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Washington Post
a day ago
- Washington Post
Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose 'Alligator Alcatraz'
A coalition of groups, ranging from environmental activists to Native Americans advocating for their ancestral homelands, converged outside an airstrip in the Florida Everglades Saturday to protest the imminent construction of an immigrant detention center. Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami Trail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield. Cars passing by honked in support as protesters waved signs calling for the protection of the expansive preserve that is home to a few Native tribes and several endangered animal species.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Canada passes law fast-tracking nation building projects to counter Trump
Canada's parliament has passed a landmark bill giving Prime Minister Mark Carney's government new powers to fast-track major national One Canadian Economy Act was passed by the Senate on Thursday, and allows the cabinet to streamline approvals processes and bypass certain provisions of federal laws for projects that could boost the have argued the legislation is a critical step in reducing Canada's dependence on the United States, amid trade tensions sparked by President Donald Trump's it has been criticised by Indigenous groups and environmental activists who say expediting the projects could stifle opposition voices. The legislation does not determine what will be built, but the prime minister has previously signalled that it could be used to construct energy corridors, such as pipelines and electricity grids, and expand mines and act will "remove trade barriers, expedite nation-building projects, and unleash economic growth, with Indigenous partnership at the centre of this growth," Carney said last government said the act will reduce barriers for internal trade and labour mobility. It will also give the government sweeping powers to approve projects "that are in the national interest". That has alarmed Indigenous leaders, who fear they will not be consulted adequately before such projects are passage of the bill into law is a significant victory for Carney, and upholds an election promise to remove interprovincial barriers by Canada Day on 1 July. Trump has imposed tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminium and its auto sector. Carney had campaigned heavily on bolstering the country's economy to counter tariff threats from the US, with whom Canada does the bulk of its Prosper, a Nova Scotia senator who belongs to the Mi'kmaq Indigenous group, unsuccessfully attempted to insert an amendment that would require consent from Indigenous groups before a project could go ahead. He criticised the speed with which the legislation passed, saying that rights holders could have been consulted by "investing a few more months". He said he supports development, but the law could allow the government and industry leaders to ignore Indigenous rights. "No one wants to watch our children grow up in squalor, with no access to clean drinking water, no opportunity for good-paying jobs and no support for our sick and dying. However, we do not want success and progress to come on the backs of Indigenous Peoples," he said in the Senate, as quoted by CBC. However a supporter of the bill, Senator Hassan Yussuff, said it was a response to an "urgent and immediate crisis", in comments reported by legislation states that the government will consult with Indigenous peoples before fast-tracking a project.
CBS News
18-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Protesters against Trump administration organize human chain in Chicago
Protesters across Chicagoland took the Trump administration to task Sunday. The protest group organized a human chain against what they called President Trump's "illegal and authoritarian actions." The goal was to form one continuous line of demonstrators stretching from Chicago to Aurora. The protest brought together everyone from environmental activists to veterans' groups. In a news release, first-generation Estonian American Ingrid Niinemae, of west suburban Hinsdale, said the protest reminded her of similar actions in Eastern Europe. "In 1989, my cousin Raja and her husband held hands in a human chain that stretched across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: 25% of the Baltic population was demanding an end to 50 years of brutal Soviet occupation and Baltic independence was achieved in 1991," Niinemae said in a news release. "Today I joined Hands Across Chicagoland to denounce autocracy and corruption, in solidarity with thousands of other Americans who value freedom and believe in human rights for all." Organizers said 15,000 people signed up to take part in the event.
