September 20th - Draw The Line
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Toronto Rally & March:
For People, Peace and the Planet
On September 20th, people from across the country—and around the world—are uniting to draw the line "For People. For Peace. For the Planet." Here in Toronto, join a historic march of thousands!
When & Where:
September 20, 2025
2pm: Yonge-Dundas (Start of March)
4pm: Gather & Rally at Queen’s Park
Let us know you’re going to be there! RSVP NOW: https://drawtheline.world/canada
Why are we marching?
Carney is cutting public services while billionaires profit. Canada arms genocide while we can't afford rent. 1.2 million migrants face permit expiry and deportation. Indigenous lands & people face colonial violence. Big Oil cooks the planet. Meanwhile, Ford and the provincial government continue to ramp up provincial-level attacks here in Ontario. It's clear we need to unite and fight back! Together we demand that the Ontario and the Canadian governments pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction— or a just and safe future for all of us.
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August 12, 2025
Formal Opposition to Bill 17
Toronto350 recently submitted a formal opposition to Ontario’s proposed Get It Done Act (Bill 17) through the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO). This legislation threatens public consultation, environmental protections, Indigenous rights, and long-term climate resilience across the province.
Below is our submission, authored by member Shai Rahmanov, outlining our key concerns and calling on elected officials to act responsibly in the face of this critical issue.
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July 08, 2025
EARTH DAY EVENTS TORONTO 2025
EARTH DAY EVENTS TORONTO 2025
Earth Day is the perfect time to show your appreciation for our environment, just as Ontario starts to sprout for Spring! Cherry blossoms begin to bloom and everyone wants to get back outside into nature. Around town, you can find special events, environmental education, and neighbourhood clean-up opportunities. See below for a list of events happening in Toronto.
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April 12, 2025
Responses to Common Climate Myths
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Oh, Uncle Jeff is bringing up climate change and starting to spread misinformation. It's enough to suck the Merry right out of any room.
RESPONSES TO HELP YOU DEBUNK COMMON CLIMATE MYTHS THIS HOLIDAY
Despite knowing the truth for over 50 years, fossil fuel companies have been working for decades to muddy the waters on the science of climate change. (1) They paid scientists to publish phony studies and they used the same PR firms the tobacco companies used in the 1950s to confuse people and misrepresent clear science. (2) Because of this, there has been an unfortunate politicization of this existential threat to civilization.
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December 20, 2024
Putin, End the War in Ukraine
Photo credit: Elena Tita / the Collection of war.ukraine.ua
The human-caused climate crisis is the greatest threat facing humanity today. It presents challenges to populations in every corner of the globe. Food insecurity and more powerful natural disasters will fuel massive conflicts, migration on a scale never before seen in human history, and political unrest around the world. All of this will shake democracy to its core after we have already seen the emergence of far-right extremism in well-established liberal democracies. This is why it is important to keep tabs on current crises that are both contributing to global warming and hurting local populations. To solve climate change we need to be global thinkers and to be effective global thinkers we must concern ourselves with the plight of people in dire circumstances around the world. The people of Ukraine are desperate and they need our help.
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October 12, 2024
Mercury Poisoning in Grassy Narrows
The industrial poisoning of the Grassy Narrows and nearby Wabaseemoong First Nations communities in northern Ontario is a horrible saga that began over a century ago with the opening of the Dryden pulp and paper mill in 1913. Each chapter of the story reveals a provincial and federal government complicit in industrial pollution and neglectful of its consequences, thus amounting to a clear-cut case of environmental racism.
September 10, 2024
Rising Voices: Navigating Protests and Police Response
In Canada, everyone has the freedom of peaceful assembly; it is described as "speech in action".¹ A person’s right to protest is legal and protected under ss. 2(b) and 2(c) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which guarantees freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly.¹ Yet we are seeing an increasing crackdown on protests in Canada and across the globe, causing a growing concern for all activists.²
Photo from Canva
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May 27, 2024
No climate justice without peace, No peace without liberation
World conflicts and the environmental crisis are inherently linked. The violence and humanitarian injustices that can be seen globally not only have many of the same root causes as climate change but contribute to it. There is a need for unification amongst climate action and calls for justice in global conflicts as environmental and humanitarian issues become increasingly intertwined.
Photo by Markus Spiske
April 20, 2024
Post 3: Why better power storage is the key to a greener grid in Ontario
Post 3 of 3
Previous posts in this series have looked at why Ontario’s power grid is becoming less green, through more use of natural gas to generate power. We also looked at the role renewable energy plays in helping the province build a carbon-neutral grid.
January 18, 2024
Post 2: The trends pushing more need for speed in meeting power demand changes in Ontario
Post 2 of 3
In the previous post, we looked at the trend for Ontario to use more natural gas to power electricity generation. In this post, we’ll look at some of the trends in the market, and the changing role of renewable energy in the province’s electrical grid.
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January 15, 2024