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Province failing most vulnerable after legal aid ‘gutted,’ lawyer says | CBC News

In April, the province slashed LAO’s budget by $133 million.

Then in
October, the Ottawa office responded by cutting a courtroom service
that permitted duty counsel — a lawyer provided by legal aid — to stand
in when an accused person’s actual defence lawyer couldn’t be in court.

December 2, 2019

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45 per cent of Hamilton renters living in unaffordable housing, new report says | CBC News

Reports released by the Social Planning and Research Council of
Hamilton show that 45 per cent of renters are living in unaffordable
housing and using a disproportionate amount of their income just for
shelter.

The Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton
(SPRC) is publishing documents over the next few weeks on the rental
housing crisis in Hamilton, where prices keep rising and residents can’t
keep up.

The non-profit has released its first four bulletins as part of a 15-part series.
The reports show quickly rising rental prices that demand a greater
percentage of people’s incomes and how evictions for reasons other than
non-payment further the problem.

December 1, 2019

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Legault says he and Ford will tag-team Trudeau together

QUEBEC – Premier François Legault says he hopes to form a common
front with Ontario to convince Ottawa to cut the red tape in the arduous
process of getting the federal government to dole out funding for
public transit projects.

Legault said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau should stop trying to deal directly with cities when it comes to
funding and instead turn over the money to provinces with no strings
attached.

“What we want to do is work as a common front when we
talk with Mr. Trudeau,” Legault said Friday as he arrived for question
period, a few hours before he was to sit down with Ontario Premier Doug
Ford for a casual dinner in Montreal.

December 1, 2019

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Billy Bishop Airport to Convert Marilyn Bell I Airport Ferry to Electric-Power

The vessel’s propulsion system will be entirely powered by battery and
fueled by 100 per cent Bullfrog Power® renewable electricity, enabling
the electric-ferry to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the
airport’s ferry operation. In addition to operating more efficiently and
eliminating related air emissions, the retrofitted vessel will build on
the airport’s award-winning Noise Management Program, as it will
operate far more quietly, dramatically reducing related noise in the
surrounding community.

November 29, 2019

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Energy minister cites climate change denial blog in defence of scrapping green energy projects | CBC News

Surprised that some ministers aren’t well enough informed to understand that a blog claiming it “does not believe in consensus science” on global climate change, is probably not the best source to learn about it from.

Ontario Energy Minister Greg Rickford cited a blog that denies human-induced climate change while defending the government’s decision to scrap green energy projects in the province.

During question period at Queen’s Park Monday, Rickford called Climate Change Dispatch one of his “favourite periodicals.”

In its “About Us” section, the online publication says it “does not believe in consensus science” on global climate change.

November 27, 2019

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