Bill C-69, passed in 2019, created the \u2018Impact Assessment Act\u2019 to ensure that major projects consider effects on biodiversity, water, communities, and Indigenous rights<\/a>\u2014not just profit. In other words, it protects people and nature from unfettered exploitation, which is only a negative thing if you want to speed up logging projects, mining projects, oil and gas projects, and dams for your rich friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n So let\u2019s dive into what repealing this Bill would actually<\/em> do\u2014beyond the repetitive catchphrases that this Maple MAGA leader adores.<\/p>\n\n Let\u2019s be clear about what Poilievre isn\u2019t saying outloud: Repealing Bill C-69 means projects could go forward without having to assess or mitigate their environmental impacts, putting wildlife and waters across Canada at serious risk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n More than 2,000 wild species face a high risk of being wiped out in Canada<\/a>, including the northern spotted owl, of which there is only ONE left in the wild in Canada<\/a>. Whale species, like the Blue Whale<\/a> and the North Atlantic right whales<\/a>, are also at risk. Without protections like Bill C-69, we could see this number rise as projects destroy critical habitats.<\/p>\n\n And Poilievre wants to frame all of this as \u201cmaking it easier to build things.\u201d Well, sure\u2014it’s easier to build when you don\u2019t have to worry about the impact on the environment or local communities.<\/strong> And who gets to build? Big mining<\/a>, logging, and oil companies who have always cared more about their profits than people and nature.<\/p>\n\n Poilievre has this way of framing everything he does as \u2018for regular people like YOU,\u2019 when in reality, it just makes the rich richer (sounds familiar\u2026.). It\u2019s the mining, logging, and oil companies that benefit from repealing legislation like this<\/a>. So while he claims to want to \u201cremove bureaucracy,\u201d what he\u2019s really doing is removing the protections that keep us (and nature) safe from corporate greed\u2026which is like playing Monopoly and pretending we\u2019re going to win by giving the top players Get out of Jail Free cards, or just by letting them cheat. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n Pierre\u2019s rhetoric also suggests that Bill C-69 is a gift to \u201cenvironmental LOONS\u201d like us. But that\u2019s weird framing. Environmentalist groups didn\u2019t get everything they wanted<\/a>.\u2019 The bill balances environmental protection, Indigenous rights, and development. It\u2019s a step forward, not a win for just one group\u2014which is kinda the whole point of laws.<\/p>\n\n Plus, it\u2019s not like this legislation is even there to stop<\/em> any and all development\u2014it\u2019s there to ensure companies have to be responsible<\/em> when they do develop. Poilievre is trying to frame responsible and considered decision-making as radical<\/a> or silly. Meanwhile, laws like Bill C-69 are really just a recognition of scientific fact: there are only so many resources available. Plus, viewing nature simply as a set of resources to use for financial gain, is fundamentally colonialist anyway.<\/p>\n\n Anyway\u2026nice try, Pierre, but it’s not a scary thing to have protections for people and nature\u2014it\u2019s just common sense<\/em><\/strong> \ud83d\ude09 <\/strong>And let\u2019s not forget, the mining, logging and oil companies had a say in this too. \u2018Environmentalists\u2019 are not the only players in the room; but, surely neither should the resource extraction industry be?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n After all, you can\u2019t have your tree and chop it down, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n1. Repealing Bill C-69 would rush approval for projects like mines, pipelines, logging projects, and highways, with fewer environmental safeguards<\/a>.<\/h4>\n\n
2. Second<\/strong>, local communities, including local Indigenous Nations, would lose some<\/a> of their ability<\/a> to have a meaningful say in how these projects would impact their lives and lands.<\/h4>\n\n
3. Finally<\/strong>, without Bill C-69, wildlife and ecosystems would face greater harm, as projects with huge environmental risks would be able to go ahead without any scrutiny.<\/h4>\n\n
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