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Mid-Rise Manual

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS To deliver 1.5 million homes by 2031 and end Ontario’s housing shortage, governments must focus construction efforts on mid-rise buildings inside neighbourhoods that currently only allow low-rise construction….


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Reports & Guides By Issue

Our work is based on research, science, and a strong understanding of the facts. Below you will find our archive of reports, guides and media backgrounders that are available for download. You can find our government submissions here.

ENDING CLIMATE CHANGE
backgrounder: Study: Canada’s Future Vehicle Emissions Standard, Impacts on Vehicle Size and GHG Emissions (2024)
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report: Big Oil’s Big Year: A Summary of Big Oil’s 2023 Federal Lobbying (2024)
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backgrounder: Ontario’s Gas Problems: The Issues With Fracked Gas (2024)
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backgrounder: Permanent Public Transit Funding in Canada (2024)
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backgrounder: Oil and Gas CEOs Testify on Lack of Emissions Reductions (2024)
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backgrounder: Canada’s Oil and Gas Emissions Cap: Why Getting it Right Matters (2024)
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report: GAS IS NOT GREEN (2024)
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backgrounder: A Taxonomy of Sustainable Finance in Canada (2024)
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backgrounder: Will The Federal Budget Leave Public Transit Behind? (2024)
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PROTECTING ONTARIO'S ENVIRONMENT
report: Is Building Highway 413 the Best Option for Moving People & Goods in the GTA West Region? (2020)
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report: Read the expert panel study the government doesn’t want you to see!
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SAFEGUARDING FRESHWATER
report: CLOSING ENBRIDGE’S LINE 5 PIPELINE (2022)
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backgrounder: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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guide: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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backgrounder: Enbridge’s Line 5 – The pipeline’s ongoing environmental risks to the Great Lakes and the climate (2021)
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report: Protecting and Restoring the Ecological Health of Our Waters (2017)
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report: Expectations for Domestic Action Plans under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (2016)
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guide: The Problem With Bottled Water (2016)
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report: Energy East – A Threat to Our Drinking Water (2016)
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report: Report: CLEAN, NOT GREEN: Tackling Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes (2014)
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ENDING PLASTIC POLLUTION
backgrounder: Massive waste incinerator expansion proposed for Brampton (2023)
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report: Still Left Holding the Bag (2023)
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report: Recycling Failure (2022)
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report: Plastic Pollution in Canada (2020)
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report: Talking Trash (2018)
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backgrounder: Incineration is not recycling (2018)
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report: Turning the Plastic Tide (2016)
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KICKING OUT TOXIC CHEMICALS
backgrounder: Canada’s PFAS Problem: Barriers and Opportunities for Action (2024)
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backgrounder: Moving forward on CEPA modernization: Key provisions in Bill S-5 (2023)
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backgrounder: Canada, Come Clean: products labelling and our weak toxics law (2023)
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backgrounder: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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report: PASSING THE BUCK (2022)
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report: The hidden cost of receipts: How BPA and BPS find their way into our bodies (2019)
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report: What’s in your lunch? How glyphosate finds its way into food (2018)
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report: Full disclosure: The case for stronger product labelling (2017)
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report: Buyers Beware (2016)
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backgrounder: Study: Canada’s Future Vehicle Emissions Standard, Impacts on Vehicle Size and GHG Emissions (2024)
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report: Mid-Rise Manual (2024)
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report: Concrete Consequences (2024)
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report: Big Oil’s Big Year: A Summary of Big Oil’s 2023 Federal Lobbying (2024)
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backgrounder: Ontario’s Gas Problems: The Issues With Fracked Gas (2024)
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backgrounder: Permanent Public Transit Funding in Canada (2024)
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backgrounder: Oil and Gas CEOs Testify on Lack of Emissions Reductions (2024)
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backgrounder: Canada’s Oil and Gas Emissions Cap: Why Getting it Right Matters (2024)
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report: GAS IS NOT GREEN (2024)
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