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Say No to Creating Largest Garbage Incinerator in Canada in the GTABurning garbage while we are in the middle of a climate crisis doesn't seem like a good idea generally. Additionally: 1) Burning garbage produces more greenhouse emissions than burning coal or gas; this means any energy from this plant is not green. We can make actual green energy sources much more cheaply than giving this private company $3million of provincial money. 2) The toxic gas that Emerald acknowledges leaves its plant, makes people nearby more likely to have chronic lung disease. This plant is located in a major city in Ontario. 3) Allowing a private company to burn waste means that even if Ontario communities reduce our waste to nothing, this company will still be polluting our province with toxic air pollutants from other communities' waste. We do have to figure out how to manage our waste. Studies done on incinerators, demonstrate that over half of what is burned could be recycled or composted. It takes a lot of energy to burn wet compostable material and generally that means they are required to burn highly polluting plastics or other fuels, like gas, to get to high enough temperatures. There is lots of room for efficiency and to be a leading innovator in waste management and reduction here. I and other concerned Ontario residents urge you to NOT approve this expansion and allow for an environmental assessment and community consultation.21 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Liz Garrison
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Ban Israeli officials from entering Canada!The Blood of Innocents Stains Our Hands The cries of the Palestinian people echo across the world. Their suffering, their homes razed, their families torn apart – this is the brutal reality of Israeli state violence. Genocide, apartheid, war crimes, crimes against humanity – these are not mere words, but the chilling reality of a regime that operates with impunity. While the Israeli government boasts of its 'defensive' actions, the truth is undeniable. They are the aggressors, the perpetrators, the architects of a system designed to crush the Palestinian people. We cannot stand idly by while this happens. It is well past time for Canada to take a moral stand. We must refuse to be complicit in this ongoing injustice. Banning officials of the Israeli government from entering Canada is a vital step towards holding them accountable. This is not just about protecting our citizens from the threat of terrorism, but about ensuring our country does not become a safe haven for those responsible for horrific crimes. Let us be clear: this is not about singling out Israel. This is about upholding human rights and international law. This is about standing with the victims, about standing against tyranny. Let us send a message to the world. Let us send a message to Israel. Let us send a message of hope to the Palestinian people. Let us say: "No more. We will not be complicit. We will stand with the oppressed, and we will fight for justice!" Call on our government today. Demand action. Demand accountability. Demand an end to the suffering.7 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Danilo Ilic
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Add Asthma Medication to Pharmacare PlanBy adding all asthma medications to our Pharmacare Plan and ensuring all Canadians with asthma can always afford their medication can help prevent Canadians with asthma from dying from their illness and improve their quality of life.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Mel Laplante
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Petition Mayor Olivia Chow & Members of City Council to vote against KingSett DevelopmentAt the last Toronto and East York Community Council meeting members of the committee voted unanimously to send staff’s report, which recommends the approval of KingSett Capital’s application for 214-230 Sherbourne, to council without recommendations. This means that there will be a discussion at the next City Council meeting which is scheduled for three days starting on Wednesday October 9. We are asking the community to insist that Mayor Olivia Chow and the Toronto City Council vote against KingSett's development plans and instead take a stand against corporate developers that are profiting off of housing. Please sign our petition to add your voice to to this fight.119 of 200 SignaturesCreated by 230 Fightback
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Homophobia in the House of Commons!During question period on September 25th 2024 the leader of the opposition asked the Prime Minister about the purchase of a new residence for the consul general in New York, which included “Gold quartzite countertops, stunning powder room... and a copper soaker tub.” Trudeau responded with summary of his recent trip to New York for the UN Summit and his various engagements with international leaders. While he was responding MP Garnett Genuis called out: “Does he engage with them in the bathtub?" Instead of asking MP Genius to retract his comments, Speaker Fergus called on the Prime Minister to retract his response because he called Genius’s behaviour “crap” which was unparliamentary. We’ve let queer and trans hate become normalized and now it’s rearing it’s ugly head in parliament. We need to make it known that hate has no place anywhere in this country especially not in our chambers of government.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sarah Worthman
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I Invest in HousingNeither governments nor the private sector have been able to address the housing affordability crisis. We need to move away from the Financialization of Housing towards the Communitization of Housing. An article in the Globe & Mail stated that: “We simply don’t have enough money to solve Canada’s housing crisis.” I disagree for if we take this on as a community we do have enough money. Canadians have +$4 Trillion in RRSP and other savings instruments. If one percent those funds were put into five and ten year community bonds secured against land and property we would have the largest affordable housing fund in the world. Imagine transforming our cities and towns that are presently unaffordable to the ‘most affordable’ cities in North America. Please join us in helping us start ‘Building Solutions to the Housing Crisis’.6 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Joseph MacLean
