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Earlier this year, Parks Canada and Mushkegowuk Council took a major step toward protecting the rich offshore marine environment of western James Bay and southwestern Hudson Bay representing 85% of the incredible marine conservation vision of the Omushkego people.

Now we need the Ontario government to commit to protecting the globally significant coast and the remaining nearshore areas. 

Ontario’s plan to convert Bigwind Lake Provincial Park from a non-operating park to an operating park. Ontario should expand its parks to provide more camping, not degrade existing parks, like Bigwind. Send a letter to Ontario and your local MPP. 

The city of Guelph is growing rapidly; opportunities to protect its unique natural areas are shrinking. A national urban park in Guelph’s Reformatory Lands could buffer the city from some of the worst impacts of climate change and protect and restore nature all while advancing Indigenous Reconciliation. Make it official: protect nature, wildlife, and rich cultural history in Guelph’s former Reformatory Lands. Show your support for a national urban park in Guelph, Ontario. 

Frustrated by the dystopian world we find ourselves in, where a provincial government known for ripping out electric vehicle recharging stations at the beginning of its mandate is now selling us the idea that mining in the peatlands, a globally significant carbon sink, is good for the climate? Tell Canada and Ontario that we can’t sacrifice Indigenous lands & ancient peatlands for critical minerals.

Nestled in the heart of the single largest unbroken boreal forest in the world is the Fawn River Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). Leaders from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Nation have spent years safeguarding this watershed following the sacred instructions from Elders that have been passed on from generation to generation. While these lands are protected under KI’s laws, it is vital Ontario also protect them using its own laws. Urge Premier Ford to protect the Fawn River IPA.

The federal government promised Canadians they would halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 in Canada. Minister Guilbeault did his job when he made a recommendation to cabinet regarding the plight of Ontario boreal caribou. Now we need cabinet to do its job. Tell Canada it’s time to intervene. It’s time for Canada to apply an order using its powers under the Species at Risk Act to protect threatened caribou habitat.

Moose Cree First Nation has repeatedly petitioned the Ontario government to outlaw logging, mining and other industrial development in the watershed—to no avail.

Send a message to Premier Doug Ford, Minister Khanjin, Minister Smith, and your MPP. Let them know you support Moose Cree’s efforts to build an Indigenous Protected Area and you want Ontario to act.