By Anushka Yadav Local Journalism Intiative Reporter Because of seven young environmental activists and their sheer determination, Ontario\u2019s lower court will have to reconsider whether the Doug Ford PC government\u2019s policies have increased emissions, in breach of Charter rights that protect their safety. \u201cI’m feeling really great. I also feel like it hasn’t fully set in yet\u2026because it’s been so long,\u201d Beze Gray, one of the appellants, told The Pointer. Growing up, Gray, an Aamjiwnaang First Nationsmember, was taught by elders to think of the seven generations who lived before and the next seven generations who will live in the future, when making decisions. This deeply ingrained Indigenous value which had helped protect the land and air and water for thousands of years was under threat as they witnessed the… <\/p>\n
By Anushka Yadav Local Journalism Intiative Reporter Because of seven young environmental activists and their sheer determination, Ontario\u2019s lower court will have to reconsider whether the Doug Ford PC government\u2019s policies have increased emissions, in breach of Charter rights that protect their safety. \u201cI’m feeling really great. I also feel like it hasn’t fully set in yet\u2026because it’s been so long,\u201d Beze Gray, one of the appellants, told The Pointer. Growing up, Gray, an Aamjiwnaang First Nationsmember, was taught by elders to think of the seven generations who lived before and the next seven generations who will live in the future, when making decisions. This deeply ingrained Indigenous value which had helped protect the land and air and water for thousands of years was under threat as they witnessed the... <\/p>\n