076 Bill 5: The Breathing Lands
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In Northern Ontario sits one of the largest peatland ecosystems on Earth, so vast it stores more carbon per square metre than the Amazon rainforest. The Omushkego Cree call it Yehewin Aski, the Breathing Lands, and their nations have stewarded it since time immemorial under Treaty 9.
In 2025, Ontario tabled Bill 5, the so-called Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, on the eve of the Easter long weekend. Buried inside it: Special Economic Zones, where the Premier's Cabinet can exempt handpicked developers from environmental assessments…
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