Veldon Coburn

1 week ago | aptnnews.ca | Veldon Coburn |Mark Blackburn

In 2025, the Crown remains no stranger to its old playbook by using legislation to simultaneously exclude Indigenous people while pretending to include us. Across Turtle Island—from Queen’s Park to Parliament Hill—new bills are being passed that protect profits, not people. Federal Bill C-5 and Ontario’s Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act (Bill 5) may seem focused on different sectors—energy versus development—but they are woven from the same colonial fabric.