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.@City_of_Vaughan Council approved zoning enabling development on land protected since 1990, was a seminal court case establishing case law for "conservation of land" under S. 28 of the CAA
Justified b/c @ONtransport Highway 427 construction damaged natural heritage
1/5
Justified b/c @ONtransport Highway 427 construction damaged natural heritage
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No history in the staff report
Spoke to ensure history was known
To ask what will happen if #Highway413 is built; to Nashville Conservation Reserve, 80 tributaries & streams crossed?
Council spent more time, had more ?'s & interest in the pickleball update 2/5
Spoke to ensure history was known
To ask what will happen if #Highway413 is built; to Nashville Conservation Reserve, 80 tributaries & streams crossed?
Council spent more time, had more ?'s & interest in the pickleball update 2/5
.@realindajackson was Chair, was dismissive said it was @TRCA_HQ issue, applications are 30yo
She's @City_of_Vaughan's TRCA representative?!
Funny cause I've seen her advocate to keep 30yo applications/tribunal cases on the #Greenbelt & Oak Ridges Moraine alive... 3/5
She's @City_of_Vaughan's TRCA representative?!
Funny cause I've seen her advocate to keep 30yo applications/tribunal cases on the #Greenbelt & Oak Ridges Moraine alive... 3/5
A Message from MSIFN’s Chief and Council on Durham Region’s Vote Against Studying the Implications of Greenbelt Carveouts @RegionofDurham
Chief Kelly LaRocca and Councillors Laura Colwell and Jeff Forbes shocked by Regional Council decision which violates public trust and (1/5)
Chief Kelly LaRocca and Councillors Laura Colwell and Jeff Forbes shocked by Regional Council decision which violates public trust and (1/5)
(2/5) fails future generations.
SCUGOG – “We are profoundly troubled by Durham Region’s vote to not study the implications of carving out land from the Greenbelt.
“As we have repeatedly said, there is no turning back from destroying the environment. The wetlands and
SCUGOG – “We are profoundly troubled by Durham Region’s vote to not study the implications of carving out land from the Greenbelt.
“As we have repeatedly said, there is no turning back from destroying the environment. The wetlands and
(3/5) biodiverse areas that are part of the Greenbelt have developed over millennia and serve critical purposes in balancing our ecosystems and ensuring that humanity can thrive. These areas cannot simply be replaced with other undeveloped parcels of land somewhere else
#Vaughan Block 41 Public Meeting 7pm. Subject of a #Greenbelt removal & downgrading of #Greenbelt protection from prime agricultural to rural to allow active urban parks (#ROPA7)
It's a mess. 1/x
Agenda Link: pub-vaughan.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?I…
LiveStream: vaughan.ca/council/minute…
It's a mess. 1/x
Agenda Link: pub-vaughan.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?I…
LiveStream: vaughan.ca/council/minute…
First figure is the Block Plan as submitted by the Landowners Group. It's not in compliance with the PPS, Greenbelt Plan, CAA.
The second figure is the Secondary Plan approved by Council in 2019, reaffirmed by the tribunal approval in 2021 (OPA 50) 2/x
omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl…
The second figure is the Secondary Plan approved by Council in 2019, reaffirmed by the tribunal approval in 2021 (OPA 50) 2/x
omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl…
Landowners never had any attention of complying w/ the Secondary Plan as approved by Council & reaffirmed by 2021 tribunal decision. Always planned illegal #Greenbelt parks...As is evident by this 2017 figure 3/x
Please retweet so Ontarians organize and mobilize. Petitions get the attention of the community, media and decision-makers as they demonstrate group strength. The more names you have on your petition, the harder it will be to ignore your petition.
#onnpoli #greenbelt
#onnpoli #greenbelt
1/3 Provincial environmental laws are based on provincial constitutional powers, such as over municipalities, local works and undertakings, property and civil rights, provincially owned (public) lands, and natural resources. According to the Supreme Court,
2/3 federal jurisdiction over the #environment is mainly supported by main federal “powers”: the criminal law power and the “peace, order and good government” power. It may also come from other federal powers. The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized that
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This video has been making the rounds on Twitter.
This is @MichaelFordTO - Minister of Multiculturalism and nephew of @fordnation…highlighting the 900 people of Indian heritage that currently live in Ontario.
#onpoli
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This video has been making the rounds on Twitter.
This is @MichaelFordTO - Minister of Multiculturalism and nephew of @fordnation…highlighting the 900 people of Indian heritage that currently live in Ontario.
