Stop staking and protect Ontario's Boreal Forest
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) and nine First Nations have called for a moratorium to mining and forestry on their lands in the Boreal Forest. But big extractive industries and the government are ignoring them. Companies continue to fly in extraction equipment, open up roads, and further fragment the ecosystems First Nations and other Canadians depend upon. CPAWS Wildlands League supports KI as they continue their struggle against unwanted mineral exploration on their lands.
The opportunity:
The current policy regime means gems and minerals trump communities and nature in Ontario. It's time for a new approach. It's time for a halt to staking in the Boreal Forest and it's time for 'rules for development' and land use planning as the Liberals promised in their election platform.
Allowing developments to proceed pits industry against communities, puts healthy watersheds and intact forests at risk and weakens our global warming shield -- the Boreal forest. Canadians expect their elected officials to demonstrate leadership in the Boreal Forest and to prevent conflicts.
Enough is enough! Stop the staking and bring peace and rules for development to the Boreal Forest.