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By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Jan 11th, 2023
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by Fair Vote Canada | Jan 9, 2023 We are standing on the verge of a huge breakthrough. It’s the biggest opportunity to kick-start electoral reform in Canada since the Liberal’s broken promise in 2017. But we must act now. A groundbreaking resolution is going to the Liberal Party’s national convention...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jan 10th, 2023
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Frustrated citizen says Doug Ford, MPP Jill Dunlop aren’t listening, fears new licence plates will read, ‘Ontario, yours to pave over’ From OrilliaMatters Jan9,2023 Photo Connor Earl At the end of MPP Jill Dunlop’s ‘Myth and Fact’ article, Dunlop sincerely mentions...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Adjala-Tosorontio
Jan 10th, 2023
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Letter writer says making a FOI request is like ‘pulling teeth, but far more agonizing given incessant quibbling and endless time delays’ From OrilliaToday, Jan9 2023 In my capacity as a researcher, my investigative team has reviewed over a million pages of municipal documentation since M...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agencies
Jan 9th, 2023
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Bill 23 was ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back,’ says Doug Varty, who stepped down as chair of Species Conservation Action Agency. Doug Varty says he resigned from Ontario’s Species Conservation Action Agency due to the effects of Bill 23 and other ways the provincial government is go...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jan 8th, 2023
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‘If even the Greenbelt can be attacked by ill-informed cronyism, maybe we need to make a stronger effort to put environmentally valuable property in the care of independent managers who commit to protection in perpetuity,’ writer says From MidlandToday Jan7, 2023, Photo: Andrew Philips/Mi...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Jan 8th, 2023
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation needs to be ‘more honest’ about upcoming tax hikes, says letter writer From BradfordToday Jan 6 2023 Photo by SurveyHacks The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s (CTF) Franco Terrazzano is reporting, with seemingly great despair, that five taxes are being increas...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Governance
Jan 6th, 2023
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Premier Doug Ford and Housing Minister Steve Clark have denied accusations that the government tipped off developers in advance of a plan to open up protected land for building. By Alex BoydStaff Reporter Thu., Jan. 5, 2023 Phot by Neuble cc Investigators with the Ontario Provincial Police’s anti-rac...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jan 6th, 2023
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‘How hot does the water need to be to jump free of the mess that is Doug Ford’s government?’ letter writer asks From OriliaMatters, Jan 4 2023 Photo Dave Challenger cc The boiling frog story is generally offered as a metaphor cautioning people to be aware of even gradual change lest they ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jan 6th, 2023
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‘Dunlop’s letter is a direct lift from the PC communications package,’ says letter writer From OrilliaMatters, Jan5,2023 I would first like to thank Janet Campbell of Orillia for her excellent response to Simcoe North MPP Jill Dunlop’s submission. She wrote the letter that I’ve been tryin...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jan 4th, 2023
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‘This is the only environment we have and your government is determined to ruin it,’ says letter writer From CollingwoodToday, Dec 24, 2022. Photo NASA, Goddard cc I have just read the letter from Ms. Dunlop outlining the need for more housing. She has neatly summarized the necessity due ...