Moose Cree recognizes your…

Moose Cree recognizes your government’s interest in “cutting red tape” to accelerate mining and infrastructure projects in response to President Trump’s tariffs and threats against Canada’s economy—however, development cannot occur in Moose Cree’s Homeland without our consent. Moose Cree strongly opposes unilateral efforts by Ontario to rush development in our Homeland. Accelerated strategic development can be possible but it must be done in partnership with us. Moose Cree requests that Bill 5 be fully withdrawn and redeveloped in consultation with First Nations including Moose Cree.

Moose Cree is concerned that Ontario’s proposed Special Economic Zones Act, 2025, will lead to the establishment of areas within our Homeland where Ontario will allow proposed industrial activities to go ahead unchecked, leading to destructive and unsustainable development and irreversible impacts to our Homeland and our rights. Schedule 9 of Bill 5 must be withdrawn and Ontario must engage with First Nations—including Moose Cree—about a strategy for accelerating strategic projects in a way that respects the rights of First Nations to decide how their homelands can be used and ensures that potential impacts of proposed activities will be properly understood and mitigated before they can proceed.

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