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By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer First Nations leaders and youth activists gathered at Queen\u2019s Park on Monday to denounce Ontario\u2019s controversial Bill 5,. \u201cThis will not be the end of our fight,\u201d said Alvin Fiddler, Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. \u201cThe fight will only just be a start, will only begin.\u201d Introduced by Premier Doug Ford\u2019s government, the bill aims to fast-track development by stripping away key safeguards \u2014 but for First Nations communities, it is a direct threat to Indigenous sovereignty, environmental security and generational justice. \u201cNowhere in Bill 5 is the rights of Indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent mentioned \u2014 not even once,\u201d said Shane Moffatt, Ontario Nature’s conservation campaigns and advocacy manager. \u201cThere is the potential for… <\/p>\n

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By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer First Nations leaders and youth activists gathered at Queen\u2019s Park on Monday to denounce Ontario\u2019s controversial Bill 5,. \u201cThis will not be the end of our fight,\u201d said Alvin Fiddler, Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. \u201cThe fight will only just be a start, will only begin.\u201d Introduced by Premier Doug Ford\u2019s government, the bill aims to fast-track development by stripping away key safeguards \u2014 but for First Nations communities, it is a direct threat to Indigenous sovereignty, environmental security and generational justice. \u201cNowhere in Bill 5 is the rights of Indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent mentioned \u2014 not even once,\u201d said Shane Moffatt, Ontario Nature’s conservation campaigns and advocacy manager. \u201cThere is the potential for... <\/p>\n

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