Ontario’s Environment can’t be sold off to the highest bidder in the Ford government fire sale #YourstoProtect

Thank you to everyone in Corktown Hamilton and Stinson for coming out today! The area is much cleaner and we know it was a huge effort.
Thank you BeautifulAlleysHamON and Metrolinx and City of Hamilton and CPKC and Ward 2 Hamilton and Nrinder Nann for supporting our efforts!

The more the richest 40,000 Canadians (top 0.1%) tantrum about having to declare 66.7% of their capital gains *above* $250K/yr (while the rest of us have to declare 100% of our humble labour income), the stronger these poll numbers are gonna become. Please carry on!! #cdnpoli

Excellent read on Beyoncé’s new album, as imagination & protected territories, tethered to placemaking, policy & the psychology of invisible (and fabricated) boundaries separating us by Jay Pitter in Azure Magazine.

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Limiting beliefs about our city hold #HamOnt back from being a thriving place of choice. What we need are large scale initiatives that demonstrate world-class excellence in city and community building. It’s past time to apply a lens of what future generations deserve. #Onwards

Hamilton City Council has approved a first-of-its-kind Renovation Licence and Relocation By-law, effective January 1, 2025, which will protect tenants by addressing bad faith evictions.

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Did you know that cigarette butts are actually plastic pollution? Join us on Friday, April 26 from 10am – 2pm for a city-wide cigarette litter community cleanup. Learn more and register for the Hamilton Butt Blitz at: form-can.keela.co/hamilton-butt-… #HamOnt

Wanna know why we have a housing affordability crisis? Check out this animated graph…

#OurWard3 is in bloom! Cherry blossoms and Magnolias on this beautiful April evening.

I am speaking today at Good Shepherd Board retreat. Check this out. The abandonment of funding for non market housing by gov’ts.

Dr. Andrew Boozary from University Health Network. A single slide that demonstrates why we have a housing and homelessness crisis in Canada. Good Shepherd #HamOnt

Today, Habitat Hamilton's Board & staff, and City Housing Hamilton's (CHH) Board & staff had a joint build day at a CHH unit in need of repair. For the past 3 years, Habitat #Hamont has been repairing CHH units to bring them back online for families in need. A great partnership!

HAVE YOUR SAY! The City of Hamilton is creating 'Green Building Standards which are key for realizing our community climate goals. Complete the on-line survey & attend the April 25th virtual Open House! engage.hamilton.ca/green-building…

Today's proposed new Provincial Planning Statement and Bill 185 would unleash a wave of “Greenfield Scandals” by removing tribunal oversight of sprawl Approvals.

Media statement from me @EnviroDefence.

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The #solareclipse has come and gone!
#HamOnt , donate your ISO safety solar eclipse glasses to us. HPL and McMaster Physics & Astronomy have teamed up with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Hamilton Centre to collect, redistribute and keep out of landfills. hpl.ca/solar-eclipse

The new Canada Rental Protection Fund will help address one of Council's key priorities: Safe & Thriving Neighbourhoods. The City welcomes this announcement, which is set to provide $470M in grants over 5 years and $1B in loans to support affordable housing across the country.

We did it! Well done to everyone involved working tirelessly to get intimate partner violence declared an epidemic in Ontario! #onpoli #endipv #intimatepartnerviolence

Thank you to every survivor & org that provides love, care & support to survivors in #HamOnt . It is your voice & leadership that got this done! TY to my Council colleagues for unanimously declaring #GBV / #IPV an epidemic. I await details of prov $ - today we celebrate this win!

Hamilton City Council unanimously declared homelessness a state of emergency, making affordable housing vital infrastructure. The history of housing is the history of whose voices get amplified compared to disadvantaged groups that lack political voice.
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Some justice for this transphobic and hateful incident that took place on a city bus. #NoHateInTheHammer