Tutorial # 3 – ENV221H - 2025
Bill 5 & Bill C-5 impacts on biodiversity protection.
Last updated: Oct 6, 2025
Bill 5 — Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025 (Ontario) and Bill C-5 — The One Canadian Economy Act (Federal) are both laws that have been proposed to fast-track infrastructure and development projects in response to challenging political and economic times. In Ontario this has meant the recognition of “special economic zones” exempt from environmental rules and planning laws (Crawley, 2025).
One of the first projects to be approved under Bill 5 is the creation of a new $62 million road to allow better access to the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario (Brown, 2025), which is known to be rich in nickel, copper, platinum and chromite deposits.
Tutorial 3 is modelled as a town hall meeting to discuss this project. Prepare a table like the one below which lists interested stakeholders/interested parties/actors, their position within this debate and 2 major lines of arguments to support their position. You need to include a minimum three other groups/individuals to this list in addition to those that have been provided, i.e. the position and arguments of a minimum 8 stakeholders must be filled in on your list.
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Stakeholder
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Position (support or against)
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Arguments
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Federal government
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Provincial government
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2.
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Mining Company
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1.
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Indigenous community leader
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1.
2.
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Wildlife Organization
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1.
2.
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Insert stakeholder
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Insert stakeholder
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You should submit your list of stakeholders, their perceived positions and major lines of arguments in the tutorial #3 assignment link before noon on the day of your tutorial #3.
References:
Brown, Desmond. Sept 10, 2025. Ontario to spend nearly $62M to begin building road to the Ring of Fire this fall. CBC News.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ont-ring-of-fire-1.7630060
Crawley, Mike. June 8, 2025. Doug Ford’s Bill 5 is now law in Ontario. Here’s what happens next. CBC News.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-bill-5-doug-ford-future-1.7553800