Leaked Letter Reveals Ontario Government Scheme to Recruit Small Town Mayors as Lackeys for Forced Sprawl Post date November 3, 2023
Ontario Government Political Staff Directed Changes to Municipal Official Plans to Favour the Interests of Select Landowners Post date October 30, 2023
Statement: The Ontario Government’s Application for Judicial Review of the Federal Impact Assessment Act is an Attempt to Create a Temporary Gap in Environmental Protections Post date October 24, 2023
Statement: Reversing forced boundary expansions in Hamilton, Halton, Waterloo and other municipalities would be another modest step towards ending Ontario’s sprawl and land speculation scandal Post date October 23, 2023
Environmental groups sue Ontario government to release Greenbelt documents Post date October 19, 2023
Statement: The Ontario Government’s New Greenbelt Bill is only a modest first step towards ending the sprawl and land speculation scandal Post date October 16, 2023
Statement on Premier Ford canceling $8.28-billion Greenbelt land removals Post date September 21, 2023
Media Advisory: Rallies planned across Ontario to defend Greenbelt and demand housing solutions Post date September 21, 2023
Media Advisory: Environmental Defence and Other Groups in Ontario to Rally Against Greenbelt Removals Post date September 7, 2023
Statement on Housing Minister Clark’s Resignation re: Breach of Integrity Rules Post date September 5, 2023
Statement on the Integrity Commissioner’s Findings that Ontario’s Housing Minister Breached Integrity Rules in Removing Land from the Greenbelt Post date August 30, 2023
Statement on Premier Ford’s First Public Admission that Greenbelt Removals May be Reversed Post date August 29, 2023
Media Advisory/Interview Opportunity: Environmental and Land-Use Planning Expert Available to Comment re: RCMP Investigation into Greenbelt Post date August 23, 2023
Changes that will Worsen Ontario’s Housing Crisis and Destroy More Farms, Forests and Wetlands Post date July 14, 2023
New Mapping and Analysis Discredits the Ontario Government’s Excuses for Forcing Suburban Boundary Expansions and Removing Greenbelt, Floodplain and Wetland Protections Post date May 30, 2023
Statement on the federal government’s role in ensuring a proper review of the proposed Highway 413 Post date April 4, 2023
Why the Federal Government’s Rouge National Urban Park Study is Exactly What we Need Right Now Post date April 4, 2023
Statement welcoming the new federal study to address threats to Rouge National Park and key portions of the Greenbelt removed by the Ontario government Post date March 21, 2023
What the Heck’s a DRAP?: A Brief Recent History of the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, from The Rouge Duffins Greenspace Coalition (RDGC) Post date March 20, 2023
The Golden Horseshoe Needs Zoning Reform, Not the Removal of Greenbelt Land: Thoughts on interpreting data from the Alliance for a Livable Ontario and the Regional Planning Commissioners of Ontario Post date March 14, 2023
Flooding soon in a basement near you: the impacts of weakening wetland protection in Ontario Post date January 17, 2023
What’s in store for 2023? Here are our 12 environmental predictions for the new year Post date December 29, 2022
Statement from Karen Wirsig, Plastics Program Manager, on the first phase of Canada’s single-use plastic bans coming into effect Post date December 19, 2022
Media Advisory: Greenbelt Singalong at Old City Hall steps on Wednesday at 5pm Post date December 19, 2022
Statement from Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager, regarding the Ontario Government’s harmful decision to proceed with removing 15 protected areas from the Greenbelt Post date December 15, 2022
The End of the Greenbelt? How doing what York Region demands would mark its end Post date July 27, 2022