{"id":75244,"date":"2026-06-03T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=75244"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:31:47","slug":"greenpeace-canada-delivers-strong-nature-law-petition-to-environment-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/75244\/greenpeace-canada-delivers-strong-nature-law-petition-to-environment-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Canada delivers a strong Nature Law petition to Environment, Climate Change and Nature Minister during meeting with allies to halt and reverse nature loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OTTAWA \u2013 <\/strong>Greenpeace <\/strong>Canada delivered<\/a> a petition<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Canada delivered the petition on a day marked by the environmental movement\u2019s heavy condemnation of the federal government\u2019s rollback of climate and nature regulations, including the reform to accelerate industrial and infrastructure projects through measures such as \u201cEconomic Zones\u201d. The proposed reform<\/a>, which has been open for a month of public consultation, will close on June 7, 2026. Legislation is expected to be introduced soon after.<\/p>\n\n

Salom\u00e9 San\u00e9, Nature & Biodiversity Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada, said: <\/strong>
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<\/strong>\u201cAnyone making decisions about nature today knows exactly what\u2019s 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\u2019s trying to fast-track legislation that lacks public support and endangers our future well-being. It\u2019s 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.\u201d

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\u2019s 30×30 goals of protecting 30% of Canada\u2019s 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: <\/strong>
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\u201cWe have the tools, knowledge and public support to protect and restore 30% of Canada\u2019s land, freshwater, and oceans by 2030 \u2014 but we can\u2019t 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 \u2014 not just as a memory on their screens. Nature protection is nation-building infrastructure. We can build what we need, but we can\u2019t expect a stable economic future for Canada if we build on a foundation we\u2019ve already broken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Sarah Micho, Communications Campaigner, Greenpeace Canada sarah.micho@greenpeace.org<\/a>, +1 647 428 0603<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

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Urge the federal government to finally pass a strong nature law.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Sign the petition\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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