I’ve spent the last few months cooking up a podcast miniseries with the amazing team at The Big Story Podcast, and we’re so excited to share it with you!

Here’s the trailer for Paydirt, the inside story of Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal:
the-big-story-bb309f15.simplecast.com/episodes/the-b…

Great to remember about the proposed Highway 413. It was never about transportation....it is all about forcing sprawl onto the Greenbelt, farms and forests to benefit billionaire developers. #stopthe413 #onpoli

If only there was an established project political parties could adopt that compellingly marries addressing economic injustice with climate action that had a snappy name like 'Green New Deal' or 'Just Transition' 🤔

Colin D'Mello | Global News

#cdnpoli must have undistorted search results on climate policy when conducting Google searches, write Chris Russill, Patrick McCurdy & Jenny Kliever. nationalobserver.com/2024/04/12/opi…

This is a massive barrier holding back greater EV adoption. Premier Ford’s ideological approach continues to hold Ontario back while other provinces like BC and Quebec surge ahead.
thestar.com/politics/provi…

North American streets are hopelessly bloated. A constant waste of money to create places that are dangerous and ugly.

In Paris, just 4.3% -- 4.3%!! -- of the trips within the colored areas now occur in private cars.

Source: institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-tr…

Minor argument from our executive director: Instead of calling it the 'BLAST-E' network, we should call it the 'Blasté Network'.

#HamOnt

In an increasingly urban country -- 30pc of Canadians live in the ten biggest cities, per the 2021 census -- one might think provinces swinging their constitutional club to exert authority over cities will eventually carry a political cost
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

More Neighbours Toronto More Neighbours HamOnt EnvironmentalDefence CTV Toronto CP24 CityNews Toronto Global News Toronto CBC Toronto Marit Stiles @RescueLakeSimcoe 10/10

Here's @EnviroDefence's complete statement on the Ontario Governments proposed Bill 185 and Provincial Planning Statement.

Bill 185 & PPS Would Unleash Wave of “Greenfield Scandals” by Removing Tribunal Oversight of Sprawl Approvals

environmentaldefence.ca/2024/04/10/bil…

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The meeting starts soon - livestream on City of #HamOnt YouTube is here: youtube.com/live/cY01UN4zG…

This is terrifying.

Not the headline... I'm familiar with the science. No, what's terrifying is how far I had to dig through my news notifications to find this story.

What's terrifying is that this headline is not #trending on every social media platform.

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Tune in this morning at 10am for the area rating review subcommittee! Executive director Ian will be delegating along with Karl Andrus on behalf of Hamilton Transit Riders Union! We need #HamOnt to do away with this archaic funding model for transit, and to deliver service to all urban areas!

STARTING NOW! #HamOnt

In today's Province 'Red Tape' legislation, municipalities will now be able to directly hand-out corporate welfare, with a watering down of the 'bonusing' prohibition.
We can expect the City of Hamilton to be lobbied for money by warehouses #yhmcc
ola.org/en/legislative…

Canada at risk of another devastating wildfire season, federal government warns
Officials say forecast of dry, warm weather increases likelihood of fires in coming months
cbc.ca/news/climate/c…