Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

Giving meaning and force to environmental protections on Lake Ontario since 2001. Created Swim Guide @swimguide & @swimdrinkfish. Joined @biinaagami.ca 2023

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

Swimmable water is a revelation. https://t.co/pENKxYkbvt

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

Engineers once called Toronto Harbour beyond saving. Now, fed gov kills idea for filling in Lake for Billy Bishop & City opens 10 acres of Biidaasige Park.
The harbour didn’t get saved by engineers, it was saved by people who kept showing up for it. https://t.co/7lmL2VARn5

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

The Toronto Harbour Shines. Biidaasige Park and Billy Bishop https://t.co/7lmL2VARn5

[Mahdis Habibinia @mahdishabibinia]

From me today: More than a billion dollars has been spent on fixing the Don River. What would jets at Billy Bishop do to the city’s reborn green oasis? https://t.co/XRsmOdCXjt via @TorontoStar

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

Today, federal comment ends for proposal to fill in Harbour & Lake to extend Billy Bishop runway. Message from public consultation is that Toronto Harbour, the water park, has emerged as powerful new voice for restoration and protection of Lake Ontario. https://t.co/8pgRuSK1wr

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

The Toronto Harbour Dream. What if the heart of Toronto’s waterfront wasn’t meant to be like this? https://t.co/8pgRuSK1wr

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

We're Hiring: The Next Chief Executive Officer and President of Swim Drink Fish
Why this is the most exciting environmental leadership opportunity in Canada right now https://t.co/wpXZ3Fj4HD

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

Just an fyi — if the Lake Ontario Blue Jays get Bo Bichette back from
Mets — I will be invested in the next 70 games like, for real. Truth is, coming home for home, is what’s it’s all about. #odyssey

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

@spaikin Pretty sure it is not an anti expansion movement? It is a pro Toronto Harbour movement that has been going on for decades https://t.co/YrMuHgEEm6 @LOWaterkeeper @IJCsharedwaters

[Lake Ontario Waterkeeper @LOWaterkeeper]

As we finalize comments on the proposal to expand runway in Toronto to allow for jets and more traffic (due July 24th) … good to remember that this project will make things worse for water quality by trapping contaminated water longer in harbour. Primer here. https://t.co/K2DXZPTTph

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

Toronto Harbour isn't finished being restored. We can't give up on it now. On the Great Lakes, Billy Bishop & why we shouldn't accept a degraded baseline as the status quo https://t.co/YrMuHgEEm6

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

Toronto has plan to reduce sewage overflows into Harbour. Photo from few years ago shows problems from combined sewer overflow in downtown. In this 2018 CBC article - issues discussed. https://t.co/ZL8Azi0Tz1

[ReSisters @TheReSisters2]

“And it's not just a Toronto Harbour problem. If environmental protection can be ignored in the prov’s biggest city, w/the most voters, there's nothing stopping the same move anywhere else in Ontario.”
Great substack by @waterkeepermark a/b Billy Bishop & more. #protectthewater

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

@Commander4162 We’ve been at it for years

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

That murky plume in Toronto Harbour isn’t an accident, it’s 9 sewer outfalls plus the Don River. It already struggles to flush. A new report shows a Billy Bishop runway expansion would cut harbour flow in half. Time for a public summit on this waterfront. https://t.co/3iQSkFSP5J

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

New city report: expanding Billy Bishop’s runway could cut water flow through Toronto’s Inner Harbour by 50%, trapping sewage and pollutants twice as long & undo billions spent cleaning up the harbour. “It’s reckless,”

https://t.co/Xv2yW1vvn8

[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

Funny way of saying swimmable drinkable fishable harbours are valuable assets to cities & business. But yes, “we know knowledge workers value urban amenities and access to nature. If our waterfront becomes less attractive, Toronto becomes less attractive to knowledge workers.”

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[Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark]

@stustin @globeandmail https://t.co/6FcWsS0xF0

[Lake Ontario Waterkeeper @LOWaterkeeper]

@this_is_walmer https://t.co/pNkpWnIDbr