Stop Bill 5

If passed, Bill 5 would be "an unprecedented rollback of the rule of law in Ontario," according to Environmental Defence.

The Bill would create so-called Special Economic Zones that would enable Premier Doug Ford's Cabinet to "pick and choose who does and doesn't have to comply with municipal and provincial laws."

The Bill would also repeal the Endangered Species Act and replace it with highly weakened legislation, spelling out a "death sentence for endangered species and their habitats in Ontario," according to our partners at the Wilderness Committee.

First Nations across Ontario are also voicing strong opposition to Bill 5, "warning that it threatens inherent rights, Treaty obligations and sovereignty," according to the Chiefs of Ontario.

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We acknowledge that we work on the Treaty and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties, the Treaty and traditional territory of Williams Treaty Nations (Alderville, Hiawatha, Curve Lake, Hiawatha and Scugog Island, Beausoleil, Georgina Island and Rama Island First Nations). Ancestrally this territory was home to other First Nations including the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and the Pentun peoples. Today, this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. In addition, our work takes place nationwide, across all the Treaty and unceded lands of Turtle Island. We recognize, respect and strive to reconcile the inherent Aboriginal and Treaty rights of all the Indigenous peoples as upheld within the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Constitution of Canada.