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Oct 27th, 2023
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ALLIANCE FOR A LIVEABLE ONTARIO What a week! On Monday morning, we won another important battle against urban sprawl and took another step towards building a liveable Ontario! Paul Calandra, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced the government will reverse its decision to force municip...
Oct 25th, 2023
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Ontario Power Generation wants to build a large new gas plant (265 megawatts) in Halton Hills. This new gas plant could produce as much air pollution as 250,000 cars each year. This will lead to more illnesses (e.g., asthma attacks, heart and lung diseases) for GTA residents and more climate damage e...
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Oct 23rd, 2023
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Springwater Township Mayor Jennifer Coughlin. From Barrie Today, Wayne Doyle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Oct 20, 2023 ‘This isn’t leaving the NVCA, it’s reverting back to where it was in 1999,’ says mayor. A lack of accountability and inadequate service levels. Those are the two...
Oct 22nd, 2023
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Ontario wants to eliminate critical freshwater protections to speed up construction projects The reversal of planned Greenbelt development was a major recent win! However, the provincial government is still attempting to “streamline” environmental laws in favour of developers. This time, the proposed...
Oct 22nd, 2023
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Margaret Prophet, the executive director of the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, is shown in a file photo.Tyler Evans/OrilliaMatters From Barrie Today, by Margaret Prophet, 1 day ago. This is the third in a three-part series of guest columns from the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition leading up to ...
Oct 21st, 2023
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Paul Calandra, Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing, this week introduced legislation to restore Greenbelt lands. Opposition leaders are wary of the abrupt change of heart by the government, which had proposed opening up 7,400 acres of protected lands to new housing. Richard Lautens / ...
Oct 21st, 2023
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Ask you MP to attend an event for just MPs to learn about a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform! In a few short months, MPs will be voting on Motion M-86 for a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. The overwhelming majority of Canadians want to ditch first-past-the-post. We nee...
Oct 20th, 2023
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Hello, After a two-year delay in providing any protection whatsoever for the endangered black ash under the Endangered Species Act, 2007, the Government of Ontario is now due to implement the law. Instead of making up for lost time, however, the government is proposing to severely limit protections f...
Oct 18th, 2023
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that he will be reversing his government’s decision to open the Greenbelt to developers during a press conference in Niagara Falls, Ont., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. The announcement comes after a second cabinet minister resigned in the wake of the Greenbelt controve...
In Energy
Oct 15th, 2023
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You are invited! Come and learn how to take advantage of goverment rebates of up to $10,000 to improve your home efficiency and save money while reducing your carbon footprint. Oct 19 – HOME ENERGY IMPROVEMENT SYMPOSIUM. Come and find out more at the Wasaga Beach Recplex Thursday October 19th f...