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Highway 413 and more - Renewables not nuclear - Bill 21 Farmbelt - Future growth in Halton Hills
Ask the Auditor General about Highway 413
Show us the money! What will this highway really cost?
Did anyone study the pros and cons of giving trucks subsidies to use Highway 407 instead? It could be much cheaper and easier to do.
Rapid transit including expanded GO service could cost less and move more people - did anyone check?
Print and circulate a petition to the Auditor-General asking these questions. Go here.
In Ontario, it’s not just the 413 that’s taking us the wrong way
Announcements from Queen’s Park that seem counter to climate action are coming one after another, enough to make our heads spin. Bike lanes, conservation authorities, projects that bypass public input and environmental impact assessment. Our Trillium Team leader Jeannine d’Entremont and Caledon activist Sharon Sommerville make it clear they expect our government to protect the economy and the environment, writing in the Hamilton Spectator.
Mr. Carney: Where are renewables?
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to make Canada a “clean and conventional energy superpower” but we’re dubious about some Major Project choices he’s making.
Learn lots more, and get the Prime Minister’s contact info here. Send him a quick message.
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.
Halton Hills Council endorses Bill 21 - October 2025
Centre: MPPs Mike Schreiner and Bobbi Ann Brady.
With them are Halton Hills Climate Action team members Melicent Lavers (left), David Smith, Councillor Jane Fogal who presented the motion to endorse Bill 21, Jeanne Gray and Janet Duval.
Tell the province you support this bill. Hint: To get attention, change some of the pre-set wording, especially the first paragraph.
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.