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Dec 7th, 2022
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‘How are we to respect the laws you create when you can’t?’ asks local elder, who says Ford government has turned its back on its ‘duty to consult’ with First Nations Jeff Monague CollingwoodToday, Dec 6, 2022 Every morning for what seemed like decades, Alfred King would rise ...
Dec 6th, 2022
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THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Dec 2, 2022 Some developers bought that land in the past few years despite Ford and Clark’s public pronouncements it wouldn’t be developed, with one purchase happening as recently as September, according to Ontario media investigations TORONTO — Ontario Prem...
Dec 5th, 2022
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Members support resolution opposing province’s controversial housing legislation photo David Hawke Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Thursday, December 1, 2022 New Tecumseth councillors sat down to discuss the province’s controversial Bill 23 at their first meeting of the term Nov. 28, just hours ...
Dec 3rd, 2022
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‘Before, I was just writing letters; now I’m coming out,’ said a resident on the recent passage of controversial Bill 23. ‘I’ll go to more, as many rallies as I need to’ from OrilliaMatters Dec 2, 2022 Greg McGrath-Goudie About 100 residents picketed in front of Si...
Nov 30th, 2022
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Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environmental Program Manager, Environmental Defence. Nov 28,2022 Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – By forcing passage of Bill 23, the “More Homes, Built ...
Nov 29th, 2022
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stock photo From Toronto Star Nov 17,2022 By Noor JavedStaff Reporter Brendan KennedySocial Justice Investigative Reporter Emma McIntoshThe Narwhal In September, a company run by a prominent Ontario developer paid $80 million for two parcels of land that could not be developed. Totalling nearly 700 a...
Nov 29th, 2022
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From Hill Times by Ryan Campbell. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Can Pac Swire Canadians are sleepwalking into a democratic crisis. Gradually decreasing voter turnout, mediocre government policy, and toxic hyperpartisanship are eroding the principles of peace, order, and good government that have been...
Nov 29th, 2022
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The Peasants are rolling up their sleeves Margaret Atwood Nov 28 2022 Read The blogpost here...
Nov 28th, 2022
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends Question Period at the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto, on Monday, November 14, 2022.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/CHRIS YOUNG Press Release from the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, November 28 – Simcoe County By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director Today, local ...
Nov 27th, 2022
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From the Toronto Star Nov 27, 2022. Contributor Simon Woodside photo by David Hawke “Ford raises property taxes.” This is not exactly a headline you would expect to see written about Ontario’s buck-a-beer premier. By his own words, Doug Ford is all about cutting costs, taxes and red tape. He promised...