#onpoli
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900. Nine. Zero. Zero.
In Ontario.
A quick google search indicates over 750,000 people of Indian heritage in the province. It took about 30 secs to find that info.
One would think the Minister of Multiculturalism would have access to the same info I have.
#onpoli
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In Ontario.
A quick google search indicates over 750,000 people of Indian heritage in the province. It took about 30 secs to find that info.
One would think the Minister of Multiculturalism would have access to the same info I have.
#onpoli
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All jokes aside…this is emblematic of the @fordnation govt in so many ways.
We see a minister who is woefully unqualified put in a position simply because of who he’s related to…ineptitude rewarded by nepotism…classic Doug Ford.
Yet this is just the veneer.
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We see a minister who is woefully unqualified put in a position simply because of who he’s related to…ineptitude rewarded by nepotism…classic Doug Ford.
Yet this is just the veneer.
3/
13 April 1950 the Duke of Windsor joined the Petroleum club for lunch as a guest of honor. The duke was made an honorary member and was the first person to sign the club's guest book. Petroleum Club merged with Renfrew to form the Calgary Petroleum Club.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_P…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_P…
Calgary Petroleum Club logo says perseverance, pride and excellence. Look at the white Stetson. Now see Robert McLeod, of the Northwest Territories, Blaine Higgs, of New Brunswick, Scott Moe, of Saskatchewan, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Same hat. macleans.ca/politics/ottaw…
According to Historians. Windor collaborated with Hitler. cbc.ca/documentaries/…
🧵: Doug Ford’s refusal to act on the climate crisis is setting Ontario up for financial disaster. #onpoli
#Climate impacts are already costing us billions annually. Meanwhile, the Ford government ramps up fossil gas generation, pushes ahead with #Highway413 and the #BradfordBypass, and plans to pave over the #Greenbelt.
Tuesday's FAO report shows yet another massive bill is coming. More extreme rainfall will increase the cost of maintaining storm and wastewater infrastructure by a whopping $6.2 billion by 2030.
In case they need reminding, I’ve compiled a list of all the times Doug Ford and his housing minister Steve Clark said they wouldn’t touch the #Greenbelt (caution: long 🧵 ahead):
FORD, May 2018: Unequivocally we won’t touch the Greenbelt.
FORD, April 2018: I give you my commitment that anything that we look at on the Greenbelt will be replaced.
According to this @globeandmail article, a donor to the Ford government borrowed $100 million at a TWENTY-ONE PERCENT interest rate in order to buy up Greenbelt land that, in less than a year, was magically open to development. (1/x)
#Greenbelt #Bill23
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
#Greenbelt #Bill23
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
So the De Gasperis family decided to pay $21 million a year to borrow $100 million for a piece of Greenbelt land that wasn’t supposed to be developed? Why would anyone do that unless they had a crystal ball or some other way to know that they could develop the land in the future?
Kudos to @moore_oliver and @jillsmahoney for their work on this article.
Ford is using the classic right-wing-in-gov playbook. Greenbelt attacked; tenant protections stripped; strikes criminalized. They expect us to scramble, become issue-centric, be shocked. It's early enough that voters may forget.
There is ONE strategic response that can work:
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There is ONE strategic response that can work:
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We win against these tactics by UNITING at the point-of-resistance.
Right now, education workers are fighting back. So environmentalists, housing activists, others must join in. Show up with signs linking struggles.
Turn many different issues into a single political crisis.
Right now, education workers are fighting back. So environmentalists, housing activists, others must join in. Show up with signs linking struggles.
Turn many different issues into a single political crisis.
In Canada this unity began to happen in 2012 in the student strike in Quebec. One difference is, Ford is at the beginning of this mandate. They are trying to catch up on the changes they couldn't make during COVID. And while he may not be an ideologue, those around him are.
Voting on 2051 Official Plan now, looks as though it will include 250Ha of Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM) #Greenbelt land in #Vaughan...they are talking now about splicing it out & voting on it in parts? Staff clearly said can't sign off if it includes ORM land...1/x
Chair Emmerson who has failed to call motions out of order says on the whole the plan should be supported and it's only a little bit of the Oak Ridges Moraine here and there, not a precedent setting vote @YorkRegionGovt Code of Conduct 2/x
The poor Clerk is being asked to splice Official Plan apart so @YorkRegionGovt Council members can support the bits & pieces...It's crazy. So messy! It all stems from motions brought forward by politicians that should have been called our of order 3/x
Opposition Day Debate - 'Local involvement in planning decisions' is about to start and can be watched, here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/51…, as well as on the BBC Parliament channel.
