Private member’s bills rarely become law. But if this one passes, Canada would create a national strategy to promote efforts across the country to redress the harm caused by environmental racism
. The bill was seconded by former Green Party leader Elizabeth May and is moving on to second reading in the House.
While the bill has been dubbed the first of its kind in North America, it isn’t her first time introducing such a piece of legislation. In 2017, she introduced a similarMs. Zann had worked on the initial bill with Ingrid Waldron, an associate professor at Dalhousie University and author of“She had said that of all the politicians that she had reached out to, no one wanted to meet with her except for me,” Ms. Zann said.
“Because at the very least we will bring it to the public attention and if we could get it to second reading, it could be debated on the floor of the House and it would force politicians to address the issue and talk about it,” she said.
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