Dear supporter,
In June, Canada became one of the first countries to introduce a nature accountability bill. As the Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault tabled Bill C-73, alongside Canada's 2030 Nature Strategy, Guilbeault patted himself on the back saying, “Being only the second country in the world to do something certainly puts us ahead of the game.”
But the proposed Act doesn’t enshrine any biodiversity targets in law — nor does it even require Canada to meet them. How, then, are we supposed to do anything about the rapid loss of nature across the country? Let alone reverse the trend.
Last Canada Day, one of my colleagues wrote a brilliant blog about the extinction crisis unfolding before our eyes. As we reflect on the extractive practices that founded this nation — the fur trade, for instance — I urge you to give it a read.
At the end of June, Ecojustice lawyers stood up for the remaining 74 Southern Resident Killer Whales. This time, we were fighting for them against the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project.
And in Ottawa, we took our fight against Big Oil further by intervening in an appeal brought by the Government of Canada.
