Ontario Communities Mobilize Against Ford’s Fast-Track Bill

Ontario communities mobilize against Ford’s fast-track bill

Ramon Kataquapit travelled hundreds of kilometres from North Bay to Kingston this weekend to join events opposing Bill 5 because he has seen what mining has done to his community.

Ontario communities mobilize against Ford's fast-track bill

Ramon Kataquapit travelled hundreds of kilometres from North Bay to Kingston this weekend to join events opposing Bill 5 because he has seen what mining has done to his community.

Kingston welcomes guests from Treaty 9 region in Indigenous-led actions against provincial Bill 5

Indigenous guests from Okiniwak, the Friends of The Attawapiskat River and Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence (LAND) arrived in Kingston yesterday to join the community in raising awareness about Ontario’s recently passed Bill 5, The Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act. With the goal of speeding up infrastructure and resource extraction projects, the bill introduced controversial changes like replacing the Endangered Species Act a…