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Tools for getting your voice heard

Expressing your views is important. We've streamlined the process of contacting your members of parliament (MPs & MPP) by providing pre-designed email templates. Simply click on the name to create an email and then copy and paste the text through the given link, add your name and address at the bottom, and send. It couldn't be easier!

BILL 60 & Clean Water Act changes

Ontario Bill 60 is speeding change through the cameras, leaving climate, environment and our water as potential collateral damage. With proposed Clean Water Act amendments, guardrails that are supposed to protect, disappear.

Click on the PDF or DocX links below for a pre-made response. Cut and paste the content to your ERO submission.

ERO 025-1060 and 025-1104 give projects priority over protecting our drinking water 025-1060 (PDF or DocX);
Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1060 by Nov 19.
ERO 025-1104 (PDF or DocX). Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1104 by Dec. 4.

'Bill 60' ERO 025 -1071 seriously limits municipal oversight for climate resilient, future-forward transit options, affordable housing models and its local ability to keep our communities inclusive and our water safe. (PDF or DocX). Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0908 & https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0909 by Dec.4.

If you would like to send a letter to the Interior Standing Committee for Bill 60, click on the PDF or DocX file, paste to your email and send to the following:

minister.mah@ontario.ca premier@ontario.ca

tabunsp-qp@ndp.on.ca mmcmahon.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org mschreiner@ola.org

Spinoffs from Bill 5

'Bill 5' - the gift that keeps on giving; These EROs impact the Greenbelt, protected lands and endangered species by what they DON'T SAY.

Click on the PDF or DocX links below for a pre-made response. Cut and paste the content to your ERO submission.

ERO 025-1077 lays out the weak criteria for Special Economic Zones (PDF or DocX).
Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1077 by Nov 16.
ERO 025 -0909 & 0908 weakening safeguards that have long protected Ontario’s most vulnerable species and habitats; 106 have already been removed so far (PDF or DocX). Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0908 & https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0909 by Nov 10.
ERO 019-9306 removes lands from stronger protections and places them under weaker provincial park legislation. (PDF or DocX).
Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9306 by Nov 24.
ERO 025-1133 land being 'released' from the electricity corridor doesn't specify it will go back under Greenbelt protection. (PDF or DocX).
Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1133 by Nov 9.

Spinoffs from Bill 5

'Bill 5' - the gift that keeps on giving; These EROs impact the Greenbelt, protected lands and endangered species by what they DON'T SAY.

Click on the PDF or DocX links below for a pre-made response. Cut and paste the content to your ERO submission.

ERO 025-1077 lays out the weak criteria for Special Economic Zones (PDF or DocX).
Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1077 by Nov 16.
ERO 025 -0909 & 0908 weakening safeguards that have long protected Ontario’s most vulnerable species and habitats; 106 have already been removed so far (PDF or DocX). Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0908 & https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0909 by Nov 10.
ERO 019-9306 removes lands from stronger protections and places them under weaker provincial park legislation. (PDF or DocX).
Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9306 by Nov 24.
ERO 025-1133 land being 'released' from the electricity corridor doesn't specify it will go back under Greenbelt protection. (PDF or DocX).
Submit here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1133 by Nov 9.

Water, fossil fuels renewable energy

Once again, serious, impactful legislation has very little consultation time and while Queen's Park wasn't sitting.
These 3 proposals threaten our water, lock us into fossil fuels, and sacrifice affordable, renewable energy—putting our children’s future at risk unless we act now.

ERO 025-0216 exposes our water to greater risk. Minister letter (PDF or DocX).

ERO 025 -0923 continues gas in new builds. Minister letter ( PDF or DocX).

ERO 025-0993 prioritizes fossil gas over renewables. Minister letter (PDF or DocX).

Click on the pdf or docx buttons above for a pre-made response. Cut and paste the content to your email and send to the suggested recipients below:

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Darlington Nuclear - U.S. involvement

Regulatory-approved Darlington SMR project, has the bulk of ownership and long-term financial returns still flowing to U.S.-controlled corporations yet it's one of the 'nation-building' projects.

