The Hill Times: Dabrusin Top-lobbied Cabinet Minister, Nature Canada Pushes for Nature Strategy After Absence of Support in Budget
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“The [2025 federal] budget did not include the funding that would have been necessary to implement the nature strategy, which was what our push was for in October. “How is the government going to get this strategy of theirs done if they’re not prioritizing it as a funding project?” — Scott Mullenix, Director of Communications for Nature Canada.
It is up to us to hold the government to account and push for nature protection.
“The nature strategy is intact — it just needs funding, and as far as we know it still has the support of the government,” said Mullenix.
“We’re pushing for the funding of it. It wasn’t in the budget. It wasn’t mentioned in Carney’s mandate letters, and now with Steven Guilbeault leaving cabinet, we’re nervous.”
This fall, Nature Canada’s Nature on the Hill brought together caring Canadians like you (representing over 1,200 nature groups in our Nature Network) on Parliament Hill to be a voice for nature.
To support our call to protect nature, you can send a letter telling your MP to:
- Fund the 2030 Nature Strategy and end nature-harming subsidies
- Protect nature by establishing new protected areas and funding Indigenous-led conservation programs
- Invest in nature restoration, including restoring habitats for culturally significant and at-risk species.
