Archives July 2018

Great response from Toronto – I would suggest that this should be much broader. Why does anybody in any city/country need a gun? If the provincial and federal governments support Toronto, they why not support wider bans? In my opinion, nobody has the right to own/access weapons, regardless of where you live or what the intended purpose is. I struggle to think of any cases where people genuinely need guns, and couldn’t manage just fine with a safer option. Fewer or no guns will always, as far as I am concerned, be better than more guns. I’m excited to see where this could lead. 🙂
https://m-huffingtonpost-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/m.huffingtonpost.ca/amp/2018/07/25/john-tory-toronto-shooting-gun-control-us_a_23489571/
 

I always love to see when things like this are tested and proven. I’ve never really understood the value of really long work weeks, and value work-life balance for myself and others. Hopefully this will help to nudge others towards greater balance – for individuals, companies, NGOs and others. 🙂
Thoughts?
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Work less, get more: New Zealand firm’s four-day week an ‘unmitigated success’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/work-less-get-more-new-zealand-firms-four-day-week-an-unmitigated-success?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Please sign and share the petition below. Thank you! 🙂
https://www.change.org/p/doug-ford-keep-ontario-s-current-sex-ed-curriculum 

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/12/ontario-electric-car-rebate-cancelled_a_23480717/
This decision must be reversed. There is no way that a decision to take funds away from clean energy to support dirty energy can ever be justified, especially in this era, when climate change action is critically needed.

Every year, the federal government and some provinces pay billions in hand-outs to Canada’s coal, oil and gas companies, undermining climate action in Canada. Fossil fuel subsidies to producers total $3.3 billion annually, which amounts to paying polluters $19/tonne to pollute. These subsidies drastically undercut the goal of the pan-Canadian carbon price that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will introduce in 2018. It’s time to stop these harmful and counter-productive subsidies.
BOLD above added by me.
https://environmentaldefence.ca/report/the-elephant-in-the-room-canadas-fossil-fuel-subsidies/

Let’s send a clear message to all levels of government – and especially to Ford. Fossil fuel subsidies need to be dropped immediately, and clean energy support needs to be reinstated, and strengthened. Let’s show the world what Canada stands for. 🙂

Ireland becomes world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/12/ireland-becomes-worlds-first-country-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Great news from Ireland! Clearly, other countries must follow – the morally, environmentally and economically sound choice is rapid fossil fuel divestment. No place for any fossil fuel investments in this era. This is a message that the Canadian and American governments, among others, need to hear loud and clear. 🙂