This Mother's Day, appreciate those who make it happen - who truly 'get it done' across every facet of our society and lives

Women constitute ~ 80% of our nonprofit workforce - contributing $216B to our GDP

It's time we value both the sector & its predominantly female workforce

Did you know that 30% of the half million vehicles on #401 are trucks? If they were allowed free lanes on ⁦407 ETR⁩ you wouldn’t need #413 so why is ⁦Ontario Ministry of Transportation⁩ hiding these facts and so determined to spend $15B of your tax $? ⁦STOPthe413NOW⁩ ⁦

I simply cannot emphasize this enough.

The major reforms to end the housing crisis are now provincial.

The Feds could move faster on balancing immigration, but they are doing it.

Ontario’s government is the biggest obstacle right now to change.

Comments on the Ontario government's plan to bulldoze our remaining remaining non-Greenbelt farms & southern habitat by killing the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe close Sunday, May 12th.

Feel free to copy from @EnviroDefence's submission!

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“According to data from Elections Ontario’s donations database, in 2021-2022 Ford’s PC Party received on average just under 61% of its total donations from donors who each donated $1,000 or more” (compare to Ontario Liberals at 43%, NDP at 26%, Greens at 20%)

All CEOs of 🇨🇦’s top 5 banks declined the invitation to appear before the #ENVI committee to testify on their bank's impact on climate change? Sophie Chatel Adam van Koeverden Leah Taylor Roy Francis Scarpaleggia Dan Mazier Monique Pauzé Please ensure all 5 bank CEOs attend a committee hearing.

Lobbying firm bails on town after council touted its 'backroom' ties to the Ford government dlvr.it/T6dmSN

FORD—Schedule 1 to Bill 162 expands the definition of “acquiring property” to include expropriation. Specifically, Schedule 1 amends the Act .. expropriation is one of the ways property can be acquired for a project BEFORE the EA process is completed.

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Which councillors who voted for this will sleep at night when there is a fatality because of this backward decision?

Road Safety should be a priority of council.

'If you're serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, you don't build a new 400-series highway through the Greenbelt' - cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Whenever I hear a Canadian politician, whether they be municipal, provincial, or federal, downplay our economic problems, I really wonder what universe they’re living in. Things are bad out there right now.

Ottawa says Ontario failed to meet affordable housing goals, won’t send funds to province #onpoli #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

🧵Last week Ali Sezgin Armagan was killed on his bicycle on Avenue Rd by a truck driver. His death was preventable. Join ARC Tues. May 7 (6pm Bloor x Spadina) for a Ghost Bike Memorial ride in his honour 1/7

If you think the #GreenbeltScandal was bad... Help us resist the total abandonment of growth management in Ontario, which the province wants to do, via Bill 185. Join a short phone zap! Registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#BREAKING - Sarah Jama gets named and kicked out of the legislative chamber for defying the keffiyeh ban, while NDP MPP’s Kristyn Wong-Tam & Joel Harden leave voluntarily for doing the same thing.

Enbridge is encouraging employees to reject a shareholder proposal that would require the energy giant to report how much pollution is being caused by the fossil fuels it sells to customers, a leaked email shows. via Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-emiss…

Hidden in today's GHG data from 2022

Since 2000, #CCS projects in Canada have permanently stored only 7 MT of carbon.

To put that into perspective, that’s around 0.0004% of Canada’s emissions since 2000

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Jane’s Walk is happening this weekend. Twelve free community-led walks are taking place locally this weekend — four in Brant County — as part of Jane's Walk, a global movement inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs. 

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NEW: Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions jumped for a second straight year, following a pandemic-induced plunge.
It means annual carbon emissions have risen back to the level they were in 2017, before Premier Doug Ford's government came to power. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

'Even if the councillors have the noblest of plans for the land, they squandered every ounce of good will. This outrageous land grab, conducted in the dark, looks as ugly as sin.' farmersforum.com/hey-waterloo-a…