We want renewables, Mr. Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to make Canada a “clean and conventional energy superpower” but we’re dubious about the choices he’s making. Most of the world is now opting for solar and wind renewable energy, which have dropped dramatically in price. Mark Carney’s latest announcement about small nuclear reactors at Darlington is unfortunate. They’re expensive, take years to build, come from an American company with relaxed safety standards, and require US enriched uranium. Tell him to choose safer, cheaper renewables!

Clean energy is winning. North America may be stuck on fossil fuels, but around the world 92.5% of new power capacity added to the grid in 2024 came from renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind.

Keep your eye on Ontario Bill 21

To create a farmer-led Foodbelt Protection Plan

Presented at Queen’s Park by Ontario Greens Leader Mike Schreiner and Haldimand-Norfolk independent MPP Bobbi Ann Brady, it won unanimous endorsement by Halton Hills Council in October.   Support is building across party lines for this bill that may reach final reading next spring.

Ontario is losing an average of 319 acres of farmland per day. There were 45 dairy farms in Halton a few years ago, now there are three.  “What’s your vision for this area thirty years from now?” asked David Smith of Halton Hills Climate Action, who addressed Council along with MPPs Schreiner and Brady.  “Farmers need incentives to farm, not take offers from speculators” said one Councillor.  

Seed and equipment suppliers are dwindling. There are few large animal vets left in Halton.  Farmers need surety about development or no development, so they can do succession planning and invest in soil regeneration and farm improvements. With a lot of our food now coming from the USA, a secure Ontario Farm Belt gives us a more certain food supply chain, and ensures that all the precious remaining Class 1 farmland in our area won’t be sold away.

“Farmer-led” convinced many Councillors to endorse Bill 21. If the Bill passes, those designing a foodbelt protection plan will include the Ontario Farmland Trust, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Halton Regional Federation of Agriculture, the Christian Farmers and the National Union of Farmers.

Halton Hills Today’s story about Council approval

Here’s the motion that Halton Hills Council approved.

Highway 413

We’ve rallied against this expensive and unnecessary highway for years now. It will be at least three years before construction can begin, if it ever does. Read more here.

We care about future growth in Halton Hills

We can build better to create a walkable, climate-friendly town that’s friendly for families, less car-dependent, and at less cost to taxpayers!

Halton Hills welcomes public input on development proposals and planned improvements to the town. Have your say on any and all of these at Let’s Talk Halton Hills. Tell them to apply a climate lens to everything they do.