Human Right to a Healthy Environment

David Suzuki Foundation: Bill C-28 updates the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. If it is passed, CEPA would become the first federal law to recognize the human right to a healthy environment — a long-overdue paradigm shift that could help ensure all people in Canada benefit from environmental-protection measures.

Better protections for human health and the environment have never been more important.

BurlingtonGreen is a non-partisan, solution-focused organization. Together with the community we work to advance our mission to protect the environment, mitigate climate change and create a healthier more environmentally responsible Burlington.

As stewards of the earth, we have the responsibility to honour and respect the four directions, land, waters, plants, animals, and all of the wonderful elements of creation that exist.

We honour all the First Nation, Métis and Inuit people who have been living on the land since time immemorial and we recognize their leadership in protecting and caring for Mother Earth.

In Burlington, our work with the community takes place within the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, represented by Treaty 14 and 19 and on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg (Ah-nish-in-nah-beg), Attawandaron (At-tah-wahn-da-ron), Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-oh-sho-nee) and Metis peoples.

We honour these rightful caretakers of this sacred land surrounding the Great Lakes, and we are grateful for their teachings.

BurlingtonGreen has much to learn from Indigenous People and we encourage everyone to continually learn from and about the Indigenous community where you live, and how we can each meaningfully honour the calls to action for Truth and Reconciliation.

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