Government Commitments: Environment
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August 6, 2024
Protecting communities from drought and floods
NationTalk: Drought and floods can damage homes and businesses, disrupt critical infrastructure and, in extreme scenarios, pose a serious threat to public safety. In recent years, the impacts of drought and flooding have been felt across Alberta. To help communities, Alberta’s government is investing more than $30 million through the Drought and Flood Protection Program...
June 17, 2024
A year in review with Canada’s Indigenous Services minister
Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services Canada. Photo submitted Canada’s National Observer: Over the past year, climate stories affecting Indigenous communities in Canada carried an almost apocalyptic horror. They ranged from historic wildfires that torched 18.5 million hectares across the country, to the frenzied evacuations sparked by those wildfires, to instances of environmental racism that...
May 23, 2024
Environmental racism bill on the verge of becoming law says Green Party leader
APTN News: Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May is confident her private members’ Bill C-226 will soon pass third reading in the Senate and become law. The proposed law aims to develop a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism. May told Nation to Nation host Annette Francis the bill has gone through the...
March 12, 2024
Government of Canada supports Indigenous climate action with new funding stream under the Indigenous Leadership Fund
NationTalk: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Indigenous partners are making significant contributions to lowering Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions and producing green energy through Indigenous-owned and Indigenous-led renewable energy projects. Supporting Indigenous climate leadership is key to helping Canada meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and net-zero emissions by 2050. Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault,...
February 22, 2024
Indigenous Green Economy Initiative
NationTalk: The Indigenous Green Energy Participation Grant Program is an economic participation instrument that supports Indigenous communities, suppliers, and businesses to take part in the green economy and have impactful and transformational effects on the transition towards sustainable green economies. This inaugural grant program will launch at the National Indigenous Green Technology Conference in February...
February 16, 2024
Manitoba chooses safe drinking water over sand extraction project
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks at an event in Winnipeg, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The Manitoba government has nixed a contentious sand extraction project proposed by Sio Silica. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: The Canadian Press – WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has nixed a contentious sand extraction project that...
October 13, 2023
Major Milestone Reached in Indigenous-Led Initiative to Sustain Lands and Support Community Economic Development Across the NWT
NationTalk: Yellowknife: In a collaboration unprecedented in scale and breadth, representatives from Indigenous Governments, the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories, and private philanthropies announced a visionary framework agreement today. The agreement outlines the terms and expected outcomes of a major new initiative that will fund the protection of lands, support thriving...
August 17, 2023
New conservation funding helps Labrador Inuit ‘keep their bond with the land’
A humpback whale tail and iceberg in Labrador. Image via Wikimedia Commons/Natalie Lucier (CC BY 2.0) Listen to article NationTalk: Inuit-led conservation received a boost on Wednesday, with the federal government announcing about $3 million in funding for programs in Nunatsiavut, an area along the coast of Labrador with an Inuit regional government, part of which...
July 20, 2023
Province launches Indigenous climate-resilience capacity-building pilot program
NationTalk: VICTORIA – The Province is helping First Nations communities strengthen their resilience to the adverse effects of climate change through the launch of an Indigenous climate-resilience capacity-building pilot program. The Province’s BC Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy has provided $2 million to fund a one-year pilot program that will be delivered by two First...
June 27, 2023
Plan, prepare, act: Government of Canada launches first National Adaptation Strategy
NationTalk: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Climate change is affecting the safety, health, and quality of life of people across Canada. Every year, the country faces increasing record-breaking climate events, including wildfires, extreme heatwaves, and floods, on top of slow onset climate impacts, such as thawing permafrost and rising sea levels. Working together to...
April 19, 2023
Canada’s delegation to UNPFII forging a new path forward on Indigenous climate leadership
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: Indigenous leaders from around the world came together today in New York City for the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Leadership gathered as part of an ongoing international dialogue on Indigenous rights and Indigenous Peoples’ contributions addressing the most pressing and urgent...
April 4, 2023
Mi’kmaq Forestry Initiative shapes future of Nova Scotia forestry sector
NationTalk: Mi’kma’ki – A first-of-its kind partnership is bringing traditional and ancestral Mi’kmaw knowledge to the Nova Scotian forestry sector and providing opportunities and prosperity to Mi’kmaw communities through forestry. The Mi’kmaq Forestry Initiative (MFI) serves Mi’kmaw communities, supporting the development of sustainable economic opportunities for the Mi’kmaq and promoting community prosperity through the lens...
March 28, 2023
Nunavut flips stance on caribou protection again, now supports development ban on calving grounds
Position derived from community feedback at NPC hearings, premier says CBC News: The government of Nunavut has once again flipped its position on resource development on caribou calving grounds. In a submission to the Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC) on the 2021 draft Nunavut land use plan, the territorial government now supports a “prohibition of development within calving...
February 5, 2023
Marine Protected Area Network partners endorse plan to protect British Columbia’s North Coast
NationTalk: Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Vancouver, British Columbia – The blueprint for a vast network of marine protected areas (MPAs) across the northern third of Canada’s West Coast is being unveiled after more than a decade of work. Today, 15 First Nations, the Government of Canada, and the Government of British Columbia (B.C.) are jointly announcing...
January 31, 2023
Ontario Announces New First Nations Partnership to Operate Mississagi Provincial Park
NationTalk: Innovative agreement will continue to support local economy and employment opportunities in Elliot Lake, and Mississauga and Serpent River First Nations Environment, Conservation and Parks Table of Contents Content Quick Facts Additional Resources Related Topics BLIND RIVER — The Ontario government has entered into an operating agreement with the newly formed Mississagi Park Foundation...
January 25, 2023
‘Rarest of the rare’: B.C’s newest conservancy protects globally imperilled rainforest
The move will permanently protect at-risk species and biodiversity — including rare lichens, grizzly bear and wolverine — in an area Premier David Eby describes as ‘one of B.C.’s greatest treasures’ The Narwhal: A globally endangered rainforest with cedar trees more than 1,000 years old will be permanently protected in a new conservancy in southeast...
January 10, 2023
A Policy for the Stewardship of Yukon’s Wetlands released
NationTalk: Today, Minister Nils Clark and Minister John Streicker announced the release of A Policy for the Stewardship of Yukon’s Wetlands, the territory’s first ever wetlands policy. Wetlands are important to the territory’s ecosystem and contribute to the wellbeing of Yukoners in a variety of ways, from hosting rich biodiversity to their cultural significance for...
September 29, 2022
The Government of Canada invests in partnership with Indigenous Peoples in the next phase of the Oceans Protection Plan
Transport Canada:Indigenous Peoples and coastal communities have had traditional and cultural ties with Canada’s oceans and waterways for generations. The next phase of Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan will continue to build on opportunities for Indigenous Peoples and coastal communities to collaboratively protect, preserve, and restore our oceans and waterways. Today, the Minister of Transport, the...
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