Join us in sending a letter supporting a Regional Assessment for the Ring of Fire that ensures downstream communities are not left behind and community members have a voice.
On July 26, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) delivered a landmark decision in Ontario (Attorney General) v Restoule, 2024 SCC 27, unanimously finding that the Crown had breached their treaty promises to the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes under the 1850 Robinson-Superior and Robinson-Huron Treaties (“Robinson Treaties”).
On June 6, 2024, Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence (LAND) was one of many nonprofits across Canada to host an event in recognition of Ocean Week Canada 2024. Our event, “Protecting Indigenous Laws, Lands and Waters” illustrated the urgent need for an effective legal framework to safeguard Canada’s biodiversity and highlighted the critical role that Indigenous laws and knowledge play in these efforts.
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On June 13, 2024, the federal environment Minister introduced Bill C-73, the Nature Accountability Bill. Bill C-73 not only sparks hope for nature’s protection, but changes the course of environmental law, being the first ever proposed law in Canada aimed at safeguarding biodiversity.
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Today is LAND’s 1st birthday! We are reflecting on all we have accomplished this past year as the only environmental law non-profit in Northern Ontario taking legal action to protect nature and Indigenous rights.
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The recent adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (“UNDA”) provides a renewed opportunity to ensure Indigenous peoples’ right to conserve and protect the environment is upheld. This right emulates from Indigenous peoples’ unique relationship with land that is inseparable from their socio-legal, political and spiritual systems. Upholding a right to conserve and protect the environment is especially important if we are to safeguard the health and well-being of Indigenous communities, who are disproportionately impacted by environmental injustices and prevent further environmental racism.
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