{"id":21690,"date":"2025-12-08T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cqde.org\/news\/2025-environmental-assessment-is-an-authoritarian-shift-underway\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:10:11","slug":"2025-environmental-assessment-is-an-authoritarian-shift-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cqde.org\/en\/news\/2025-environmental-assessment-is-an-authoritarian-shift-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Environmental Assessment: Is an authoritarian shift underway?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21690\" class=\"elementor elementor-21690 elementor-21640\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37db5c6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37db5c6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-741c7ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"741c7ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Montr\u00e9al, December 8, 2025 \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Environmental organizations and groups are joining forces to sound the alarm: the past year marks a worrying turning point for environmental democracy in Qu\u00e9bec and the rest of Canada.Under the pretext of \u201ceconomic acceleration,\u201d governments are stepping up legislative measures that weaken laws and countervailing powers, marginalize science, and reduce citizen participation. <br \/><\/span><\/p><h4><b>A worrying democratic setback in Qu\u00e9bec<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past year, an unprecedented accumulation of bills undermining the rule of law has been observed, notably through the use of gag orders, the tabling of omnibus bills, and the expansion of the government&#8217;s discretionary powers. Among the most troubling examples are the energy bill (Bill 69), the forestry bill (Bill 97), the omnibus bill (Bill 81), the Stablex bill (Bill 93), Bill 7, and the recent Constitution Act. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken together, these texts reflect a significant trend toward the erosion of the rule of law and the weakening of democratic safeguards.<\/span><\/p><p><em>\u201cWhen a government limits debate, circumvents its own laws, attacks scientific legitimacy, reduces checks and balances, and increases the concentration of power in the hands of a few, the very foundations of our democracy find themselves under attack.\u201d <\/em><\/p><h4><b>The environment also sacrificed by the federal government<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations denounce government rhetoric that constantly pits the environment against economic development and implies that environmental standards are a \u201cburden,\u201d a common thread that is emerging at the federal level, particularly with the adoption of Bill C-5 and the tabling of Bill C-15 (budget bill), currently being debated in the Canadian Parliament.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations point out that democracy, science, and environmental laws are not obstacles for Qu\u00e9bec, but rather essential foundations for collective well-being and for a truly resilient and sustainable economy. When laws become optional, damage to the environment and, more broadly, to the protection of the rights of the general public and First Nations becomes inevitable. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations call on the government of Qu\u00e9bec and Canada\u2019s federal government to suspend legislative measures that weaken environmental law; to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples; to restore the place of science in decision-making processes; to encourage citizen and democratic participation; and to protect the principles underlying respect for the rule of law.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental organizations invite the public, elected officials, the media, and institutions to join forces to preserve democracy, protect the environment, and uphold knowledge and science, which have become integral parts of our fundamental societal values.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe environment is the canary in the coal mine. If we do not all work together to counter this authoritarian drift, it will continue to claim more victims in the name of sacrosanct economic growth.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea313e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea313e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>-30-<br><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3190fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b3190fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b882b45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b882b45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>List of signatories<br \/><\/strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alain Branchaud, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 pour la nature et les parcs (SNAP<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Qu\u00e9bec)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genevi\u00e8ve<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Paul, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Centre qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois du droit de l\u2019environnement (CQDE)<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice-Anne Simard, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Nature Qu\u00e9bec<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thibault Rehn, coordonnateur, Vigilance OGM<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9langer, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Fondation Rivi\u00e8res<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabaa Khan, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Fondation David Suzuki (Qu\u00e9bec)<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karel M\u00e9nard, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Front commun qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pour une gestion \u00e9cologique des d\u00e9chets<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Vaillancourt, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Regroupement national des Conseils r\u00e9gionaux de l\u2019environnement du Qu\u00e9bec (RNCREQ)<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R\u00e9becca P\u00e9trin, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Eau Secours<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marc-Andr\u00e9 Viau, directeur des relations gouvernementales, \u00c9quiterre<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chantal Levert, coordonnatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, R\u00e9seau qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois des groupes \u00e9cologistes (RQGE) <br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chlo\u00e9 Tremblay Cloutier, coordonnatrice d\u00e9veloppement et partenariats, R\u00e9seau Demain le Qu\u00e9bec<\/span><span 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