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Call to Action: Stop Plastic Pollution

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Vote Climate!               Stop Plastic Pollution: Call to action for the next Ontario government      From  Environmental Defence     Plastic packaging is the biggest single source of plastic waste in Ontario and most of it ends up in landfills, incinerators and the natural environment.  The next provincial government must act to: Expand deposit return to make … Read more

Housing Policies of Provincial Parties

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Highlights of the Housing Policies of the Provincial Parties Context: A total of 81,325 new homes were built and completed in Ontario in 2021, the highest level since 2004. Ontario’s best decade ever saw 846,089 units completed in the 10 years ending in 1978. Ontario has rent control but it only limits rent increases for … Read more

Rents Expected to Keep Rising

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A new report predicts that rents in Hamilton will continue to rise in 2022, presenting growing affordability challenges for the one third of city residents who rent their homes. Details at https://rentals.ca/blog/rentals-cas-4th-annual-rental-market-predictions-from-experts-across-canada#hamilton 

Questions to ask Candidates in the June 2022 election

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The Social Justice Team compiled this list of questions to ask all local area candidates running in the June 2, 2022 election.  See Questions here: Questionnaire for provincial candidates.pdf Watch for candidates’ answers in upcoming All Church Emails (ACE) .  You are welcome to ask the questions yourself.  Let us know what answers you get … Read more

Plant Native Species

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Doug Tallamy is an entomologist at the University of Delaware.  In this webinar he presents a grassroots science-based solution to the biodiversity crisis and explains why it is so urgent. We need to save the ecosystems on half the planet since nature is not optional. While there are acres of parkland, it is not enough … Read more