back on because they fought a good fight for their entire lives," he said, adding, "It's just nature that you grow tired, scarred, traumatized." Terra Roy, another youth councillor with Chiefs of Ontario, said First Nations youth can do more than just protest-they can engage with the land and with traditional knowledge as an act of resistance. "We have young people in Attawapiskat taking to the rivers," Roy said. "I'm happy that we're returning to the land and continuing to occupy it." Roy, who works as a liaison between Beausoleil First Nation and the private sector, spoke to The Canadian Press while attending a project management training session in Edmonton. Roy said the federal and provincial legislation makes their own work seem almost futile. "I was like, 'Well, what the heck did I just get hired for then if (governments are) just going to bulldoze over everything I say?'" Roy said. "I'm here trying to create a whole department for my community so that we can have a greater say in our treaty area and then (governments) are like, 'Oh, just kidding.' "I'm angry. I'm frustrated, heartbroken, annoyed." Much of that frustration comes from a sense of deja vu. First Nations say they've been in this position before, when legislation introduced by the Stephen Harper government to allow governments and businesses to push through projects without strict environmental assessment triggered the countrywide protest movement known as Idle No More. Roy remembers sitting with their mother as a child as they took part in an Idle No More protest at a mall. "It's frustrating that at 11 years old I was doing that, and now again at 23," Roy said. "If I'm tired of having to fight this again, I can only imagine how my grandmother feels." Hanna Sewell, a nurse and a member of Batchewana First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., said young people have to lead this fight because they're the ones who will have to live with the impacts of accelerated development. "If the land is sick, we're going to be sick as well," she said. "We don't want this bill, and we are the future generations that are going to govern this land and save it." Pierre Debassige, a member of M'Chigeeng First Nation and youth councillor for Anishinabek Nation, said First Nations won't be the only ones to experience those impacts. "If they start development in the Ring of Fire in the Far North, all those lakes, rivers all come down to the Great Lakes," he said. "If there's that contamination that comes down from the North, it's going to affect not only their communities, but here in southern Ontario." Debassige said it's his generation's turn to step up. "United we stand and we conquer, but divided we fall one by one," he said. "I'm always thinking of that seven generations behind me (and) what my great-great-great-great grandchildren are going to be doing. Maybe they'll see the work that I've done as a young person, (that I) fought for all of this." This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 21, 2025. Source: The Energy Mix
National Observer
30 minutes ago
- National Observer
Review of fossil fuel subsidies stalls as Argentina halted communication with Canada
A peer review of fossil fuel subsidies between Canada and Argentina — already years behind schedule — stalled after Argentina ceased communication following its 2023 election and subsequent change in government. The review was first launched in 2018 as part of a G20 commitment to eliminate all "inefficient" subsides to the fossil fuel sector. It was only supposed to take about two years to complete. But it was clear as early as 2019 that it would be behind schedule and it now seems to have fallen off the rails entirely. Canada says Argentina ceased communication and participation in the process after Argentines voted into office President Javier Milei — a right-wing populist who has referred to climate change as a 'socialist lie.' 'Following its 2023 election, Argentina's domestic policies with respect to the environment and climate change shifted significantly,' a spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change Canada said in a statement to The Canadian Press. Argentina's negotiators left the annual UN climate talks in 2024 and reports earlier this year suggested Milei was considering withdrawing from the Paris climate pact altogether. The department declined an interview request. It said in a followup statement that while Canada had some engagement with Argentina on the planning for a peer review process, 'no additional progress has been made since Argentina's election.' Argentina's embassy in Canada forwarded a request for comment to authorities in Buenos Aires but did not provide a response. Similar peer reviews undertaken between the United States and China, Germany and Mexico, and Italy and Indonesia took between 12 and 24 months to complete. As of 2021, 11 G20 peer reviews had been completed. The studies serve as a way to independently take stock of a country's fossil fuel subsidies, better define what constitutes a subsidy and determine whether a subsidy is achieving the desired impact. "I would not say that it had a lot of impact in phasing out subsidies," said Jonas Kuehl, a policy adviser in the energy program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. "It maybe has some impact on, like, what's the transparency about it and how do you structure them in such an inventory." In 2023, Canada ended federal subsidies specific to the oil and gas sector. It still pays subsidies to the industry through programs which are also available to companies in other sectors. Environmental organizations say Canada still spends billions of dollars to support oil and gas companies. A report by Environmental Defence says Canada spent close to $30 billion in 2024 to support the sector. It's not clear if that money is part of general corporate subsidies also paid to companies in other sectors — like the Canada Growth Fund, which helps to support clean growth projects, or tax credits for technology that help companies lower their emissions. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 24, 2025.
CTV News
2 hours ago
- CTV News
May inflation data coming as Bank of Canada looks for trade war impacts
A shopper pushes a shopping carts as they leave a Real Canadian Superstore in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to publish inflation data for May this morning. A poll of economists provided by LSEG Data & Analytics expects the annual pace of inflation held steady at 1.7 per cent last month. Bank of Montreal, however, is calling for inflation to slow further to 1.5 per cent. BMO expects cooling in shelter inflation from easing rent and mortgage costs helped bring price pressures down. Today's figures mark the first of two inflation reports the Bank of Canada will see before its next interest rate decision on July 30. The central bank held its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent for the second time in a row earlier this month as it waits to see how Canada's tariff dispute with the United States will affect inflation and the wider economy. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 24, 2025. Craig Lord, The Canadian Press
