Executive Director of the Wildlands League. working on large scale nature protection. Tweets are my own.
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Janet Sumner retweeted
Some MPPs should be ashamed of themselves. You promised not to touch the Greenbelt and were trusted. For many rural communities who voted @OntarioPCParty they learned today what really happened. We don't think we have scraped the barrel to the bottom yet. #HandsOffTheGreenbelt
#Breaking: Ontario housing minister violated integrity act in Greenbelt land swap: commissioner trib.al/Dhf9Owr
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.@RougePark is the largest urban park in 🇨🇦. I share the concerns around what impacts development in former #Greenbelt lands could have. That is why the federal government is moving forward on a study looking at the potential effects of development projects adjacent to the Park.
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Canada is still burning & many still believe arsonists/space lasers are to blame. So @DrewPAnderson & I teamed up to debunk wildfire theories, which are a smokescreen distracting from the growing smoke signals from communities desperate for climate action.
thenarwhal.ca/wildfire-canad…
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#ClimateChange denial has now evolved into climate delay
Companies, politicians & lobbyists justify inaction, by focusing on the possible negative social effects of climate policies and raise doubt that mitigation is possible.
Which one are you?
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“A green transition is a lie if it happens at the expense of carbon-rich boreal caribou habitat,” says Wildlands' ED @sumnerwild.
Read the statement on how Canada has delayed action (again), leaving ON caribou habitat unprotected & vulnerable to industry: wildlandsleague.org/news/can…
Janet Sumner retweeted
The next provincial election could end this criminal activity. Ontario voters could take the opportunity to use their votes & prevent another four years of the Conservative gong show and crime boss @fordnation Everyone eligible to vote needs to vote at every opportunity!
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Peatlands along the James Bay and Hudson Bay coasts are one of the largest carbon sinks in the world, according to @WCS_Canada.
Read more in @TimminsToday: bit.ly/43pZvo1
@Mushkegowuk @MushkegowukM @WCSRingofFire @WildlandsLeague
Janet Sumner retweeted
"Ford's plan for Ontario Place — to hand over the redevelopment of public land to a private, for-profit firm — is exactly the kind of urban land-use policy you’d expect from a wealthy suburbanite with access to a Muskoka cottage." tvo.org/article/before-ruini…
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“Take care of the land. Take care of the animals. Take care of the people.” That’s the aim of the Ross River Dena, who are working to create an #Indigenous Protected Area spanning 25,000 sq km – providing opportunity for young people & sustaining vulnerable caribou populations.
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Introducing the Wetland Atlas of Alberta
wetland-report.abmi.ca/
Check the thread for some highlights of our latest core report 👇
#Wetlands #WetlandScience #AquaticInvertebrates #ABMIatWork
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Janet Sumner retweeted
ICYMI: It’s unnecessary — and dangerous — for Ontario to point to federal immigration targets as justification for dismantling environmental protections to speed up development, @fatimabsyed writes. #onpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenb…
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"First, we must to modernize the outdated legal and economic frameworks of the mineral exploration industry. Take, for example, British Columbia’s Mineral Tenure Act, which dates back to the 19th century gold rush, and has retained many of its colonial-era provisions." #bcpoli
The UBC Future Minerals Working Group including #AllardLaw Profs @carolmliao @SaraGhebremusse argue that Canada needs transformational change in the mining sector that promotes environmental sustainability & reconciliation with Indigenous communities policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz… @IRPP
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1. Inspired by Ontario’s Greenbelt, a Great Lakes Blue Belt would permanently protect sections of or all the Great Lakes shoreline with public access, regular water monitoring & environmental restoration.
Janet Sumner retweeted
In case you've had a hard time wrapping your head around the slew of recent developments in Ford's Greenbelt saga, we've pulled them all into one nifty timeline for you.
#onpoli #handsoffthegreenbelt
ALT A timeline of Doug Ford's Greenbelt land grab, beginning with the 2018 video recording of him saying he's going to open a big chunk of the Greenbelt for development and ending with his request to the Integrity Commissioner for an opinion about whether hosting his daughter's stag and doe party constituted a conflict of interest.
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Great to be in Brampton today to remind @fordnation to keep his #HandsOffTheGreenbelt and to #stopthe413
Janet Sumner retweeted
This is why Highway 413 is not about transportation...it is a stalking horse for spawl. #stopthe413 #climatecrises
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It is with great sadness that the family of Nitamabit/Nii Gaani Aki Inini (Elder Dave Courchene) announce that he has begun his journey into the Spirit world. He passed peacefully at his residence on Wednesday December 8th, 2021 surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
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iPoliticsLIVE presents: Strategic Partners for a sustainable recovery post-pandemic: Canada and the EU's top diplomats @Ailish_Campbell and @EUAmbCanada share a vision for the path forward. Moderator @hscoffield @TorontoStar Register here: livemeeting.ca/profile/ipoli… #CanadaEU
