Infrastructure

“Fast-Track” to Disaster: BC’s Bill 14/15, Indigenous Rights & the Climate Crisis

As Provincial and Federal laws to expedite resource development proliferate across the country, Indigenous people are being told they will be involved — and to just be patient. However, Janna Wale and Michaela McGuire review BC’s Bill 14 and 15, finding much to be concerned about and an urgency to address it. These concerns relate to Indigenous rights but also the health of the environment — both of which appear to be sacrificed for “fast-tracked” industrial development in the province.

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Addressing Transportation Inequities for Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+

The lack of safe and accessible intercommunity mobility options for Indigenous Peoples in rural and remote First Nation communities across Canada has urgent social, economic, and cultural implications. Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people face unique risks of sexual and gender-based violence, as highlighted in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and

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