John Bennett

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[Ontario NDP Press Office @ONDPPressOffice]

NDP tables Bill to protect children from excessive heat in schools ahead of the summer season

From @ChandraPasma #onpoli

https://t.co/cvf19jJnO1

[Wire Service Media @Wireserviceca]

Secrecy at Health Canada’s pesticide regulator is raising transparency and public trust concerns after safety studies were found to be falsified.

https://t.co/RqAFBu2nIn

#HealthCanada #Regulation #Transparency #Pesticides #PublicTrust

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

Secrecy at Health Canada Pesticide Regulator Raises Transparency Concerns, Environmental Advocate Says https://t.co/Lg62qanbps

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Worse off than what?
Not worse off fiscally: the PBO is clear that most households and all below the top quintile get back more in rebates than they pay in tax. Which is all that was ever promised.
So unlike most taxes, this tax is fully rebated, and then some. But, like all taxes, it still has an economic impact, and in that sense makes people “worse off.”
So: worse off than what? Worse off than if we did nothing on climate change? That option isn’t on the table — but in any case you’d have to look at the costs of climate change, at least so far as our failure to do anything affects it.
Worse off than other ways of cutting emissions? But that is demonstrably not true. Other methods are much costlier, and don’t come with a rebate. It’s just that the PBO didn’t bother to include those, which makes this study fairly pointless.

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

@globepolitics What an idiot political ploy #climatechange is the burden on working people.

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

@ONcleanair Can you think of anything unethical. Hiring a cabinet minister to lobby @fordnation and his good old boys!

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Opinion If Pierre Poilievre doesn't want to be portrayed as an authoritarian leader, maybe he should stop talking like one https://t.co/Iy9yJayfDR #cdnpoli

[ᴏɴᴛᴀʀɪᴏ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴀɪʀ ᴀʟʟɪᴀɴᴄᴇ 🇨🇦 @ONcleanair]

IT'S HERE: Not the Nuclear Lobby Week 2024! Join us in-person TONIGHT for our pay-what-you-can film screening & THIS WEDNESDAY online OR in-person for our Public Forum!

Details Here: https://t.co/sZBI8Y5q9Y

#cdnpoli #NotTheNuclear #ClimateAction #ClimateNews #OttawaActivism

[ᴏɴᴛᴀʀɪᴏ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴀɪʀ ᴀʟʟɪᴀɴᴄᴇ 🇨🇦 @ONcleanair]

Join us online or in-person TOMORROW EVENING @ 7 PM!

IN-PERSON Registration:
https://t.co/RaWqK0HV4R

ONLINE Registration: https://t.co/tZfKNtfE4g

#NotTheNuclear #OttawaEvents #cdnpoli

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

This argument would make sense if it wasn't the same tune sung over and over again since 1990. Alberta always needs more time. Meanwhile Alberta has been hit by wildfires. How much did they cost Alberta's?

[Danielle Smith @ABDanielleSmith]

Ottawa seems intent on moving forward with their destructive and unconstitutional plans to reduce emissions on an unachievable timeline.

The Parliamentary Committee for the Environment and Sustainable Development invited members of my cabinet to testify, and as the Premier of Alberta I will be attending on our province’s behalf.

Canada and Alberta are united in our pursuit of carbon neutrality by 2050; however, we disagree with Ottawa’s 2035 timeline that will increase the price of electricity and reduce reliability to 🇨🇦 Canadian homes and businesses.

I welcome the opportunity to share share Alberta’s position at this Committee hearing.

[Climate Justice McMaster @CJusticeMAC]

We at MacDivest wanted to congratulate @McMasterU on the well-deserved endorsement from green revolutionary Doug Ford, known for opening up thousands of acres of the green belt to development for highly affordable million dollar suburban homes!

[Climate Justice McMaster @CJusticeMAC]

THREAD 1/3: McMaster claims it cannot accept our demands because this would "set a precedent" for future hunger strikes

This is absurd.

First, It is INCREDIBLY difficult to organize and hold a hunger strike.

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

@Macdivest students are right – #McMaster fails the #climate test by building a polluting gas power plant.
https://t.co/qMFkTEHxiw
#onpoli #ondp #ontariogreens #onliberals #fordnation #phaseoutgas #hamilton

[Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @MarkGerretsen]

Wayne Easter knew long before the rest of us with this classic take down of @PierrePoilievre 10 years ago.

[Elizabeth May @ElizabethMay]

What do east-coast hurricanes and the price of ice cream have in common? If you guessed that both are increasing because of the climate crisis, you're correct.

[Above Ground @AboveGroundNGO]

As the world's third largest oil exporter, 🇨🇦 must address its contribution to the climate emergency.
Above Ground has written to trade minister @mary_ng urging her to place #climatejustice at the heart of her annual priorities issued to @ExportDevCanada: https://t.co/bMJGfZcCoT

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

YES! Experimental nuclear reactors (SMRs) DO need an impact assessment: Speak Out now! https://t.co/05x9br76NM

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

Climate Change Is Not a Public Relations Problem — And the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Should Know It https://t.co/joEt1Ek31e

[Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park @gordperks]

Join me in a few simple questions: Who has money in Cayman accounts? What are their political and economic interests? How are those interests served by the protests? Do you think any leaders of the federal Conservative party have asked themselves these questions?

[John Bennett @john__bennett]

@gordperks Well he will make a better tow truck driver than a premier -- don't you think?