The “other” Bill C-38 – Fish habitat redux and lessons for today

Many Canadians who care about nature, democracy and Indigenous rights will recognize the name Bill C-38– the omnibus budget bill from 2012 that dramatically weakened environmental protection under federal laws such as the Fisheries Act.

But did you know that Parliament debated another Bill C-38 almost forty years ago, led by the father of our current Fisheries Minister? The debates around this important bill from 1977 are presciently relevant today.