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Feds have opportunity to finally address environmental racism
By Priyanka Vittal March 22, 2021
A law like the one being proposed by Liberal MP Lenore Zann on environmental racism this won’t fix things like a magic wand. But it the strategy itself would examine the links between race, socio-economic status, and environmental risk.
If passed, Liberal MP Lenore Zann's private member's bill will require the environment minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured, to 'develop a national strategy to promote efforts across Canada to redress the harm caused by environmental racism.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Bill C-230 is Canada’s chance to take a monumental first step in understanding and addressing environmental racism. The private member’s bill brought by Liberal MP Lenore Zann, entitled “an act respecting the development of a national strategy to redress environmental racism,” is expected to go into second reading on March 23. If passed, the bill will require the environment minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, to “develop a national strategy to promote efforts across Canada to redress the harm caused by environmental racism. It also provides for reporting requirements in relation to the strategy.”
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