Bring Nature Back to the Budget | Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

Minister Sean Fraser
Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Minister, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Minister Julie Dabrusin
Environment, Climate Change and Nature

Minister Mélanie Joly
Industry; Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

Minister Patty Hajdu
Jobs and Families; Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario

Honourable Dominic LeBlanc
President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada; Minister, Internal Trade; Canada-U.S. Trade; Intergovernmental Affairs; One Canadian Economy

Minister Gregor Robertson
Minister of Housing and Infrastructure; Pacific Economic Development Canada

Minister Steven MacKinnon
Minister of Transport; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Member of the Board of Internal Economy

Minister Tim Hodgson
Energy and Natural Resources

Minister Rebecca Chartrand
Northern and Arctic Affairs; Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

Minister Eleanor Olszewski
Emergency Management and Community Resilience; Prairies Economic Development Canada

Minister Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation; Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

To whom it may concern,

I support getting projects built efficiently, but not by weakening the environmental laws that protect nature and communities. As written, this proposal pulls back the progress we’ve made in conservation by decades:

- It allows the government to ignore legal protections for Species at Risk, enabling project approvals that could result in the extinction of species like the Southern Resident Killer Whale. 
    - Creating “Federal Economic Zones” opens the door for projects to be pre-approved without needing an assessment of potential environmental and social impacts, nor  consultation with affected communities. 
    - Limiting federal impact assessments to one year regardless of the project’s complexity, means approvals could move forward without understanding the implications on the surrounding people and nature, which could result in meaningless mitigation measures. 
    - Concentrating permits and approvals with one minister could reduce transparency and open the door for species and habitats to be treated as trade-offs for industrial opportunity. 
    
Nature protection is nation-building infrastructure. We can’t make Canada strong if we build on a foundation we’ve already broken. Please revise this proposal to meet the needs of the economy, while keeping environmental protections, community consultations and Indigenous engagement firmly in place.

Sincerely,
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