*[Enwl-eng] This Indigenous community is being poisoned by pollution

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Their air is filled with a cancer-causing chemical. Protect First Nations Communities, Pass Legislation to End Environmental Racism in Canada!      Sign Now        Recent data released through freedom of information laws shows elevated levels of benzene, a known carcinogen, and sulphur dioxide in the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. The report shows that levels of cancer-causing pollutants in the area were 44 times higher than what is considered safe. Even worse, the provincial government seems to have known that levels dramatically exceeded Ontario's standard and did nothing to stop it.   This is just one piece of a devastating global trend. Indigenous people around the globe contribute the least to local pollution and climate change, yet tend to suffer the worst consequences of both. They are also disproportionately criminalized for their resistance to colonial and extractive projects, which threaten their land, water, and air.    Earlier this year, a bill naming and combating environmental racism would have helped prevent instances like this, but died after a snap election was called by the Liberal government. Bill C-230 would have forced the Canadian government to grapple with systemic environmental harm against First Nations people. Canadian Parliament should revisit and pass this crucial piece of legislation to protect First Nations people and commit to ending ending legal environmental discrimination now. Sign if you agree!   Thank you, Lauren Care2 Petitions Team P.S. This First Nations community in Ontario is being poisoned by cancer-causing pollution, and they had to fight tooth and nail to even find out about it. Sign to demand that Canada cleans up its act.      Sign Now

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From: Lauren W., Care2 Action Alerts

Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 8:02 PM

Subject: This Indigenous community is being poisoned by pollution

 

 

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