I am unconvinced that caving to partisan sniping is a solid basis for sound policy decisions.

#BillC-5 #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Coastal First Nations just reminded the Prime Minister that oil tankers are banned on BC's north and central coast under Indigenous law. #BillC-5 #cdnpoli

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If the PM were invited to a meeting with Trump and was told he'd be on the receiving end of information for 3/4 of a day and could then ask a question and that's it for the day, think he'd go? So why does he think that's what "nation to nation" looks like with Indigenous peoples?

There is a profound ick factor to Ottawa "setting the agenda" for a meeting with First Nations chiefs that is only surpassed by the irony that the meeting is supposed to be about meaningful consultation. #BillC-5 #cdnpoli www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

“First Nations are united in an understanding that we have always supported economic development and prosperity for all,” said Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak. “But not at the expense of our rights.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/15/n...

Yes, seeing environment ministers calling for the evisceration of environmental laws is quite something. It's like 2012 all over again. #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

And: “We desperately need to have honest conversations about where we’re going, how long it will take to get there and what this place will look like when we arrive... Instead, we get “ethical oil,” as if the jet stream or the oceans cared about our human rights laws.“

Yes and: Cabinet can still choose not to exercise those sweeping #BillC-5 powers. It can choose to comply with environmental laws. It can choose to ask the public what "national interest" means. It can choose good projects, not pipelines. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/02/o...

1/2 Well, #BillC-5 just passed in the #SenateofCanada without amendments, but with a government commitment to amend it in the fall to ensure the public registry includes info about how projects will contribute to clean growth and to meeting Canada's climate objectives.

1/2 The good news is the House amended #BillC-5, mostly to increase transparency, which will help provide accountability. The bad news is they don't address the constitutional issues and introduce inconsistencies that could create more headaches and inefficiencies down the road. #cdnpoli #BillC5

What’s going on with federal climate policy? C-5 has taken up a lot of oxygen so it’s fair to wonder. Also fair to fret. We do have a law to reduce risk of backslipping. Is it up to the task? Can we have no fear, or at least less fear, because CNZEAA is still here?
My latest via @ablawg.bsky.social

Indigenous leaders were present in the Senate on Monday to give testimony about Bill C-5, legislation that Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing to have passed by July 1.

Several senators asked those leaders their opinion about the speed of the process.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Once the @mark-carney.bsky.social government has tasted the sweeping powers it is giving itself in #BillC5, what are the chances it will want give them up? Slim, slimmer or none? #cdnpoli

“The federal government cannot cloak violations of our rights under the guise of national interest,” said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, the president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. torontosun.com/news/nationa...

If I were the @mark-carney.bsky.social government's lawyer, I'd be advising them against legislation that is destined to end up in court. But hey, that's just my 2 ¢. 🤷‍♂️ #BillC-5 #cdnpoli torontosun.com/news/nationa...

Given the @mark-carney.bsky.social government's talk about partnering with Indigenous peoples, #BillC-5 sure is getting a lot of backlash from those Indigenous peoples he's trying to court. Maybe ramming it through Parliament isn't a great start? #cdnpoli www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_chiefs...

Excellent take on the @mark-carney.bsky.social government's first month and how we can't let real and perceived barriers to project-building be used as an excuse to ram reckless development down the throats of Canadians. This is my first bsky post and I can't think of a better intro to the platform.