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Edmonton, AB
Edmonton is updating its climate action plan and wants your input on draft ideas. The city faces rising temperatures, more flooding, and extreme weather. Your feedback will help decide which actions get funded and prioritized through 2030.
Why This Matters: Live in Edmonton? Climate change is already hitting your wallet. The city estimates direct costs could reach $1 billion annually by the 2040s. That means higher insurance, more infrastructure repairs, and disrupted services. This plan decides how the city spends your tax dollars to prepare.
Policy & Studies
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
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Vancouver, BC
Vancouver is creating a new Official Development Plan that will guide where housing, jobs, parks, and schools go as the city grows. This plan builds on years of community input and must be adopted by June 2026 under provincial law. The survey closed...
Why This Matters: Live in Vancouver? This plan decides what gets built in your neighbourhood for the next 30 years. It affects where new housing goes, how tall buildings can be, and whether there's a park or school nearby. Renters hoping for more affordable options and homeowners concerned about neighbourhood change...
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
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Vancouver, BC
Vancouver is finalizing its 2026 budget, which determines how the city spends money on services like public safety, transit, parks, and infrastructure. The public input phase has closed, but Council is now debating the proposed budget. You can still...
Why This Matters: Live in Vancouver? This budget decides how much you pay in property taxes and what services you get in return. It affects everything from how often your street gets plowed to whether your local community centre stays open. If you think the city should spend more on housing or less on something...
Budget
Finance & Consumer
Housing & Communities
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Manitoba Accessibility Office (MB)
Manitoba is reviewing its rules requiring employers to make workplaces accessible for people with disabilities. The Accessibility Advisory Council wants to know what's working and what needs to change. This five-year review could lead to stronger...
Why This Matters: Have a disability and struggled to find work? Know someone who has? This review could change how Manitoba employers must accommodate job seekers and employees with disabilities. Better rules mean more people can participate fully in the workforce.
Regulations & Permits
Economy & Jobs
Justice & Rights
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Department of Children (NL)
Newfoundland and Labrador is rethinking how decisions get made for people who can't make them alone. Right now, if someone lacks legal capacity, another person usually decides for them. The province wants to shift toward helping people make their...
Why This Matters: Do you have an aging parent? A family member with a disability? This affects how their care decisions get made. It could mean the difference between someone else choosing where your loved one lives—or them having a real say with proper support.
Policy & Studies
Health & Safety
Justice & Rights
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Ministère de l'Économie (QC)
Quebec wants to hear from businesses about how the North American trade deal is working. The CUSMA agreement governs 75% of Quebec's exports. With a joint review coming in 2026, the government is asking what's working, what's not, and what should...
Why This Matters: Do you run a business that trades with the US or Mexico? This affects you directly. The rules on everything from car parts to dairy to digital services are up for review. Your feedback could shape Quebec's position in upcoming trade negotiations.
Policy & Studies
Economy & Jobs
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Alberta Health (AB)
Alberta asked residents how to better protect people seeking addiction and mental health services. The focus was on creating standards for treatment facilities and professionals. Right now, there's almost no oversight of private addiction treatment...
Why This Matters: About 1 in 5 Albertans will face addiction or mental health challenges. If you or a loved one ever needs treatment, you'd want to know the facility is safe and the staff are qualified. This consultation shaped rules to prevent vulnerable people from being exploited or harmed.
Regulations & Permits
Health & Safety
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Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance (AB)
Alberta asked residents to flag government rules that are too complex, slow, or wasteful. The goal? Cut unnecessary red tape by one-third. This consultation ran from 2019 to 2022 and led to hundreds of changes across construction, oil and gas...
Why This Matters: Ever waited weeks for a permit that should take days? Filled out the same form twice? This was your chance to tell the government what's broken. The changes affect everything from building your home to getting disaster relief funds faster.
Policy & Studies
Economy & Jobs
Housing & Communities
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Ministry of Natural Resources (ON)
Ontario wants to update two guides that tell forest managers how to protect wildlife habitat and biodiversity while logging Crown forests. The changes are mostly housekeeping—aligning with new planning rules and clarifying confusing sections. One...
