Rooney’s old account @girls_can@social.cleverlibre.org

Ontario's finance minister cool to idea of municipal sales taxes | CBC News https://bit.ly/3E7ezez #OMA #SalesTax #OntarioMunicipalities #HST #SalesTaxes #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

#As AG Bonnie Lysyk reported...[the decision] about which parcels of land would be removed from the #Greenbelt was “undermined” by “non-elected political staff, and developers and their lobbyists.”

"Ms. Lysyk said the short list of sites considered for removal was hand-fed to a cloistered team of public servants by Ryan Amato, the chief of staff to Housing Minister Steve Clark, and that 92 % of the land that ultimately benefited was recommended by 2 developers who had access to Mr. Amato."

The Ford #Conservative govt has just announced they will restore the Public Health funding that they slashed in 2019.

👉​ "Seems the Ford strategy now is to make self congratulatory funding announcements that are simply giving back a small portion of what they took away with funding cuts."

#onpoli #ontario #dougFord #sylviaJones #bill60 #topoli

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-offers-money-to-public-health-units-that-voluntarily-merge-1.6529697

While Baja and Southern California receive torrential rain, a 100 year drought snarls traffic, with 200 cargo ships waiting to pass, through the Panama Canal because there’s not enough fresh water to fill the channel from freshwater lakes.

Climate change will affect us in ways we can’t imagine. We must end fossil fuel subsidies and new drilling now.

As climate anxieties rise, experts warn mental health resources aren't keeping up | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-anxiety-wildfires-teens-1.6944352

> First-hand accounts from teenagers augment research studies that illustrate how climate change is impacting young people’s mental health. As weather events threaten to change entire landscapes in coming decades, experts worry that mental health resources might fall short of the need.

Will be talking about the climate change-fueled wildfires, storms & floods TONIGHT on @PBS @newshour Details to follow...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/

@myeyesaredim we have been working with the #canadian Wildlife Service on #invasivespecies and their impacts on #speciesAtRisk In particular, we are studying the consequences of #phragmitesaustralisanagement. Eg swamp rose mallow, of Special Concern, is rebounding now. But more broadly assessing risks from other invasive #wetland plants.

Prescribed burns have been happening in North America for centuries, first lit by Native Americans long before European settlers set foot on the continent. Responders light them to prevent wildfires from getting out of control. In the past they did this using potentially dangerous techniques — either on the ground manually or from helicopters.

Today, there’s a safer approach: Drones.

Started by two University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors, https://flatwaterfreepress.org/fighting-fire-with-fire-and-drones/

More upcoming events in support of Ontario's Greenbelt listed on the Environmental Defence website:

- August 27, #Vaughan rally
- September 8, #Kitchener rally
- September 12, #Barrie public forum
- Sept 14, #HamOnt rally
- Oct 14, Harvest Ontario Walk to Save the Greenbelt (multiple locations, details pending)

Get more details (and add your event): https://environmentaldefence.ca/handsoffthegreenbelt/

#Ontario #Greenbelt #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #YoursToProtect #OnPoli

The result of massive #fire seasons over the past few decades is that #Canada’s #forests now release extreme amounts of #CO2.

What used to be important carbon sinks are now carbon sources and part of a dangerous #feedback loop.

#ClimateChange #wildfire #CarbonDioxide

🔗 https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/21/analysis/our-forests-have-reached-tipping-point

Holy cow!

#WesternWashington is waking up to #smoke levels from #EasternWashington & #BritishColombia #wildfires that have pretty much *doubled* since yesterday.

Stay inside when possible.

Use #AirCleaners if you have them. Make a #CorsiRosenthal if you don't

Those #N95s do double duty these days. #MaskUp to keep the smoke particles out as well as #Covid (#CovidIsNotOver)

Check in on older folks & those with #HealthIssues #LungIssues #HeartIssues #LongCovid

Stay safe!

#Seattle #PNW

👉​Did you know that Ford's #Bill23 has removed the power of #Ontario's Conservation authorities to review or mandate changes to development applications impacting any natural heritage system, such as waterways, ravine trails & farmland.

“The province doesn’t realize the full impact of their decision. Their approach is very simplistic: they just do & don’t think, or don’t care. If we don’t play ball, they’ll take the ball away.”

#dofo #Greenbelt #Onpoli #VoteTO #Bill69
https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-strips-conservation-authority-powers/

@AlisonCreekside
So, the guy who was Mayor for 12 yrs in cottage country town that Doug Ford calls his "second home" was also the guy who dropped #Bill23 on 'municipalities at 6 p.m. on Dec. 28, while the offices of city councils and conservation authorities were largely shuttered for the holiday break'.

The Ford government did not discuss Bill 23 specifically with the agencies or their municipal partners before releasing it.

#Greenbelt #onpoli #ontario #dofo #DogHunts
https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-strips-conservation-authority-powers/

he Fun fact: The aforementioned Minister of Natural Resources for #Ontario, MPP Graydon Smith, had to go to court because he violated the Endangered Species act.
Also MPP Graydon Smith 👉​ "While you were busy preparing for the Canada Day weekend, Ontario's #Conservative government reversed a decades-long ban on penned hunting areas and will now allow captive coyotes, foxes, & rabbits to be used as live bait & torn apart by hunting dogs. "

#onpoli #bill23
https://animaljustice.ca/blog/ontario-reverses-penned-hunting-ban

https://www.readthemaple.com/energy-corps-reaping-super-profits-while-canadians-suffer/