Joan Faux
@joantelferfaux.bsky.social
Concerned about our future. Bioregional regeneration, truth & reconciliation, equity, healthcare, public education, water, democracy, design, research, integrity, empathy. Doing many things
Banner: photo looking up blue sky through cedar trees
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Culinary programs at George Brown just axed. Doug Ford has been starving colleges & universities, and more than 600 programs have been cut this year, with 10,000 staff let go.
Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
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Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
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November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Culinary programs at George Brown just axed. Doug Ford has been starving colleges & universities, and more than 600 programs have been cut this year, with 10,000 staff let go.
Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
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Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
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#Ontario to spend $10.9 BILLION over 12 yrs on energy-efficiency programs, & $8.5 B every year to subsidize electricity consumption.
Does this make sense? #onpoli
Learn More 👉 https://ow.ly/sUsA50XuOqX
Does this make sense? #onpoli
Learn More 👉 https://ow.ly/sUsA50XuOqX
Ontario expands energy efficiency programs to eligible appliances | CBC News
Ontario homeowners will soon be able to get provincial rebates of up to $200 for energy efficient appliances through an expanded program.The programs and their expansions are part of a previously announced commitment to spend $10.9 billion over 12 years on energy efficiency.
ow.ly
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#Ontario to spend $10.9 BILLION over 12 yrs on energy-efficiency programs, & $8.5 B every year to subsidize electricity consumption.
Does this make sense? #onpoli
Learn More 👉 https://ow.ly/sUsA50XuOqX
Does this make sense? #onpoli
Learn More 👉 https://ow.ly/sUsA50XuOqX
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What we’d once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford’s Ontario.
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
What we'd once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford's Ontario
Once a $16 orange juice could end a career. Today, Ford’s government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund, revealing a political culture reshaped — and degraded — by a decade of far-r...
ricochet.media
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What we’d once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford’s Ontario.
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
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Ontario’s plan to mash 36 conservation authorities into seven is classic Ford logic: weaken local oversight, centralize power, and call it ‘efficiency.’ Because nothing says ‘flood protection’ like fewer voices and bigger bureaucracies.
#OttPoli #ONPoli
#OttPoli #ONPoli
Ontario's conservation authorities are consolidating. Here's what that will mean for Ottawa
Ontario's 36 conservation authorities are being amalgamated into seven, including three in the Ottawa area.
ottawacitizen.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Ontario’s Bill 27 could allow for geologic carbon storage to reduce the emissions from industrial processes like power generation and steel production — but critics say it’s not a silver bullet. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-carb...
Ontario’s carbon storage law, explained | The Narwhal
Bill 27 could allow for large-scale geologic carbon storage in Ontario to reduce the emissions from industrial processes like power generation and steel production, but critics say it’s not a silver b...
thenarwhal.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ontario’s Bill 27 could allow for geologic carbon storage to reduce the emissions from industrial processes like power generation and steel production — but critics say it’s not a silver bullet. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-carb...
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JOINT STATEMENT: Ontario's Education Unions Warn Against Passage of Bill 33!
#Bill33 will be passed despite opposition from ed workers, parents, & students. Ontario’s education unions are united in condemning this harmful legislation + its impact on democracy & #OntEd: bit.ly/3KamYVh
#OSSTF #OnPoli
#Bill33 will be passed despite opposition from ed workers, parents, & students. Ontario’s education unions are united in condemning this harmful legislation + its impact on democracy & #OntEd: bit.ly/3KamYVh
#OSSTF #OnPoli
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
JOINT STATEMENT: Ontario's Education Unions Warn Against Passage of Bill 33!
#Bill33 will be passed despite opposition from ed workers, parents, & students. Ontario’s education unions are united in condemning this harmful legislation + its impact on democracy & #OntEd: bit.ly/3KamYVh
#OSSTF #OnPoli
#Bill33 will be passed despite opposition from ed workers, parents, & students. Ontario’s education unions are united in condemning this harmful legislation + its impact on democracy & #OntEd: bit.ly/3KamYVh
#OSSTF #OnPoli
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Send a message to your MPP to tell them to vote NO on #Bill33 and #Bill60
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Send a message to your MPP to tell them to vote NO on #Bill33 and #Bill60
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
Send a message to your MPP to tell them to vote NO on #Bill33 and #Bill60
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Send a message to your MPP to tell them to vote NO on #Bill33 and #Bill60
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
Doug Ford & his PC candidates did *not* campaign on any of these changes.
#onted #ONpoli
#FixOurSchools
#ProtectWater
#ProtectTenants
#Accountability
#ProtectDemocracy
#Overreach
ontariondp.ca/stop-the-att...
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While Alberta considers how to allow oilsands companies to release treated wastewater into the Athabasca River, the federal government has yet to table its own law around clean drinking water for First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oils...
‘Unacceptable’: Alberta wants to treat and release oilsands waste | The Narwhal
Alberta is working on plans to treat and release oilsands wastewater into the Athabasca River. First Nations downstream don’t want that to happen
thenarwhal.ca
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
While Alberta considers how to allow oilsands companies to release treated wastewater into the Athabasca River, the federal government has yet to table its own law around clean drinking water for First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oils...
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Chris Gilmer-Hill of Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition makes a great point – building out these data centers is going to hurt affordability and hit people in their pocketbooks.
That’s something that *everyone*, regardless of political party, is going to care about.
