Friends of the Golden Horseshoe
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We want livable communities not costly sprawl that destroys finite prime farmland in Ontario. friendsofgh.ca
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Premier Ford has tabled a new bill that would give his friends special permissions to ignore laws that protect prime farmland, keep our water clean and save endangered wildlife.
Write to your MPP today to tell them to stop the Bill 5 power grab!
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/170384/...
Write to your MPP today to tell them to stop the Bill 5 power grab!
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/170384/...
STOP THE BILL 5 POWER GRAB!
Bill 5 would keep Ontario dependent on fracked gas, repeal the Endangered Species Act and give the Premier Trump-like powers to immunize any person, business, or property he chooses from any (or every...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Premier Ford has tabled a new bill that would give his friends special permissions to ignore laws that protect prime farmland, keep our water clean and save endangered wildlife.
Write to your MPP today to tell them to stop the Bill 5 power grab!
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/170384/...
Write to your MPP today to tell them to stop the Bill 5 power grab!
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/170384/...
#Bill5 repeals the Endangered Species Act and replaces it with a shell law to fast-track mining, highways and development.
❌ Don’t let Ford take a flamethrower to vital protections for endangered species.
Say NO to Bill 5: buff.ly/3ieIi9C
#stopbill5 #onpoli
❌ Don’t let Ford take a flamethrower to vital protections for endangered species.
Say NO to Bill 5: buff.ly/3ieIi9C
#stopbill5 #onpoli
May 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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. @canadagray.bsky.social: Premier Ford ran for a third term laser-focused on promising to save us all from Donald Trump.
So why now does it seem that protecting us from the U.S. involves slashing environmental laws and giving special powers to his friends?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
So why now does it seem that protecting us from the U.S. involves slashing environmental laws and giving special powers to his friends?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford said he would protect Ontario, so why is he doing the opposite?
Rather than saving us from the threat of Trump, Ford's Bill 5 actually mirrors the U.S. Administration's play to slash environmental protections and exempts companies from all labour, occupational hea...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
. @canadagray.bsky.social: Premier Ford ran for a third term laser-focused on promising to save us all from Donald Trump.
So why now does it seem that protecting us from the U.S. involves slashing environmental laws and giving special powers to his friends?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
So why now does it seem that protecting us from the U.S. involves slashing environmental laws and giving special powers to his friends?
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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#Media: Some good news! Yesterday the City of Toronto passed a motion to advance climate aligned finance! Decisions like this will help 🇨🇦 build a strong economy & stop the financing of polluters.
Read our full statement below: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/28/s...
Read our full statement below: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/28/s...
STATEMENT: City of Toronto Passes Motion Advancing Climate-Aligned Finance - Environmental Defence
Statement by Alex Walker, Program Manager, Climate Finance Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the
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March 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#Media: Some good news! Yesterday the City of Toronto passed a motion to advance climate aligned finance! Decisions like this will help 🇨🇦 build a strong economy & stop the financing of polluters.
Read our full statement below: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/28/s...
Read our full statement below: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/28/s...
Ontario's #Greenbelt is 20 years old on February 28th- what is the future of the Greenbelt, foodbelt for tomorrow or highways and pavement? Your vote matters #OntarioElection #OntarioVotes2025 #Greenbeltscandal
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Where do Ontario’s parties stand on the Greenbelt as 10-year review approaches? | Globalnews.ca
When the Greenbelt was first created by the former Liberal government in 2005, the legislation mandated a review of the land every decade.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ontario's #Greenbelt is 20 years old on February 28th- what is the future of the Greenbelt, foodbelt for tomorrow or highways and pavement? Your vote matters #OntarioElection #OntarioVotes2025 #Greenbeltscandal
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Ford's developers friends benefit from provincially imposed development in #Oakville that fails to deliver #affordablehousing or follow provincial policy on #transit oriented communities #paulcalandra
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Oakville councillors blindsided as Ford government steps in with plan for developers’ stalled condo project
Oakville council members say they were blindsided by the Ontario government’s proposal to build a controversial condo-tower development.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ford's developers friends benefit from provincially imposed development in #Oakville that fails to deliver #affordablehousing or follow provincial policy on #transit oriented communities #paulcalandra
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February 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Learn about the latest news and hear from local provincial candidates about their position on the #WilmotLandGrab!
Join us on, February 13th from 7 to 9 p.m. at Zion United Church, 215 Peel St., New Hamburg.
FREE Admission - Please Register at:
wilmotcan.com/event/open-m...
#OnPoli
Join us on, February 13th from 7 to 9 p.m. at Zion United Church, 215 Peel St., New Hamburg.
FREE Admission - Please Register at:
wilmotcan.com/event/open-m...
#OnPoli
February 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Learn about the latest news and hear from local provincial candidates about their position on the #WilmotLandGrab!
Join us on, February 13th from 7 to 9 p.m. at Zion United Church, 215 Peel St., New Hamburg.
FREE Admission - Please Register at:
wilmotcan.com/event/open-m...
#OnPoli
Join us on, February 13th from 7 to 9 p.m. at Zion United Church, 215 Peel St., New Hamburg.
FREE Admission - Please Register at:
wilmotcan.com/event/open-m...
#OnPoli
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Thanks to dangerous, counterproductive, and ethically murky boundary expansions - Ontario now marked 590 km2 of farms and habitat for destruction in the GTA and Hamilton. That's 4x the amount that could plausibly be needed for homes and workplaces.
environmentaldefence.ca/the-big-spra...
environmentaldefence.ca/the-big-spra...
