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Act on poverty now: Raise social assistance rates before winter hits Ontario’s outdated social assistance rates are forcing people into impossible choices as winter approaches: Ontario Works: $733 per monthODSP: $1,408 per monthAverage one-bedroom rent: over $1,600 per month The math doesn’t work. People can’t pay for both housing and heat when temperatures drop below
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Protect Our Local Flood Defense Spring is a season of renewal, but the spring thaw also brings a serious test for our infrastructure. For generations, 36 local Conservation Authorities have been the frontline experts we trust to manage water levels and protect local biodiversity. Now, the Ford government is forcing a consolidation into nine “mega-agencies”
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Support Made-in-Ontario Renewables The Problem: Electricity prices just hit a 29 per cent increase. Over 700,000 Ontarians are looking for work. Yet Premier Ford’s “solution” is to import more expensive fracked gas from the United States. The Rigged System: Right now, the system is rigged to favour dirty energy. Meanwhile, renewable energy projects face red
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We are neck-deep in a housing affordability crisis. Ontario Greens leader Mike Schreiner tabled a motion last week at Queen’s Park calling on Premier Ford to take immediate action so that Ontarians can once again…
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Commuting. It’s something we do nearly every day. Whether it’s to daycare, school, work, or wherever your day takes you, your commute shouldn’t harm your health or the environment. Transportation is Ontario’s biggest source of…
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Today Ontario’s Auditor General released the Annual Report of Environmental Audits, and unsurprisingly, Doug Ford got an ‘F’ on his report card.
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Ontario Greens are working hard at Queen’s Park to protect Ontario’s drinking water.
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Carruthers Creek is in danger! Tell Ford to stop using dangerous expansions to MZOs to destroy crucial ecosystems.
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It is alarming that Doug Ford rejected the Ontario Greens’ Carbon Budget Bill 32 and said no to crushing climate pollution. Add your voice and tell Doug Ford we need a real plan for real…
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Our commutes are killing us. Transportation is Ontario’s biggest source of pollution, yet many of us still spend hours each week in our cars. We deserve better. Add your voice and tell Doug Ford to…
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Ontarians deserved better than the same old rhetoric in last week’s throne speech. Instead of giving us the climate action and affordable housing we so desperately need, you just promised more highways. Highways that will…
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The pandemic has been hard on Ontario’s frontline workers. Nurses are the backbone of Ontario’s healthcare system, but overworked and underpaid, many of them are facing burnout. Our nurses deserve better.
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July 2021 was the hottest month on record. The disaster of climate change isn’t coming; it’s here. Hotter temperatures mean increased fires; devastated crops; and people and animals lost to the crisis. Tell Ford you…
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During this Global Climate Strike we’re behind the call from Fridays for Future and are asking Doug Ford to address the systemic issues that put vulnerable communities at risk, making them more susceptible to the…
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Doug Ford broke the law by passing Bill 197, allowing him to pave over the Greenbelt without asking you. Call on Ford to stop violating your environment rights and protect the Greenbelt.
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Net zero emissions are possible. But Ontario is getting left behind. Not only has Doug Ford refused to create a comprehensive plan for climate stabilization, but carbon emissions have gone up under Ford’s leadership. The…
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Eight provinces have already signed onto the national affordable child-care program, but Doug Ford is holding Ontario back. Parents shouldn’t have to choose between care for their kids and their jobs. Add your voice and…
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We’re headed towards climate disaster if we continue with the status quo. Failure to act with acute urgency means deadlier heat waves, more frequent flooding, more intense storms, increased ocean acidification, rising sea levels, longer…