{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Lynda Powless","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/lynda\/","title":"Quebec government abandons Bill 97 - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hu3HCgHz9y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/quebec-government-abandons-bill-97\/\">Quebec government abandons Bill 97<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/quebec-government-abandons-bill-97\/embed\/#?secret=Hu3HCgHz9y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Quebec government abandons Bill 97&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"Hu3HCgHz9y\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase Rising tensions and repeated breakdowns in negotiations between stakeholders has resulted in the provincial government scrapping Bill 97 in its entirety, although some form of forestry reform is still a possibility. The decision was made after Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Simard was appointed as the province&#8217;s new minister of Natural Resources and Forests in last month&#8217;s cabinet shuffle. \u201cToday, Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault announced the end of Bill 97 in order to start fresh,\u201d Ian Lafreni\u00e8re, minister of First Nations and Inuit Relations, said last Thursday. The proposed forestry bill was responsible for amassing an unprecedented coalition against it, from First Nations, environmental groups and labour unions to forestry associations. According to Peter Graefe, a political science professor at McMaster University, this overwhelming opposition has made","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/facebooklogo.jpg","thumbnail_width":725,"thumbnail_height":483}