Part 2: Online Workshop: Environmental Justice Implications of the Building Canada Act (Bill C-5)

By Sustainability Network

50 participant max

In June 2025, Bill C-5 received royal assent and the Building Canada Act was enacted. In this 2-hour workshop, presenters will interactively involve participants in discussing strategic legal considerations for campaigns aimed at implementation of the Building Canada Act. There will also be regionally relevant discussions, including BC’s Bill 15 (Infrastructure Projects Act) and Ontario's Bill 5 (Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025).

This workshop is designed for staff or volunteers with environmental NGOs who are working on Bill C-5 implementation, or anyone seeking to become engaged regarding the new Building Canada Act and associated projects of national interest.

Presenters:

Anastasia Lintner is Co-founder and COO of Backloop Institute. She is a passionate public policy advocate, who received a PhD in natural resource and environmental economics from University of Guelph and an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School. Anastasia is currently a non-practicing lawyer, with over two decades of extensive policy research and writing experience, including with respect to environmental assessment, conservation and water law, and Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights. The highlight of her former legal career was the opportunity to combine economic and legal arguments for the Supreme Court of Canada in two cases: one involving the valuation of sensitive environmental lands and the other involving the intersection of insolvency protection and environmental clean-up obligations.

Anna Johnston BA, LLM (she/her/hers) is a Staff Lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law where she works on environmental impact assessment, cumulative effects, constitutional, biodiversity and climate law. Anna has represented community and Indigenous groups on environmental assessments of major energy projects in British Columbia and Alberta and has provided environmental legal education and support to communities across Canada. She currently co-chairs the national Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network and sits on the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Advisory Council on Impact Assessment.

Jacqueline Wilson, BA, JD, is a staff lawyer at Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and coordinates the student program. Jacqueline joined CELA in 2015 and represents individuals, public interest community groups, and First Nations before tribunals and in trial and appellate courts. Her case work focuses on environmental justice relating to air, land and water pollution, and climate adaptation. Jacqueline’s law reform work focuses on climate adaptation, energy justice, lead in drinking water and land use planning.

Cost: Part 1 - $20, Part 2 - $40, Part 1 & 2 Package: $50

*All registrants will be provided with a link to the recording and presentation slides following the session. The recording will be available for 60 days.