LOOK AT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER IN 2018!
- Engaged tens of thousands to take personal climate action
- Stopped Highway 413 from being built in the Greenbelt
- Secured new Federal rules to reduce climate destroying methane
- Gained recommitment of the Federal government to create a new law to protect Canada’s charities
- Obtained the support of over 40 organizations towards a goal of having zero plastic waste in the environment by 2025
- Opened a new office in Alberta to advance our work on building a clean economy
- Convinced major retailers like Canadian Tire to stop selling deadly paint strippers
- Obtained a new promise from federal government to modernize toxics laws
- Raised the Blue Flag at new beaches and marinas
- Replaced the Ontario Municipal Board with a citizen appeal body that can’t undermine municipal government decisions that protect the environment
Our 2019 Wish List!
- Deposit return program for all plastic beverage bottles sold in Ontario
- A meaningful nation-wide plastic waste reduction strategy
- Action to phase out fossil fuel subsidies
- Federal climate plan is successful
- New rules that allow charities to fully participate in public policy
- Protect the Greenbelt
- A new, stronger toxics law
- Retailer action on toxic chemicals
- Strong Alberta and B.C. methane pollution rules
- Bans on plastics that can’t be recycled
- Blue Flag program expanded to key beaches and marinas
- A strong climate plan for Ontario is developed
- Action on phosphorus pollution in the Great Lakes