Ontario Housing Bill will make homes more polluting and less affordable - please make a call

[Lana Goldberg]

Hi everyone, 

We're collectively doing what we can to try to stop a provincial Housing Bill that would dismantle Toronto's Green Standard and another 15 Ontario cities' Green Development Standards which make new homes less polluting, more resilient to extreme weather, and more affordable to heat and cool.  

This is the fourth attack on green building policies in four years and will prevent municipalities from addressing their top polluting sector. The new bill also removes the requirement for municipalities to include climate goals and actions in their Official Plans. 

We need to push back and put pressure on the Conservatives in order to prevent the bill from passing as is. 

Do you live in a Conservative riding? Would you be open to contacting your Conservative MPP to express your concerns? If so, please fill out this form and we’ll be in touch with background resources, talking points, and other guidance on how best to approach such a conversation.  

If you don't live in a Conservative riding or talking to your MPP is too big of an ask, please consider sharing our social media posts that call out Ford and his prioritization of developer profits: 

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Thanks for considering a phone call and sharing the graphics to help spread the word!

On behalf of the TCAN City Strategy Group - Buildings Sub-Committee,  

Lana Goldberg  | She / her

Climate Campaigner - SAFE Cities Canada

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