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Stop the Enbridge Pipeline Handout! Don’t let our communities get locked into 20-year deals that put corporate profits ahead of local needs. Why it matters: It’s a drain on your taxes: An outdated law forces municipalities to pay 35% of the cost whenever Enbridge needs to move its pipes for essential road or bridge repairs.…
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Act on poverty now: Raise social assistance rates before winter hits Ontario’s outdated social assistance rates are forcing people into impossible choices as winter approaches: Ontario Works: $733 per monthODSP: $1,408 per monthAverage one-bedroom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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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…
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The mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows, and the subsequent health impacts on the community, is a stain on Ontario’s history and for decades governments have failed to act to protect residents. For far too long…
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Affordable and accessible transit is key to tackling the climate crisis and creating more connected communities. That’s why we need to urgently bring back the Ontario Northlander passenger rail service. And despite the empty promises from…
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Natural disasters like flooding & wildfires will become more commonplace if we continue to ignore the climate crisis. Everything about climate change is an emergency. We need to act urgently on climate and we need to…
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It’s getting harder and harder for Ontarians to find an affordable place to call home. And at the same time, the climate crisis gets more severe every day. What if I told you we could…
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It shouldn’t take the average person in Ontario 15 years to save for a down payment to be able to buy a house. Or take a minimum wage worker in Kingston a 55 hour work…
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It’s no secret that Doug Ford thinks protecting the environment is red tape. He’s proving that once again with his plan to pave over wetlands and risk sending chemical runoff into Lake Simcoe. Tell Doug…
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Carbon sinks are wetlands, soil, and water that pull more carbon from the air than they release. But instead of preserving Ontario’s carbon sinks, Doug Ford is paving them over and accelerating climate change.
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This past week of spring drew record-breaking heat. Several municipalities sent out heat warnings cautioning people to stay cool and indoors if possible. Tell Doug Ford to acknowledge reality and stop subsidizing fossil fuels.
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A Green Retrofit Building Program would not only help reduce climate pollution and conserve energy, but it would also create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Tell Doug Ford Climate Action IS Job Action
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Minister’s Zoning Orders (MZOs) should be the exception, not the rule. With Schedule 3 of Bill 257, Doug Ford is once again declaring open season on wetlands, farmlands and greenspaces. We need your help!
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The pandemic has affected racialized communities more than others. This is unacceptable. It needs to change. Add your voice and tell Doug Ford to act on health inequities.