Call on the Prime Ministers, the Ontario Premier, and both provincial and federal Energy Ministers, to consider how much of our future energy security - jobs and profits - should still be going to the U.S.

We've created a letter for you (PDF or DocX). Cut and paste the content to your email and send to the following recipients below:

(Click and select the emails, then press Ctrl + C (Windows) or Cmd + C (Mac) to copy)

premier@ontario.ca MinisterEnergy@ontario.ca tim.hodgson@parl.gc.ca mark.carney@parl.gc.ca

It's not too late. The Greenbelt grab, Bill 23, was reversed a year after becoming law. Queen's Park is back in session.

Bill 5, the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, raises serious red flags. It goes too far, too fast - drastically reducing public and scientific consultation, gutting protections for endangered species and the environment, sidelining Indigenous voices on issues that directly affect their lands and heritage and prohibits any legal action.

ERO submission is finished but we created a letter for you (PDF or DocX). Cut and paste the content to your email and send to the following recipients below to repeal the Act:

Click the the button to copy all the email recipient addresses to your clipboard

Protect Local Voices, Reject Bill 17!

ERO 025-0462, Proposed Regulations

Complete Application of Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025, is extremely damaging to municipal oversight and public input, especially when paired with Bill 5. It can override official plans, ignore intensification and green building standards and do away with environmental assessments.

Call on the Ontario Premier, and both provincial ministers, to involve municipalities in how processes could be streamlined for the right kind of housing in the right places instead of limiting their local oversight even further and putting developers first.

The ERO 025-0462 submission is closed. (June 26 deadline) We've created a letter for you (PDF or DocX). Cut and paste the content to your email and send to the following recipients below:

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WASAGA

Provincial Park

Act Now to Save Wasaga Beach Park

Ontario is proposing to remove protections from Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to sell public lands for development. This threatens wetlands, endangered species, and violates Indigenous rights. Speak up before these lands are lost.

The ERO date has now past but we've created a letter for you (PDF or DocX). Copy and paste the content and send to the following emails: Premier, Minister McCarthy (Environment), and Minister Rickford (Indigenous Affairs).

FRENCH RIVER & GRUNDY LAKE

Provincial ParkS

Ontario is proposing to remove protections from the provincial parks of French River and Grndy Lake to expand a highway. This threatens wetlands, endangered species, and violates Indigenous rights. All other options should be considered first. Speak up before these lands are lost.

The ERO timeline has past now but we've created a letter for you (PDF or DocX). Copy and paste the content and send to the following emails: Premier, Minister McCarthy (Environment), Minister Sarkaria (Transportation) and Minister Rickford (Indigenous Affairs).

Safeguard 1,500,000 hectares of vitally important carbon store

Carbon store

Call on Ontario to work with the Omushkego and Mushkegowuk Council to safeguard approximately 1,500,000 ha of vitally important carbon store near shore land, coastal areas and wetlands.

We've created a letter for you (PDF or DocX). Cut and paste the content and send to to the Premier, Minister McCarthy (Environment), and Minister Rickford (Indigenous Affairs).

C-5

One Canadian Economy Act

Canada's 'Bill C-5' needs to take a minute

Scrapping the rules meant to protect our health, environment, and wildlife isn’t bold—it’s reckless. Many communities are still suffering from past decisions made without proper safeguards. Profit alone can’t be the only driver. Climate change makes this even more urgent—weakening oversight now means locking in damage we can’t undo. Smart leadership means understanding both the opportunities and the risks.