Why This Matters: Love hiking, hunting, or camping in Ontario's Crown forests? These guides shape how logging companies balance timber harvesting with keeping forests healthy for wildlife. If you care about old-growth forests, moose habitat, or how logging affects the landscape you enjoy, this is your chance to...
Regulations & Permits
Environment & Climate
Natural Resources
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Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (Federal)
The federal government asked Canadians what they want from an "open government" - one that shares information freely, explains its decisions, and actually listens to people. This consultation gathered ideas on four big themes: making it easier for...
Why This Matters: Ever feel like government decisions happen behind closed doors? This plan determines how much the feds will actually tell you about what they're doing and why. It also shapes whether your voice matters when policies get made. If you've ever tried to access government data, participate in a...
Policy & Studies
Justice & Rights
Technology & Digital
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Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Federal)
A company wants to build a large open-pit iron and vanadium mine in northern Quebec, on traditional Cree territory. The project includes a 49-kilometre railroad to ship ore to a marine terminal. Right now, the government is asking for feedback on...
Why This Matters: Live in the Chibougamau area? This mine would operate for 21 years, processing 5 million tonnes of ore annually. That means jobs, but also potential impacts on water, wildlife, and traditional Cree land use. Even if you don't live nearby, this is your chance to shape how major mining projects are...
Environmental Assessment
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Natural Resources
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Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Federal)
A gold mine near Lynn Lake, Manitoba wants to change where it dumps water from flooded pits. Instead of draining into Farley Lake, the company wants to discharge into the Hughes River. The federal government is asking if this change should be...
Why This Matters: Live near Lynn Lake or use the Hughes River? This decision affects your local waterway. The mine was approved in 2023, but now wants to change where treated water goes. If you fish, boat, or rely on these waters, you might want to weigh in.
Environmental Assessment
Environment & Climate
Natural Resources
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Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Federal)
First Mining Gold Corp. wants to build an open-pit gold and silver mine about 110 km northeast of Red Lake, Ontario. The mine would process 60,000 tonnes of ore daily over 11 years. The federal government is reviewing the environmental impacts and...
Why This Matters: Live in northwestern Ontario? This mine could bring jobs to the Red Lake area. But open-pit mining affects water, wildlife, and land for decades. Indigenous communities have traditional ties to this region. If you care about northern development or environmental protection, this is your chance to...
Environmental Assessment
Environment & Climate
Indigenous & Northern
Natural Resources
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Health Canada (Federal)
Health Canada asked health professionals and organizations to review draft guidelines on feeding babies from birth to 6 months. The goal was to make sure the advice given to new parents is clear, complete, and based on the latest evidence. This...
Why This Matters: New parent? These guidelines shape the advice you'll get from doctors and nurses about feeding your baby. They cover everything from breastfeeding to formula. Getting this right matters for your baby's health in those critical first months.
Policy & Studies
Health & Safety
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Tobacco Control Directorate (Federal)
Health Canada asked Canadians whether the country's tobacco and vaping laws need stronger enforcement tools. The current law aims to cut tobacco use to under 5% by 2035 and reduce youth vaping. This review focused on whether existing penalties and...
Why This Matters: Smoke or vape? Know someone who does? This affects how strictly those products are regulated. Youth vaping has become a major concern for parents and schools. The government wants to know if current rules are actually stopping illegal sales and marketing to kids.
Legislation
Health & Safety
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Ministry of Natural Resources (ON)
Ontario wants to let energy companies and developers place certain equipment on Crown land without getting a permit first. Right now, even temporary wind testing towers or environmental monitoring gear need written approval from the Ministry of...
Why This Matters: If you care about how Ontario's Crown lands are used—that's 77% of the province—this affects the rules. Energy companies could set up wind testing equipment faster, which could speed up renewable energy projects. But it also means less government review before equipment goes on public land near...
Regulations & Permits
Economy & Jobs
Environment & Climate
Natural Resources