A thread about what members have said (and some opinions)
#HousingCrisis
A thread about what members have said (and some opinions)
#HousingCrisis
Steve Reed MP is up, suggesting that local government and local people will lose the ability to object to planning applications (not true btw & nothing released yet).
An intervention sees Mr Reed cite 1million unbuilt homes. (he's wrong).
builtplace.com/digging-deeper…
An intervention sees Mr Reed cite 1million unbuilt homes. (he's wrong).
builtplace.com/digging-deeper…
Mr Reed is saying that the government will concrete over communities and developers who have contributed to the party and reform is a developers charter.
Tell that the 99.9% of builders classed as #SMEs, who dont get allocated by local councils (not the Government).
Tell that the 99.9% of builders classed as #SMEs, who dont get allocated by local councils (not the Government).
Attack on #YorkRegion's #Greenbelt ROPA 7 requests portions #Greenbelt prime agr. to be re-designated to rural in #Markham #Vaughan. Lipstick on a pig. ROPA 2, ROPA 3 brought lands into urban boundary & areas subject to ROPA 7 protected as Regional Greenlands System 1/x
Vaughan, Markham & York Region staff don't support ROPA 7 b/c it's premature. Areas called 'Greenbelt Fingers' part of ongoing Policy Direction review for #YorkRegion's #OfficialPlan2051. About protection of watersheds, habitat connectivity & corridors, urban agr. 2/x
Applicant is over simplifying the request. Rural recreational uses are not well defined, for eg. a golf course could be allowed. Explained well in #Markham's Staff Report 3/x
pub-markham.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ash…
pub-vaughan.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ash…
pub-markham.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ash…
pub-vaughan.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ash…
Today we’re at the “Fringe Farming In London” event being run by @UKSustain & @MayorofLondon
Together we’re asking: can we support agro ecological food production in the capital and beyond?
#food #agroecology #farming #periurban
Together we’re asking: can we support agro ecological food production in the capital and beyond?
#food #agroecology #farming #periurban
One key question is what is the role of #greenbelt - 22% of London’s land is greenbelt but it is largely seen as a place of recreation rather than as a place of production
Brian from @organiclea suggests the idea of not just a Garden City or a Nation Park City but a Market Garden City....,
Good to be with @Will_Tanner + attend the @ukonward launch of their groundbreaking #GenerationWhy report. Find out more at ukonward.com/generationwhy #BraveNewWorld
Up and running with a stellar panel of @Will_Tanner @TomTugendhat @PennyMordaunt @MattHancock + Lord Willetts discussing #GenerationWhy + #Onwards report
V positive debate on #aspiration, #empowerment, #housing, #employment, #tech #opportunity, #FE, #Greenbelt + the shape of the future #state - marred by journos Q being mainly on #Brexit! V disappointed in media - when @ukonward looking at domestic policy 👍✅
Day 4 in Rosario with the #Urbanisinginplace project. Today we are visiting peri urban agroecological farms around the city.
Follow this #thread to find out about today’s activities!
urbanisinginplace.org
Follow this #thread to find out about today’s activities!
urbanisinginplace.org
Did you know that the pomegranate peel can be dried and used as a cure for diarrhoea and the seeds for constipation...?! It also contributes to biological control #urban #agroecology
Guava leaves can be used a diuretic and olive leaves can be used to control blood pressure - Reuben takes them to help deal with the stresses of managing the different farmers who grow on the site!
Kicking off day 3 in Rosario. Today we are looking at issues of waste management in Rosario & developing our research strategy for urbanisinginplace.org exploring #urban #agroecology in London, Rosario, Riga & Brussels. Follow this #thread to find out about today’s
activities!
activities!
In Rosario there is a source separated municipal waste system. But the organic waste fraction is often contaminated and not to produce compost fit for agroecological farmers
They are therefore focusing on identifying and securing appropriate waste resources and capturing them before they enter the waste stream
And now the work begins ... kicking off 4 days in Rosario, Argentina as part of the #urbanisinginplace project - learning how Rosario has supported #urban #agroecology urbanisinginplace.org - we’ll be posting to this thread over the 4 days ...
The official welcome from the city of Rosario
Finding out about the political realities of supporting #urban #agroecology in the face of economic and development pressures, and increasing industrial production of soya #urbanisinginplace
