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Wednesday October 17, 12pm

Bill 4 is now at the Committee Stage and the government is holding public hearings Monday, October 15 and Wednesday, October 17, 2018.  

Many individuals and groups, including ClimateFast, were denied an opportunity to make an oral submission at the hearings.  

Most particularly the voice of young people are not being heard.  They will face the results of our inaction on climate through extreme weather and food crises.

Dear friends of climate action,

Today is an important day for climate action globally – and brings with it local actions we can take.

The IPCC scientists meeting in S. Korea issued a report yesterday calling for urgent action on climate. You can read more at this  link .

Content

• Provincial news re Bill 4 - Consultation Party Oct 3rd
• Toronto election update - get involved!
• Climate Events Calendar - Films, Mayoral Debate & more!

A WIN FOR CONSULTATION ON BILL 4 – PROVINCIAL CAP AND TRADE CANCELLATION ACT

Dear friends,

Ford must be stopped from overturning a judge's decision on the number of wards for Toronto.  This is significant for climate action in the city - we rely on an involved city council and local councillors to promote TransformTO and good planning in our communities.  So let's join in the effort, please do one or more of the following.

WEDNESDAY 9:30 AM - QUEENS PARK bring your ID, fill the gallery
WEDNESDAY 4 PM - Rally at City Hall

Dear friends of democracy and climate action,

Our court victory as of this morning is being stolen from us - unless MPPs who will have a free vote on Wednesday - refuse to follow Ford's hard line determination to thwart the judge's ruling granting us a 47 ward election on Oct 22nd. They might think twice about it if enough people point out to them:

1) the tremendous cost of continuing to focus on Toronto's election. The cost of calling back the Legislature alone runs completely contrary to reducing the cost of government.

CLARIFICATION OF MEETING PLACE FOR DEMO, in our e-newsletter yesterday we say in one place Dundas and University, and in another Queen and University.  The demo location is in between on the east side of university beside the courthouse where there is plaza space to gather.  So that’s where to come! 

Please note that towards the end of our rally another group will be gathering and we’ll just make sure that we keep groups separate as we prepare for our march.

BILL 5 THREATENS DEMOCRACY AT CITY HALL! Be at City Hall 9:30 am on Monday!

Doug Ford’s Conservatives passed Bill 5 to cut Toronto Council from 47 to 25 seats. This Monday (Aug. 20), Toronto Council will decide whether to take legal action to fight it. The City’s legal staff seem to have given up already! They see “no obvious path” to fighting this — but many lawyers do! One of them already has a court date on Aug. 31. This is worth fighting for!

Dear friends concerned about climate action,