Lisa Oldring

This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.

You can find my full statement below.

At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.

Indigenous leaders call on Ottawa to create plan to manage tarsands waste | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

LIVE: Leaders from Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Assembly of First Nations are in Ottawa to call on the federal government to create a plan to manage the toxic tarsands waste to help protect the health and safety of surrounding communities.

Grateful for the invitation and looking forward to the discussions next week!

Oil Sands Tailings Plan Sparks Indigenous Opposition, Calls for Federal Oversight As the Alberta government advances a proposal to treat toxic oilsands tailings stored in massive ponds and eventually release the treated water into the Athabasca River, nearby Indigenous nations are ...

Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation gets it exactly right:

"This province works backwards."

Will the Alberta government ever get serious about the massive harms of oil sands on communities, nature and the climate?

@cape-acme.bsky.social

www.theenergymix.com/oil-sands-ta...

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Gaza siege a textbook case of genocide under international law, says legal expert

Call a spade a spade.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VHl...

Sudan war intensifying with devastating consequences for civilians, UN Fact-Finding Mission says GENEVA – The civil war in Sudan is intensifying with devastating consequences for countless civilians caught in the conflict, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan warned...

While everyone is distracted by strikes on #Iran, the conflict, #genocide & crisis in #Sudan is escalating, w/'increased use of heavy weaponry in populated areas and a sharp rise in sexual and gender-based violence... hospitals & medical facilities under siege.' #IHL www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Prime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza — Alex Neve: Moving Rights Along We write because of the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month, which is broadly understood by international law experts and leading human rights organ...

In our Open Letter to @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP, 412 legal, human rights, diplomatic, international affairs, social justice, civil society, faith & labour leaders & experts make it clear: Canada must act to end genocide in #Gaza. 🧵1/10

The Gaza Starvation Experiment | International Crisis Group Israel’s new U.S.-backed aid scheme in Gaza integrates food into military strategy. Since the war began, Israel has restricted aid, easing up when famine alerts appeared, tightening as attention faded...

New commentary from my @crisisgroup.org colleagues.

www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

This is what we call a negative feedback loop in scientific circles!

Some wildfire evacuees are leaving their First Nation for first time ever, chief says About 30,000 people have now been told to leave their homes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Horrifying to read this story - the impact of climate change is here and now in Canada. 30,000 people having to leave their homes, a massive impact on remote Indigenous communities, and smoke causing dangerous air quality levels in North America. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

HC Türk: Climate emergency is a clarion call for a new politics Distinguished guests, faculty and students, friends,It’s an honour to participate in this lecture series, and a pleasure to be with you today.The Tanner Lectures on Human Values are a beacon of learni...

www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

It just keeps getting worse. With recent reports of Trump planning to send immigrants (including possibly asylum-seekers & refugees) to #Libya & #Rwanda, it’s all the more urgent for #Canada to withdraw from the #SafeThirdCountry Agreement. For context, read my piece in @thestar.com 👇 #cdnpoli

Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.

BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.

Olmert … saying what is true and must end … war crimes and crimes against humanity.

www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

Groups mount legal challenge against Ottawa over refugee treaty with U.S. The Safe Third Country Agreement is premised on both countries being safe for refugees, but groups say Canada’s oversight of the deal is ‘fundamentally flawed’

Such an important legal challenge. The obvious course of action would be to scrap the #STCA. At a minimum we need transparency as to how the federal government can possibly consider DT's USA to be a safe country for refugees.

European Crime Directive - Factsheet Ecocide — UCLA Law The Promise Institute Europe A Practical Guide for Transposing the ECD’s Qualified Offence EU Directive 2024/1203 on the protection of the environment through criminal law (ECD) came into force on 20 May 2024. It requires all E...

One year has already passed. It is time to take action now!

The ECD sets minimum standards, but we have the opportunity to go further and implement not just stricter, but better measures, for the sake of people, planet, and future generations.

bit.ly/2pagerECO

#environment #ECD #EU #ecocidelaw

Really proud to stand with WashULaw colleagues in defense of the rule of law during a time of profound crisis. sites.google.com/view/washula...

Opinion | Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage? This is not the first time the world has overlooked violence in the country.

The people of DR Congo deserve attention and protection.

"Most estimates state that over 6m have died, making it the deadliest conflict since WWII. But many of us who live in Congo believe that the real number is much higher. And the world remains largely silent."

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/o...

ASIL.org/ASILStatement

Ecocide Law Advisory is live! Check it out and read the manual here ecocidelawadvisory.com

Legal tools for a livable planet: Read all about the launch of Ecocide Law Advisory and the new Manual on the National Criminalisation of Ecocide. 🌍📘 bit.ly/ecocidelaw

Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon Deep in the Ecuador Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.

Brandi Morin in #Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon.

The first of four parts in a riveting series about the impact of a Canadian mining project on Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, feat stunning photos by Ian Wilms.

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#Indigenous #cdnpoli

Thank you to UN OHCHR for hosting yesterday's roundtable on ecocide and human rights. Lisa Oldring and Kate Mackintosh shared updates on efforts to amend the Rome Statute to include ecocide. Special thanks to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo for driving this conversation forward.
📸dominikgehl.com #ecocide

We Need the International Legal Order: A Call to Protect the International Criminal Court All current and former Presidents of the International Criminal Court Assembly of State Parties write about the ICC's importance at this moment in time.

www.justsecurity.org/106856/inter...

An extraordinary letter — protection of the ICC is vital.

Two Spills Per Week: Alberta Regulator Lacks Evidence for Oil Sands Cleanup Claims, Study Concludes A new analysis of a decade's worth of data kept by Alberta’s oil and gas regulator suggests the agency has made unsubstantiated claims about the success of oilsands tailings spills cleanup.

Missing data, wrong numbers and erroneous claims haunt the Alberta Energy Regulator, which is supposed to hold industry to account.

If the AER is asleep at the wheel, what are the implications for the health of people across Alberta?

@cape-acme.bsky.social

www.theenergymix.com/two-spills-p...

Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders: What our medical teams have witnessed is "consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza." www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...

Today on APTN National News: Another First Nations person has died following an interaction with law enforcement in Canada — the 15th Indigenous person to die during or shortly after an encounter with police since August. youtube.com/live/2bWcN28...

Many were looking to access my recent Toronto Star piece - I've posted it here: www.climateandnature.com/media/opinio...