This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
LIVE: Leaders from Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Assembly of First Nations are in Ottawa to call on the federal government to create a plan to manage the toxic tarsands waste to help protect the health and safety of surrounding communities.
Grateful for the invitation and looking forward to the discussions next week!
Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation gets it exactly right:
"This province works backwards."
Will the Alberta government ever get serious about the massive harms of oil sands on communities, nature and the climate?
@cape-acme.bsky.social
www.theenergymix.com/oil-sands-ta...
While everyone is distracted by strikes on #Iran, the conflict, #genocide & crisis in #Sudan is escalating, w/'increased use of heavy weaponry in populated areas and a sharp rise in sexual and gender-based violence... hospitals & medical facilities under siege.' #IHL www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
In our Open Letter to @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP, 412 legal, human rights, diplomatic, international affairs, social justice, civil society, faith & labour leaders & experts make it clear: Canada must act to end genocide in #Gaza. 🧵1/10
New commentary from my @crisisgroup.org colleagues.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
This is what we call a negative feedback loop in scientific circles!
Horrifying to read this story - the impact of climate change is here and now in Canada. 30,000 people having to leave their homes, a massive impact on remote Indigenous communities, and smoke causing dangerous air quality levels in North America. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
It just keeps getting worse. With recent reports of Trump planning to send immigrants (including possibly asylum-seekers & refugees) to #Libya & #Rwanda, it’s all the more urgent for #Canada to withdraw from the #SafeThirdCountry Agreement. For context, read my piece in @thestar.com 👇 #cdnpoli
BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
Olmert … saying what is true and must end … war crimes and crimes against humanity.
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
Such an important legal challenge. The obvious course of action would be to scrap the #STCA. At a minimum we need transparency as to how the federal government can possibly consider DT's USA to be a safe country for refugees.
One year has already passed. It is time to take action now!
The ECD sets minimum standards, but we have the opportunity to go further and implement not just stricter, but better measures, for the sake of people, planet, and future generations.
bit.ly/2pagerECO
#environment #ECD #EU #ecocidelaw
Really proud to stand with WashULaw colleagues in defense of the rule of law during a time of profound crisis. sites.google.com/view/washula...
The people of DR Congo deserve attention and protection.
"Most estimates state that over 6m have died, making it the deadliest conflict since WWII. But many of us who live in Congo believe that the real number is much higher. And the world remains largely silent."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/o...
ASIL.org/ASILStatement
Ecocide Law Advisory is live! Check it out and read the manual here ecocidelawadvisory.com
Legal tools for a livable planet: Read all about the launch of Ecocide Law Advisory and the new Manual on the National Criminalisation of Ecocide. 🌍📘 bit.ly/ecocidelaw
Brandi Morin in #Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon.
The first of four parts in a riveting series about the impact of a Canadian mining project on Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, feat stunning photos by Ian Wilms.
ricochet.media/indigenous/b...
#Indigenous #cdnpoli
Thank you to UN OHCHR for hosting yesterday's roundtable on ecocide and human rights. Lisa Oldring and Kate Mackintosh shared updates on efforts to amend the Rome Statute to include ecocide. Special thanks to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo for driving this conversation forward.
📸dominikgehl.com #ecocide
www.justsecurity.org/106856/inter...
An extraordinary letter — protection of the ICC is vital.
Missing data, wrong numbers and erroneous claims haunt the Alberta Energy Regulator, which is supposed to hold industry to account.
If the AER is asleep at the wheel, what are the implications for the health of people across Alberta?
@cape-acme.bsky.social
www.theenergymix.com/two-spills-p...
Doctors Without Borders: What our medical teams have witnessed is "consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza." www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...
Today on APTN National News: Another First Nations person has died following an interaction with law enforcement in Canada — the 15th Indigenous person to die during or shortly after an encounter with police since August. youtube.com/live/2bWcN28...
Many were looking to access my recent Toronto Star piece - I've posted it here: www.climateandnature.com/media/opinio...
