Ojibway Park is still officially an “Ojibway National Urban Park. “
This is a fear for local citizens and a bipartisan coalition of politicians and advocacy teams for Bill C-248, the law that is in limbo in the Senate.
MP Brian Masse (Windsor West), leaders of environmental networks and groups spoke at a media event in Ojibway Park on Friday to alert the public.
The invoice has been with the Windsor-Essex network for almost 20 years.
Local politicians, environmentalists, First Nations advocates, the Unifor 444 Environmental Committee, and members of the network are calling on local citizens to submit a petition to pass Bill C-248 in the Senate.
Thirteen months ago, the bill passed in the third and final reading in the House of Commons with an overwhelming majority: 319 votes in favour and only one vote against.
Supporters of Bill C-248, which would legally create Ojibway National Urban Park, gathered at the site on April 5, 2024, to urge the public to pass the bill. (Gary Archibald/CTV News Windsor)
The bill also has Caldwell’s First Nations.
However, the impasse in the Senate may jeopardize the entire project.
Masse and his supporters went public with the petition and published a crusade of postcards and letters urging senators to move forward with the issue.
Masse fears that years of paintings will come to nothing.
“If Parliament falls, then the bill will disappear,” Mase said. “And it would have to be reintroduced or it would be necessary for the government to do it on that day as a priority, which will not be the case in many conditions simply because of the logistics of how Parliament works. “
For more information on Bill C-248 and the petition, click here.
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