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The Doug Ford gov't got >17,000 responses on its plan to weaken species-at-risk law. Internal analysis shows 98.98% opposed, warning of "negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity and ecological integrity." The government moved ahead anyway Exclusive @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...

98.98% opposition to Doug Ford’s new endangered species law revealed | The NarwhalInternal Ministry of Environment analysis shows ‘confusion’ and concerns about ‘negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity’ raised over the Species Conservation Act, under Bill 5thenarwhal.ca

In 2021, First Nations in northern Ontario gave Doug Ford an 82-page wildfire emergency plan. Five years later, two First Nations have burned to the ground, hundreds evacuated — and the province still can't answer "how many beds do you have?" thenarwhal.ca/ontario-igno... #onpoli

First Nations gave Doug Ford a wildfire plan. Ontario ignored it | The NarwhalIndigenous leaders and the auditor general gave Ontario several emergency management recommendations over the years. Little progress was madethenarwhal.ca

It's harrowing to compare the reflections of those self-evacuating and the assured messaging from leaders. I'm generally out of words but I had to find some for this newsletter. At some point, we have to start having serious convos about what it means to be prepared for recurring emergencies

Did I hear all this right? "Canada is the first team outside Europe and Africa to hit 5 goals" "the last time a world cup nation had a hatrick was England in 1965" LFG CANADA 💗

“I think it’s a deflection of responsibility, a fear of provinces, a fear of nation-building projects not coming through because our nations want to protect water.” Here's our in-depth story about the latest federal attempt to provide clean water to First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/canada-first...

Canada’s First Nations water bill C-37 faces criticism | The Narwhal‘I wish one of Canada’s major projects were to provide us clean drinking water’: Canada’s new bill stops short of recognizing First Nations right to clean waterthenarwhal.ca

"I was coming to the conclusion that by staying inside, I was becoming a tool to justify some of the things the government is doing, which I find to be unjustifiable." Read every word of Stephen Guilbeault's explosive exit interview with @meyer.bsky.social.

The last time the federal government issued an emergency order to protect a species was in February 2023 to save Canada’s last spotted owls. (That was Stephen Guillbeault.) Will they do it again for the piping plovers on Wasaga Beach (which Ontario has stripped of all protections)? #onpoli

I just have sooooo many questions

The Doug Ford gov't is moving ahead with the consolidation of conservation authorities, but a leaked recording reveals ministry officials don't know the details of how drinking water protections will continue, due in part to cabinet confidentiality New 🍨 by me thenarwhal.ca/conservation... #onpoli

Ontario clamps down on conservation authorities amid consolidation | The NarwhalA leaked meeting recording suggests many questions remain around conservation authority merger and impacts on Ontario’s drinking waterthenarwhal.ca

Mark Carney has repeatedly said Canada/the rest of the world need to do things differently to create a new world order. But internal docs show his Major Projects office operates similarly to Trump's energy "tiger team. Huge exclusive from @meyer.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/carney-major... #cdnpoli

How Trump’s energy ‘tiger team’ and Carney’s fast-tracking office align | The NarwhalOfficials compared Canada’s Major Projects Office with the U.S. National Energy Dominance Council, which ushers fossil fuel projects through approvalthenarwhal.ca

The Doug Ford gov't has passed its 2026 budget bill, which officially removes Ontario's right to know. How he governs, why decisions get made—we'll never know. The same bill consolidates conservation authorities. That's your democracy & your drinking water being impacted #onpoli

We @thenarwhal.ca spent a month investigating what Doug Ford's conservation authority consolidation means for drinking water protections. 12 sources & a leaked doc reveal the system built to prvent another Walkerton crisis is in flux—and experts are worried. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-sour... #onpoli

How conservation authority changes could affect Ontario's drinking water | The NarwhalOntario drinking water committees, formed following the Walkerton tragedy, face an uncertain future as conservation authorities amalgamatethenarwhal.ca

Watching our close personal friends on Artemis II wait to be let out is basically an astronaut's version of being stuck in a plane after landing with no gate available.

I've been trying to understand what it means to speed up mining approvals in Ontario. Here's the story of a huge internal shakeup that has excited industry and left First Nations feeling concerned about what might be lost when you speed everything up. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-1p1p... #onpoli

Inside Ontario’s push to speed up mining | The NarwhalOntario says its ‘one project, one process’ (1P1P) framework will speed mining approvals. Many First Nations leaders have questionsthenarwhal.ca