Marcia MacDonaldRegression: Bill C-5 — An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act
By Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel
Fergabell 😷 🌱Water Watchers is a small but mighty group in S. Ontario that has led the fight against Nestlé water bottling. While Nestlé did quit and sell to Blue Triton another company, the fight continues. All new companies must apply for a water-taking permit but Ford's Cons want to bypass that and continue business as usual.
This is their notice of joining with other groups including 14 First Nations as Co-Intervenor Status on a new Legal Case against Federal Bill C5 and Ontario Bill 5.
These are the Resource Wars and we're all the front lines and the main victims wherever you reside in Canada.
These court challenges need funding and Water Watchers is worth sending some $$ to.
#OnPoli #ResourceWars #CanPoli #BillC5
"Water Watchers is excited to announce we are joining forces with 14 First Nations and several eNGOs like Sierra Club Canada to support the forthcoming legal challenge against Bills 5 & C-5. This is Water Watchers' first time as an official party to a legal challenge and marks an exciting new chapter in our solidarity work － one where we don't just show up together on the frontlines or in decision-makers' email inboxes, but also in the court room.
Canada’s Building Canada Act (Bill C5 federally, Bill 5 in Ontario) was passed quietly and quickly—without consultation, without consent, and without accountability. Behind its bureaucratic name hides a dangerous truth: these pieces of legislation give sweeping, unchecked powers to the federal and provincial governments to bypass environmental protections, fast-track extractive mega-projects, and ignore their constitutional duty to consult Indigenous Nations. In short, it legalizes the suspension of democracy in the name of economic recovery and national security. It weaponizes the language of “streamlining” to erase the very processes that were designed to protect land, waters, and Indigenous rights.
Bill C-5 (federal) and Bill 5 (Ontario):
Undermines Section 35 of the Constitution and UNDRIP implementation
Nullifies environmental impact assessments for major projects
Shields destructive development—like the Ring of Fire—from scrutiny or accountability
Deepens economic coercion among First Nations, forcing consent under duress
Empowers Cabinet to override key federal laws without public or judicial oversight
If this legislation is allowed to stand, it will set precedent for the expansion of fascistic governance under the guise of efficiency. It erodes the foundational tenets of Indigenous sovereignty, democratic process, and ecological stewardship. That's why Water Watchers is joining as a co-intervenor and fighting to ensure we don't enter an age of reconciliation rollbacks.
We are also helping shape an emergent coalition of Indigenous water protectors and settler allies, weaving our leadership and ways of knowing to ensure our most sacred relationships with the land and water will endure for generations to come. Stay tuned as we begin sharing more from this burgeoning collective space for environmental defence and Indigenous sovereignty."
FredThe truth about the resource push: https://youtu.be/dOeExyJFUgI
Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers are trying to buy off Indigenous resistance
This is from #Carney's #budget #bill. It puts #BillC5 to shame.
https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-15/first-reading#ID0E0BR0GA
Windspeaker.com“It almost seems like we are helpless against this bulldozer of wealth and power, yet our AFN and #FirstNations leadership across the land has shown bravery, resilience and strength in addressing this.”
#Indigenous #BillC5 #pipelines #ABpoli #cdnpoli #BCpoli
https://www.windspeaker.com/under-northern-sky-xavier-kataquapit/we-need-stand-first-nations-leaders
We need to stand with First Nations leaders
By Xavier Kataquapit On Dec. 2, during a Special Chiefs Assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations, the chiefs from across Canada voted unanimously to adopt an emergency resolution tabled by British Columbia First Nations leaders to support upholding the current oil tanker ban on the Pacific Coast.The chiefs also demanded the withdrawal of the Canada-Alberta agreement that set out the conditions to achieve a new oil pipeline to the coast of British Columbia.
Justin Trudeau was one of Canada's most corrupt Prime Ministers. It is looking like Carney is setting course towards even more corruption: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/special-operating-agency-secret-documents-9.6959134
MPs urge Carney government to release special agency governing documents | CBC News
Opposition MPs are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to make public the documents that govern three special agencies it has created to manage billions of dollars for major projects, defence procurement and the construction of affordable homes.
LM LittleCo-opt potential opposition! That's how #capitalism works. https://cabinradio.ca/260629/news/politics/meet-the-members-of-mark-carneys-new-indigenous-advisory-council/
❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Please take the time to read this thoughtful article.
👉 "We need to make a stand and step up to protest war and out of control development causing global warming and destroying our world. We need to stand up to racism, bigotry and hate in any form. We need to stand up to the system that has allowed a small group of billionaires to control everything. We all have to think about the fact that two wars right now could end up in a nuclear conflict that would end our civilization at any moment either by accident or design. We need to think about the fact that global warming is causing severe weather, terrible forest fires, floods and storms all over the planet."
#Climate #pollution #Wealth #Billionaires
#Pollution #BillC5 #BillC2 #Canada #Cdnpoli #Ontario #Racism #Indigenous
https://wawataynews.ca/blogs-columns/mother-earth-needs-you-now
Mother Earth Needs You Now
I am the product, evolution of many thousands of years as are you. I grew up on the land in the remote far north of Ontario following in the footsteps of my Cree ancestors of the great James Bay and Muskego. I speak my Cree dialect based on a language that is ancient and I understand the history of my people and our connection to Mother Earth. My people have been living the nomadic life of hunters and gathers for thousands of years and this is knowledge that I have learned from my parents and Elders.
AmgineBloomberg: TC Energy Bets on US Even as Canada Plans LNG Expansion - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/tc-energy-bets-on-us-even-as-canada-plans-lng-expansion
TransCanada Pipelines (now #TC Energy) continues to transfer capital to the #USA from #Canada. Now planning an #LNG #pipeline to join #Texas and #Mexico. But they love #BillC5.