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Demand that Indwell Provide Safe HousingIndwell Community Homes is a Christian charity that provides affordable, supportive housing. They have 28 buildings in operation in Southern Ontario, with buildings in Hamilton, Mississauga, London, the Region of Waterloo, Haldimand-Norfolk, St. Thomas, Oxford County, and Chatham-Kent. They have 9 more buildings in the pre-development or development stages. Indwell houses over 1200 tenants. Indwell repeatedly fails to provide safe housing. Many tenants have complained about an absurd level of violence, including verbal and physical assaults by other Indwell tenants. In a March 2024 survey with 46 Indwell tenants, when asked if they feel safe living at Indwell, 67% replied: sometimes, rarely or never. Indwell keeps saying their buildings are safe and it is just a few disgruntled tenants. Thus they fail to address the safety issues in their buildings. Life at Indwell includes murders, assaults, bodies left to decompose for days and rampant drug use. For instance, in 2018, at Indwell’s Parkdale Landing in Hamilton, a long-term “guest” strangled and hog-tied his roommate. In January 2024, at the Oaks in Hamilton, one Indwell tenant violently assaulted another tenant. The man was left crippled with brain injuries and he died shortly afterwards. Other tenants are saying this was a drug deal gone bad. Also in January 2024, at their St. Thomas building, there was a compressed gas explosion. The man was charged with arson and possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to his probation order. It was not reported if the man was an Indwell tenant or a long-term “guest”. When Indwell tenants complain to Indwell that they do not feel safe, Indwell fails to take action. Tenants should not live in fear. If housing is a human right, then safe housing should be a tenant right. For more information contact: [email protected]4 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Karen Allin
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Ethical Canada means decolonizing, decriminalizing, and democratizing the present state of Canada.• Ethical Canadians who have awakened to the criminal nature of the state of Canada, are growing in numbers through the TRR. They want a reset for Canda, and they're charging mainstream press with historic fraud. • The government needs to open itself to public scrutiny, and enforce transparency and all records to be reviewed without exclusion. • A team of forensic accountants should be assigned to estimate the numbers of child victims, and their fates today. • According to Stats Canada, there about 3,500 Canadian veterans of foreign wars sleeping in Canadian streets every night. • 250,000 native child were abducted and forced to defend their native faith and tribal ways, and be forced to convert to Christianity was in fact forced to become a child soldier and fight in Macdonald's religious war for indigenous lands and resources. In this child nightmare, about 6,000 child warriors were killed.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Steve Staniek
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Call for CFIB-FCEI to break up with ScotiabankScotiabank is already under pressure to divest itself of Elbit shares; however to date they have not shown any interest in doing so. We therefore need to use all avenues available to us to increase this pressure. As the CFIB-FCEI is Canada's largest advocacy group of over 97,000 small businesses, we can make our voice heard, that supporting genocide is not acceptable to us as Canadians, and as Canadian small businesses.7 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Jean-Paul Thuot
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Save our National Medical SystemWorking together we can save this wonderful medical system that was once described as the crown jewel of medical systems. If we do nothing our medical system will slip away and become either a two tiered system or a system owned by the private sector. If we want to preserve our system we must act to preserve it5 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Garry Jollymore
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Fair wages for Flight AttendantsDid you know that flight attendants are only paid for the work they do while in the air? That means all the work they do preparing the plane, boarding and making passengers feel comfortable and offboarding the plane is on the clock, but off the paycheck. On average, flight attendants are doing up to 35 hours of unpaid work per week. That’s a week of full-time work for an average person — without any pay. It’s not right. Unions and MPs from multiple parties are now calling for the government to make changes to the labour code and crack down on unpaid work in the airline industry. A big showing of public support could help change the winds on flight attendants’ workplace rights — and get the government to ensure flight attendants are paid for all their work, not just their time in the sky. Sign the petition now calling for fair pay for fair work for flight attendants.7,882 of 8,000 SignaturesCreated by Leadnow Canada
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The Right to LightThere are many reasons to support adding the right to solar light to the Charter of Rights in Canada. First, solar access is extremely valuable to the individuals who have it. The quality and amount of sunlight which reaches a structure’s interior, for example, affects three economic measures: the resale price of the structure, as buyers will pay premiums for naturally lit space; the productivity of the structure’s occupants, who work better with sunlight than artificial light; and the operating costs of heating, cooling, and lighting systems. Similarly, the use of sunlight in outdoor areas can have financial consequences: a property owner can grow garden vegetables, produce commercial crops for resale, or use sunlight instead of electricity to dry laundry − all of which save or generate income. Perhaps most importantly, solar collectors, for which sunlight is the primary and essential ingredient, almost always save owners more in energy costs than the purchase price, and rapid technological developments have rendered them increasingly more valuable and will continue to do so in years to come. The recognition that solar access has value to individuals must serve as the basis for any solar rights regime. A chorus of commentators writing thirty years ago praised solar energy and solar collectors and called our failure to recognize solar rights “an impediment to widespread conversion to solar energy, “The single most important legal issue concerning solar energy, and “the major legal issue associated with solar energy.” Although the need for guaranteed property rights in solar access has grown more acute, we have failed to modify the law to provide them. It is a fundamental need for all humans, either directly or indirectly, no different than food and water.12 of 100 SignaturesCreated by simon melrose