https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/rubenstein-is-indigenous-approval-now-mandatory/66864
“According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Prime Minister Mark Carney “revised” his first major Parliamentary bill as Canada’s leader on August 8, by mandating that industrial projects deemed fit for speedy approval “must” serve the interests of indigenous peoples.
This unilateral reinvention repudiates the legal text of Bill C-5, passed into law on June 26, which only states that indigenous interests “may” or “can” be considered.
“The core to the Act, core to the objective, these projects must advance the interests of indigenous peoples and they must contribute collectively to clean growth and to meeting Canada’s objective with respect to climate change,” Carney said before closed-door meetings with leaders of Métis associations from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.”