Schreiner and Clancy slam Ford’s ‘Trump-style’ Bill 5 at Water Warriors rally

May 27, 2025

TORONTO — Ontario Greens Leader Mike Schreiner, joined by Kitchener Center MPP and Deputy Leader Aislinn Clancy, addressed a crowd of environmental, labour, and social justice advocates at the Water Warriors rally in Nathan Phillips Square this morning.

“If you want to fight Trump, you can’t act like Trump,” said Schreiner. “These so-called special economic zones would hand the government undemocratic, unprecedented powers to override any law – including Indigenous rights, labour laws, health and safety standards, environmental protections, and both local and provincial planning rules.”

“These zones would operate with zero legislative oversight, zero transparency, and zero consultation with everyday Ontarians and First Nations.”

“We won’t stand for it in Ontario,” Schreiner added. “Just like with the Greenbelt, we will fight back. People power forced Doug Ford to backtrack before — and it will again. We will not allow these undemocratic, anti-environmental, unconstitutional zones to go unchallenged.”

Clancy echoed the call for resistance, “Truth and reconciliation is not red tape. Environmental assessments are not red tape. Labour laws are not red tape.”

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