We've created a letter for you (PDF or DocX). Cut and paste the content to your email and send to the following MP and Senator recipients below:

(Click and select the emails, then press Ctrl + C (Windows) or Cmd + C (Mac) to copy)

mark.carney@parl.gc.ca julie.dabrusin@parl.gc.ca. rebecca.chartrand@parl.gc.ca

rebecca.alty@parl.gc.ca patty.hajdu@parl.gc.ca tim.hodgson@parl.gc.ca

gregor.robertson@parl.gc.ca eleanor.olszewski@parl.gc.ca

joanne.thompson@parl.gc.ca joel.lightbound@parl.gc.ca chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca

sean.fraser@parl.gc.ca Steven.Guilbeault@parl.gc.ca

francois-philippe.champagne@parl.gc.ca dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca

melanie.joly@parl.gc.ca. evan.solomon@parl.gc.ca Raymonde.Gagne@sen.parl.gc.ca

Bernadette.Clement@sen.parl.gc.ca

Every action counts

Doing your part for a healthy planet.

Aside from being kind to yourself when considering what often feels like a daunting task, here are some suggestions by members of CANA of things that can be done

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Minister Lecce: Get with Clean, Green Energy

Copy and paste the following letter into your email

Honourable Minister Lecce,

Despite being disconcerted when you assumed your new role as Minister of Energy and Electrification by the combativeness of your initial comments claiming that anyone supporting non-carbon emissions power generation was an ideologue, recent overtures seemed to indicate a possible turnaround regarding renewable energy sources and the call for new projects.

Hopeful for a 100% renewable energy power grid, you then stated that the government is energy agnostic and that gas plants will be part of the energy mix. Can we assume that if a financially viable coal plant was offered, that given your agnosticism, you would select this as an option? No, you would not because you know that coal is a terrible fossil fuel that contributes significantly to global warming. Therefore, you are not agnostic about what fuel is used to generate power in Ontario.

Gas should be on your list as another fossil fuel that contributes to global warming and as such should not be part of the future plans for Ontario energy generation. There are so many sources of information for a renewable energy future for Ontario, yet Enbridge and other gas firms seem to capture the attention of companies like Atura Power, and your attention. The future of Ontario’s economy (and the world’s) is new leading edge clean technology not legacy fossil fuel firms.

Two examples of the myriad sources outlining a renewable energy future for Ontario that is comprehensive, affordable, sustainable and good for the environment and the economy:

The Big Switch - Electricity in Canada | Canadian Climate Institute

Shifting Power: Zero-Emissions Electricity Across Canada by 2035

Please consider and forge a new innovative path for a carbon emissions-free Ontario.

Thank you for your time and attention to creating a better world for our children and grandchildren

Add Your Name and Address

Say No to Gas Plants for Ontario’s electricity generation

The Ontario government is going in the wrong direction in the fight to address global warming. Download CANA's gas plant fact sheet on this important issue and take action.

Download

List of municipalities opposed to gas plant expansion

Thorold council unanimously rejects new gas plant peaker plants
Study on how natural gas can be phased out
Possible Peak for oil and gas 2026
Cost of Fossil fuel subsidies in Ontario
Cost of Canada’s fossil fuel subsidies

Kingston says no to fossil fuels/gas

Halton Hill Gas Plant proposal

Toronto says no to Portlands Gas plant expansion

Take Action

Ontario Bill 60 is speeding change through the cameras, leaving climate, environment and our water as potential collateral damage. With proposed Clean Water Act amendments, guardrails that are supposed to protect, disappear.

'Bill 5' - the gift that keeps on giving; These EROs impact the Greenbelt, protected lands and endangered species by what they DON'T SAY.

'Bill 5' - the gift that keeps on giving; These EROs impact the Greenbelt, protected lands and endangered species by what they DON'T SAY.

Once again, serious, impactful legislation has very little consultation time and while Queen's Park wasn't sitting.
These 3 proposals threaten our water, lock us into fossil fuels, and sacrifice affordable, renewable energy—putting our children’s future at risk unless we act now.

Regulatory-approved Darlington SMR project, has the bulk of ownership and long-term financial returns still flowing to U.S.-controlled corporations yet it's one of the 'nation-building' projects.