That’s something that *everyone*, regardless of political party, is going to care about.
Data Center Buildout Hits People in their Pocketbooks
YouTube video by Stand.earth
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Chris Gilmer-Hill of Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition makes a great point – building out these data centers is going to hurt affordability and hit people in their pocketbooks.
That’s something that *everyone*, regardless of political party, is going to care about.
That’s something that *everyone*, regardless of political party, is going to care about.
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I still advocate for moving beyond the techno-reductionism of carbon markets. They don't work and we can do so much better with holistic approaches to regenerative finance.
youtu.be/CSREsfSmN8M?...
youtu.be/CSREsfSmN8M?...
Strategic Framing That Goes Beyond Carbon Offsets
YouTube video by Joe Brewer
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I still advocate for moving beyond the techno-reductionism of carbon markets. They don't work and we can do so much better with holistic approaches to regenerative finance.
youtu.be/CSREsfSmN8M?...
youtu.be/CSREsfSmN8M?...
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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
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The Doug Ford government is setting its sites on conservation authorities for the fifth time, merging the watershed protection agencies. Staff tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social it may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ — not to mention it's leaving them with ‘whiplash.’ thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
thenarwhal.ca
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Doug Ford government is setting its sites on conservation authorities for the fifth time, merging the watershed protection agencies. Staff tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social it may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ — not to mention it's leaving them with ‘whiplash.’ thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
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Buried in #Bill60
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
Privatizing Drinking Water Could Lead to Big Bills, Bad Service and Dirty Water - Environmental Defence
Statement by Rebecca Kolarich, Water Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the
environmentaldefence.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Buried in #Bill60
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
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Ontario plans to eliminate all School Board Trustees, launching more expensive and poorer quality Student and Family Support Offices at Every School Board news.ontario.ca/en/release/1... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ontario plans to eliminate all School Board Trustees, launching more expensive and poorer quality Student and Family Support Offices at Every School Board news.ontario.ca/en/release/1... #topoli #onpoli #onted
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Last week, MPP Sol Mamakwa and I pressed the Ford government on why Ontario taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the legal fallout of their unconstitutional Bill 5. Ontarians shouldn’t pay for this government’s mistakes. #onpoli
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Last week, MPP Sol Mamakwa and I pressed the Ford government on why Ontario taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the legal fallout of their unconstitutional Bill 5. Ontarians shouldn’t pay for this government’s mistakes. #onpoli
New episode of Nature of Things (Canadian tv show hosted by the original host David Suzuki’s daughter Sarika Cullis-Suzuki) reveals how Earth’s systems are connected & why we’re seeing more frequent extreme weather events
#Science 🧪
The Nature of Things gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-o...
#Science 🧪
The Nature of Things gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-o...
Wild Wild Weather | The Nature of Things | CBC Gem
New hosts Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan take on The Nature of Things, the world's longest-running science documentary series.
gem.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
New episode of Nature of Things (Canadian tv show hosted by the original host David Suzuki’s daughter Sarika Cullis-Suzuki) reveals how Earth’s systems are connected & why we’re seeing more frequent extreme weather events
#Science 🧪
The Nature of Things gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-o...
#Science 🧪
The Nature of Things gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-o...
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Remember who the tunnel and highways are really for: friends of Doug. Using taxpayer 💰 on projects like this that don't do anything substantive to improve transportation is a way to repay construction and developer friends. This man is asset-stripping Ontario to reward donors and friends.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Remember who the tunnel and highways are really for: friends of Doug. Using taxpayer 💰 on projects like this that don't do anything substantive to improve transportation is a way to repay construction and developer friends. This man is asset-stripping Ontario to reward donors and friends.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
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The Provincial Government's plan to cut Ontario’s conservation authorities from 36 to 7 could threaten watersheds and communities. 🌊 Ontario Nature has made recommendations to protect these vital wetlands.
Read more by @anushkayadav.bsky.social here: thepointer.com/article/2025...
#onpoli
Read more by @anushkayadav.bsky.social here: thepointer.com/article/2025...
#onpoli
‘Death knell for watersheds’: Ford set to shrink conservation authorities, plunge Ontario into chaos
‘Death knell for watersheds’: Ford set to shrink conservation authorities, plunge Ontario into chaos.
thepointer.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Provincial Government's plan to cut Ontario’s conservation authorities from 36 to 7 could threaten watersheds and communities. 🌊 Ontario Nature has made recommendations to protect these vital wetlands.
Read more by @anushkayadav.bsky.social here: thepointer.com/article/2025...
#onpoli
Read more by @anushkayadav.bsky.social here: thepointer.com/article/2025...
#onpoli
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Essential Reading:
"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
www.noemamag.com/a-movement-t...
"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
www.noemamag.com/a-movement-t...
A Movement That’s Quietly Reshaping Democracy For The Better | NOEMA
Citizens’ assemblies can help us better address societal challenges, overcome polarization and strengthen trust.
www.noemamag.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Essential Reading:
"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
www.noemamag.com/a-movement-t...
"Imagine you receive an invitation one day from your mayor, inviting you to serve as a member of your city’s newly established permanent Citizens’ Assembly..."
www.noemamag.com/a-movement-t...
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BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Reposted by Joan Faux
Doug Ford. Climate denier. Liar. The thief of your children's future.
#onpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
#onpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Doug Ford. Climate denier. Liar. The thief of your children's future.
#onpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
#onpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...