© Lora Denis
As a GIS Analyst, I spend a lot of my time making maps and exploring the Ontario landscape from behind a computer screen. That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to visit the Frontenac Arch and the Eastern Ontario region of the Canadian Shield with our Conservation Technician, Ryan Wolfe, this past fall. We went ...
Lack of evidence The government presents no strong arguments or evidence of any kind to support its proposal. It states that the economic consequences are “expected to be neutral to positive” – though again, no information is provided to support even that feeble claim. It is highly unlikely that there would be any big financial ...
February 6th, 2020 Dear Member of Parliament, Last year, Canada brought in a national carbon price, to make sure polluters have to pay for harming our climate. This includes a special system for big industrial polluters, who create a massive amount of Canada’s emissions. But now Premier Ford wants to give Ontario’s big polluters a ...
The Government of Ontario’s new Forest Sector Strategy has been portrayed as a gift to the people of northern and rural Ontario. It claims to herald a “better quality of life”, secure “a prosperous future”, and of course, “end unnecessary duplication”. Instead, it’s another bulldozer for the Premier to pave the way for sweeping changes ...
People are often fearful of something new. This fear can result in unwillingness to break from routine – which, arguably, has been the case in conservation across Canada for many years. Other Effective Areas-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) Take “Other Effective Areas-based Conservation Measures” (OECMs), for instance. This unwieldy term applies to areas that aren’t legislated ...
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Spotted turtle © James Paterson