Eco Geek 💚🌎🔥😷💉

Helping to usher in the new age of Eco & Social Responsibility

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

[Eco Geek 💚🌎🔥😷💉 @CyberScooby_10]

#DougFord continues to attack the #Greenbelt

Ford’s #Greenbelt #Scam is taking these lands & turning them into unnecessary sprawl developments. There’s plenty of space to build housing we need within current urban boundaries

#petition #onpoli
https://t.co/jk7j8BAuAx

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

More than half our recyclable pop cans end up in landfills, lakes and parks.

Almost every other province uses a deposit-return program to divert those cans to recycling.

It's incredibly disappointing to see that the Ford govt is choosing to put corporate greed over the public good.

#onpoli

[Eco Geek 💚🌎🔥😷💉 @CyberScooby_10]

What #ExtremeHeat is costing California - between 2013 and 2022, extreme heat cost the state an estimated $7.7 billion and killed many hundreds of people
https://t.co/61sk735XxP via @qz
#ClimateEmergency

[Pamella @pamwantspeace]

Dropping like flies in this dept. 5 already off today. 2 more gone home this morning. One pregnant and C-19 +ve 🥲.
Meanwhile hospital code yellow, not enough beds.
Elective surgery cancelled recently as ‘7-8 staff off sick’ acc to one Pt.
Hybrid immunity is going great 👍🏼

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Today’s Supreme Court decision on Donald Trump’s immunity claim is far worse than anything I imagined...

Effectively giving a president immunity for any crimes committed while in office as long as that president can plausibly claim the action was taken in some form of official capacity.

It must now be presumed that the president, as king, is immune from accountability.

The rule of law applies to everyone except the most powerful person on Earth.

It would be difficult to overstate how much this opinion shifts the balance of power away from Congress and towards the presidency, and how unshackled a corrupt president will now be. The Court gives the president absolute power, and it will corrupt him, absolutely.

As Justice Sotomayor says so powerfully, this new immunity ‘now lies about like a loaded weapon’ for any President that wishes to place his own interests, his own political survival, or his own financial gain, above the interests of the Nation.’

The Court holds that when a president acts within his ‘core’ authority, he is fully immune.

And when he acts outside his core authority, but in an official capacity, the presumption of immunity is so strong as to be nearly absolute.

Even if he acts in a purely personal capacity, and the Court majority gives no indication of when that would be, his statements while acting officially may not be used as evidence, and his motives may not be questioned.

Having taken up a case they never should have, having waited until the last day to issue the opinion, having known it was the defendant’s strategy to deny justice by delaying it, the Court now remands the case for further proceedings of indeterminate length, ensuring there will be no accountability for Trump’s insurrectionist crimes before the election.

During his abortive coup attempt, Trump told his acting attorney general and other top Justice Department officials to ‘just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.’

Now the Supreme Court says he is immune from ordering his Justice Department to lie, and the evidence of his malice, his very words, may not be used as evidence against him.

Under this ruling, a president can order the assassination or jailing of their political rival, and be immune. They can take a bribe in exchange for an official act, and still be immune. They can organize a military coup to hold onto power, and still be immune. If that sounds mad, that’s because it is.

This is a day that will live in legal infamy.

When justices on the Court that bears Roberts’ name, paid back their appointment by a corrupt president with an opinion that provides immunity to all corrupt presidents, and weakened our democracy and the rule of law for the ages.

Our only remedy is the ballot box, a new congress, and a new Court — that has more reverence for the Constitution than the lust for power.

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

When it benefits his insider buddies Doug Ford will go above and beyond.

He'll rewrite the decades old Greenbelt act, build a $10 billion highway, or pave over a public park.

When it benefits everyday Ontarians he won't lift a finger.

#onpoli

[Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @LeahGazan]

Today I swore in the House because “f*ck” and “sh*t” are taken more seriously as unparliamentary behaviour than normalized racism. We need to address escalating racism in the House and MP Redekopp must be held accountable for equating racial background with criminal behaviour.

[Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @FairVoteCanada]

Want to find out more? Join our monthly webinar and have all your questions about proportional representation answered! https://t.co/LhrywtK8RG

[Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @FairVoteCanada]

The day CBC doesn’t have a 38.5% majority threshold graphic on election night, because we finally implemented proportional representation, will be a momentous occasion for democracy.

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

The Ford government hasn't learned a single lesson from COVID.

It's irresponsible for Ford to cancel the provincial wastewater testing program when it's been integral in protecting people from the spread of COVID and other infectious diseases.

#onpoli

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Today I voted for a private members bill to change the building code to require new homes to have EV chargers so that it will be easier and cheaper for homeowners to save money driving an EV. #onpoli

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Today, I voted against the govt’s motion to adjourn the legislature until Oct 21 because we need to be here at QP working on solutions to the affordability, housing, healthcare and climate crises. Greens will be working hard to listen to your concerns and hold this govt accountable to act on the solutions we need to improve your life. #onpoli

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Dangerous and unacceptable rhetoric from Premier Ford.

What happened at Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School was an alarming and unacceptable act of antisemitism.

But using it as an opportunity to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment only fans the flames of division and increases tension at a time when we as leaders should be focused on helping our community members come together and heal.

#onpoli

[Eco Geek 💚🌎🔥😷💉 @CyberScooby_10]

Statscan telecom data paints a false picture of Canadian prices https://t.co/drlHp3VYFF

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

This week Aislinn and I voted against the govt's legislation to overturn the decision of the OEB which would have ended the ratepayer subsidy for Enbridge to expand fossil gas lines.

We also voted against the govt's budget bill because it failed to put forward solutions for housing, healthcare, education and climate. And it continues to force people on OW/ODSP to live in legislative poverty.

Finally, Aislinn asked the govt to come up with a plan to keep educators safe from the rising levels of violence in our classrooms.

#onpoli

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

The bill overturns an OEB decision made to protect consumers from paying the cost for “stranded” gas assets as we transition to a net zero economy. The govt’s dangerous decision to overturn the OEB transfers that financial risk from Enbridge to the people of Ontario.

4/4

#onpoli

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Taking action to reduce fossil gas will address climate pollution and save people money at the same time.

Last year, the Insurance Bureau of Canada estimated insured losses from severe weather damage were $3B and uninsurable were $10B.

We can’t talk about the issue of affordability w/o committing to real action on climate.

3/4

#onpoli

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

I voted NO to the govt’s bill to subsidize Enbridge to expand fossil gas hook-ups because there are cheaper alternatives for consumers like heat pumps and because we are in a climate emergency.

Ford chose to support gas giant Enbridge, Greens chose to support the people.

1/4

#onpoli

[Eco Geek 💚🌎🔥😷💉 @CyberScooby_10]

China has

▫️ “dominated” supply chains

▫️ outspent US & Europe tenfold in the past 5 years to achieve manufacturing market share of over 90% in solar and 70% in batteries

#ClimateEmergency #Solar #Wind

https://t.co/87zFc7br4q

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

I joined an incredible panel of experts in Vaughan last night to talk about why the government’s proposed Highway 413 is not necessary, and how destructive, and costly it will be.

Great to see a big group of engaged residents of Vaughan, Caledon, Halton, and Peel Region out to say no to HWY 413.

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

There are 2.3 million Ontarians without a family doctor. And yet this govt is pretending there's no doctor shortage.

They need to be honest and get to work fixing our crumbling healthcare system.

#onpoli