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By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Dec 12th, 2022
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‘Once again you are not hearing the cacophony of voices begging you to cancel Bill 23,’ says letter writer Letter to the Editor Dec 9, 2022 Kevin Lamb for BarrieToday Mr. Ford, you always boast you listen to the people. Please tell me how many people and organizations, clubs, etc., demand...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Dec 12th, 2022
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‘If we lose it, it will not come back,’ says Bob Bowles; Oro Moraine about 35,000 acres in size, extending 21 kilometres from Orillia west to Highway 400 past Craighurst from OrilliaToday,Bob Bruton, Dec11,2022 A crash course on the Oro Moraine’s history, and its precarious future, were t...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Dec 10th, 2022
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‘We are counting on you to protect the little bit of wildlife and habitat we have remaining in southern Ontario,’ groups tell federal minister Letter to the Editor,CollingwoodToday Dec 9 2022 Dear Minister Guilbeault, As Canada hosts an international conference on biodiversity, we thought...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Dec 10th, 2022
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‘This is not an ecologically sound bill,’ says mayor; City is calling on MPP Jill Dunlop to come to council to explain ‘logic and rationale’ behind Bill 23 Greg McGrath-Goudie Dec9 2022 Orillia’s city council has joined a growing number of Ontario municipalities that are speak...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Dec 10th, 2022
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The finding comes a day after an Ontario Superior Court justice struck down the Ford government’s Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. By Rob FergusonQueen’s Park Bureau,Toronto Star Kristin RushowyQueen’s Park Bureau, Toronto Star Wed., Nov. 30, 2022 Doctors were paid five times more tha...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Dec 10th, 2022
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Media Statement From: Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, Forbid Roads Over Greenspaces, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and Concerned Citizens of King Township Simcoe County, ON – On November 30th, the Auditor General of Ontario – an independent officer of the legislature who is tasked with ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Dec 9th, 2022
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Bill 23 Ends Municipal Green Standards in Ontario – Updated November 28th, 2022 On November 28th, the Ontario government voted to pass Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, at third reading. This means that no further amendments to the legislation will be made. The Bill will now go through Royal ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Dec 9th, 2022
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‘Doug Ford, man of the people,’ is a lie – just as his promise to protect the Greenbelt was a lie,’ letter writer laments Letter to the Editor, from OrilliaMatters, Dec 6, 2022 Photo: Maija Hoggett/TimminsToday What happened to ‘For the People?’Five years after Ford took...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Dec 9th, 2022
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‘Community members … will no longer be able to participate in or challenge decisions that affect their own neighbourhoods,’ warns letter writer Letter to the Editor from MidlandToday, Nov 15, 2022 Map showing Ontario’s Greenbelt.Image courtesy of the Greenbelt Foundation The F...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Governance
Dec 9th, 2022
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‘Our whole way of life is being destabilized so some big corporations can gain,’ says letter writer of widespread issues resulting from provincial politicians Letter to the Editor Nov 13, 2022 Photo: Premier Doug Ford, second from left, was joined by, from left, Simcoe North MPP Jill Dunl...