OTTAWA – Greenpeace Canada delivered a petition this afternoon to Environment, Climate Change and Nature Minister Julie Dabrusin, calling for a strong federal Nature Law. The petition has been signed by over 116,000 people across Canada, who want to see nature protected and environmental safeguards enforced.
Greenpeace Canada delivered the petition on a day marked by the environmental movement’s heavy condemnation of the federal government’s rollback of climate and nature regulations, including the reform to accelerate industrial and infrastructure projects through measures such as “Economic Zones”. The proposed reform, which has been open for a month of public consultation, will close on June 7, 2026. Legislation is expected to be introduced soon after.
Salomé Sané, Nature & Biodiversity Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada, said:
“Anyone making decisions about nature today knows exactly what’s at stake. Rolling back hard-won environmental protections to promote a 20th century extraction-first agenda means knowingly worsening conditions for the more than 2,000 species that are at risk of being wiped out in Canada, on top of the health of all communities across the country who depend on natural ecosystems for food, shelter, sustenance and care. Today, we represent the 116, 212 people across Canada who are calling for stronger nature protection, respect for Indigenous rights and stewardship and accountability from a government who’s trying to fast-track legislation that lacks public support and endangers our future well-being. It’s time for the Carney government to show consistency between its promises and actions, answering to the people who elected him: this means stronger nature protection, no more nature destruction.”
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, also present at the Halt & Reverse nature loss workshop where the petition to Minister Dabrusin was delivered, has also worked alongside Greenpeace towards Canada’s 30×30 goals of protecting 30% of Canada’s land, freshwater and oceans by 2030. Since 2022, as part of the ongoing collective work to address the biodiversity and climate crises and the Kunming-Montreal meetings, Sandra Schwartz, CPAWS National Executive Director, said:
“We have the tools, knowledge and public support to protect and restore 30% of Canada’s land, freshwater, and oceans by 2030 — but we can’t do this with a government that lacks political will and economic foresight. We owe it to our descendants to ensure that the nature and wildlife we see today will still exist in the real world tomorrow — not just as a memory on their screens. Nature protection is nation-building infrastructure. We can build what we need, but we can’t expect a stable economic future for Canada if we build on a foundation we’ve already broken.”
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