February 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thanks to dangerous, counterproductive, and ethically murky boundary expansions - Ontario now marked 590 km2 of farms and habitat for destruction in the GTA and Hamilton. That's 4x the amount that could plausibly be needed for homes and workplaces.
environmentaldefence.ca/the-big-spra...
environmentaldefence.ca/the-big-spra...
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Annual Farmland Forum - Ontario Farmland Trust 2025
December 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Annual Farmland Forum - Ontario Farmland Trust 2025
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EVENT: Feb 13 via Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign. With the #OntarioElection looming, how will your vote impact cost of living, health, and housing? Join experts to discuss the real-life impact of each party's platform policies & understand the key issues affecting you! Register: loom.ly/Ix6dWpA
February 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
EVENT: Feb 13 via Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign. With the #OntarioElection looming, how will your vote impact cost of living, health, and housing? Join experts to discuss the real-life impact of each party's platform policies & understand the key issues affecting you! Register: loom.ly/Ix6dWpA
Wilmot has built mainly single family housing on farmland- proving once again that low density growth doesn't pay its way- In Ottawa it cost $465 per person each year to serve new low-density homes, over and above what it receives from property taxes and water bills. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6193429
February 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Wilmot has built mainly single family housing on farmland- proving once again that low density growth doesn't pay its way- In Ottawa it cost $465 per person each year to serve new low-density homes, over and above what it receives from property taxes and water bills. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6193429
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Unearthed Part 2: The Wilmot Land Grab - Soil Under Siege, delves into the crucial beginnings of the farm-to-fork journey, emphasizing the significance of life-sustaining Class 1 prime farmland that makes up less than 0.5% of Canada's land mass
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#onpoli #NoFarmersNoFood
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#onpoli #NoFarmersNoFood
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Unearthed Part 2: The Wilmot Land Grab - Soil Under Siege, delves into the crucial beginnings of the farm-to-fork journey, emphasizing the significance of life-sustaining Class 1 prime farmland that makes up less than 0.5% of Canada's land mass
🎥 youtu.be/EovPJZp_x1Y?...
#onpoli #NoFarmersNoFood
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#onpoli #NoFarmersNoFood
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It's time for Doug Ford to come clean. Ontarians deserve transparency, not backroom deals. Forcing farmers off prime farmland at below-market rates in Wilmot Township raises serious questions. What's really going on, and who benefits?
#onpoli #Wilmot #Waterloo
#onpoli #Wilmot #Waterloo
Why all the secrecy surrounding the assembly of prime farmland for a Mega-industrial site in #Wilmot #WaterlooRegion? #FightForFarmland has been on the frontlines of this battle to get info. A new community group is joining them to #StopTheLandGrab Watch this!
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The Wilmot Land Grab = Transparency Secrecy, and NDAs
YouTube video by Kathie Jordan
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January 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ontario election promise tracker...https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial-elections/ontario-election-2025-promise-tracker-from-trump-tariffs-to-highway-407-heres-what-every-provincial/article_56363b1e-dff3-11ef-a111-539db0d5cf63.html
Ontario election 2025 promise tracker: From Trump tariffs to Highway 407, here’s what every provincial party leader is pledging
We’re tracking what the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens have promised to do since the start of the snap election campaign.
www.thestar.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Ontario election promise tracker...https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial-elections/ontario-election-2025-promise-tracker-from-trump-tariffs-to-highway-407-heres-what-every-provincial/article_56363b1e-dff3-11ef-a111-539db0d5cf63.html
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Yes the rush to build a W-E pipeline rather than double down on sustainable energy sources; and to see Doug Ford as "Captain Canada" when he has wasted billions on liquor and spa deals & has let health care slide.
It's an opportunity to be sensible & grounded in the values that make 🇨🇦 what it is.
It's an opportunity to be sensible & grounded in the values that make 🇨🇦 what it is.
February 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Yes the rush to build a W-E pipeline rather than double down on sustainable energy sources; and to see Doug Ford as "Captain Canada" when he has wasted billions on liquor and spa deals & has let health care slide.
It's an opportunity to be sensible & grounded in the values that make 🇨🇦 what it is.
It's an opportunity to be sensible & grounded in the values that make 🇨🇦 what it is.
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A provincial election has been called for February 27, giving us the chance to choose a government who will protect nature and put people first.
Make your plan to Vote to Protect Ontario's Environment 👉 bit.ly/40UtB3v
#ONelection #ONpoli #hwy413 #foodsecurity #nature #cdnpoli #tariffs #sprawl
Make your plan to Vote to Protect Ontario's Environment 👉 bit.ly/40UtB3v
#ONelection #ONpoli #hwy413 #foodsecurity #nature #cdnpoli #tariffs #sprawl
ONTARIO: YOURS TO PROTECT - Environmental Defence
Ontario Election Ontario’s environment has been under constant threat from wealthy developers, oil and gas companies, plastic waste and toxic chemicals. But we have...Read More
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February 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A provincial election has been called for February 27, giving us the chance to choose a government who will protect nature and put people first.
Make your plan to Vote to Protect Ontario's Environment 👉 bit.ly/40UtB3v
#ONelection #ONpoli #hwy413 #foodsecurity #nature #cdnpoli #tariffs #sprawl
Make your plan to Vote to Protect Ontario's Environment 👉 bit.ly/40UtB3v
#ONelection #ONpoli #hwy413 #foodsecurity #nature #cdnpoli #tariffs #sprawl