Let’s ditch plastic for local in Canada’s trade pivot - Environmental Defence
The great Canadian trade pivot is underway. People, businesses and governments across Canada are finding ways to prioritize goods grown and produced here
New Housing development aimed at reducing Toronto’s Indigenous housing crisis - The Turtle Island News
By Alex Murray Writer A new 100-unit, Indigenous-led supportive housing development that could help de-escalate the Indigenous housing crisis in Toronto was announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Toronto mayor Olivia Chow on August 5. Miziwe Biik Development Corporation (MBDC) will help Toronto find an Indigenous developer for the project. MBDC has been working with the City since 2020 on initiatives like this to improve housing outcomes for Indigenous residents. “Addressing the significant need for affordable and culturally appropriate housing for Indigenous peoples living off-reserve requires sustained investment and collaboration across all orders of government,” MBDC told Turtle Island News. MBDC said funding from all levels of government is crucial to pushing Indigenous housing solutions. However, greater investment is needed to achieve meaningful progress in ending the Indigenous housing
Wildfire Smoke Is Now a Bigger Prenatal Threat Than Human Sources of Air Pollution
As regulations have reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions from vehicles and industry in recent years, smoke from climate-fueled wildfires is erasing air quality gains.
After a poor election result last year Canada’s progressive third party the NDP is back up to 17% in a new poll under new more explicitly democratic socialist leadership!
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Angus: Canada is in a deadly serious moment unlike anything we have seen in a century. We need political leaders to offer a vision of how respond to the threat while offering ways that our nation can move forward. Claiming that the PM's priority is supporting Trump's war machine is a total falsehood
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Only socialism can solve the housing crisis | The Canadian ruling class is addicted to the housing market and doesn’t want to bring the gravy train to a halt
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Ontario NDP surges 9 points to second place as Liberals fall 4 and PC support collapses 11 points since last election according to latest EKOS Research Poll
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