SEPTEMBER  2025

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From the Draw the Line website:

"We refuse to stand by while the government and Canada’s richest corporations hoard wealth, gut our public services, fuel climate collapse, attack migrants, exploit Indigenous lands, and prop up a genocide in Palestine.

They think that if they can overwhelm and divide us, we won’t fight back. But climate justice, migrant justice, economic justice, Indigenous rights, and anti-war movements are uniting to prove them wrong."

ClimateFast endorses this stance and, along with dozens of other social justice groups, is making the following demands: 

🌍 Shut down fossil fuels. Protect Mother Earth.

💰Put people over corporate profit. Fund our families and communities.

🌾 Refuse ongoing colonialism. Uphold Indigenous Sovereignty.

✊ Stop blaming migrants. Demand full immigration status for all now!

🕊 End the war machine. Stand for justice and peace.

See full demands here.

PLEASE JOIN US - YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS!! On Saturday, September 20, we’re drawing the line for people, for peace, for the planet.

From rallies to strikes, marches to gatherings, this September 20, communities ALL OVER THE WORLD will mobilize. Across Canada, we demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction— or a just and safe future for all of us. 

In Toronto:

- rally and march starting 2 pm @ Sankofa Square (Yonge & Dundas) [march with ClimateFast: drop an email to newsletter@climatefast.ca to say you'll join; we'll get back] 

- speakers and music (and tabling) starting 4 pm @ Queen's Park

IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED AHEAD OR DAY OF, go to this link and let organizers know your interests: https://forms.gle/RTePZ2L56yX4Ddvr8

Not in Toronto? Check the map on the DTL site and see what's planned for your town.

WARDS PROJECT UPDATE

CLIMATE VOTING RECORDS WEBSITE

Upcoming TABLING

OUT IN THE COMMUNITY 

    CF @ Leslieville FM w/ TERRE Aug 10 | CF @ East Lynn  Park w/ Green Party Aug 21  | CF @ Civic Spark Aug 17

SAY NO TO ONTARIO'S BILL 5!

From the Green Party of Ontario:

Doug Ford’s government passed Bill 5 — a dangerous law that guts protections for endangered species, creates lawless zones for insider developers, and violates the constitutional rights of Indigenous nations.

Bill 5 will fast-track destructive development without full environmental assessments or public input. It threatens our water, wildlife, and democratic rights... click here to tell Premier Ford to rescind the bill.

From Environmental Defence:

Bill 5 gives the Premier’s friends special permission to ignore all provincial and municipal laws, including those that protect our farms, forests, wetlands and endangered wildlife.

No guardrails. No accountability. Just the Premier and his friends bulldozing their way across our province. Sign to rescind Bill 5.

From the Wildlands League: 

As Trump threatens us, Ford’s response is to grab Trump-like powers by gutting protections for vulnerable wildlife, fast-tracking mining and development projects, trampling Indigenous rights, silencing local voices and creating law-free zones for trusted proponents or areas as designated by Cabinet.  

Even though Bill 5, received Royal Assent on June 5, the fight continues. We know Ford is vulnerable when the people are united and speak up for what’s right.  

The Premier is taking us down a dangerous deregulation path. We must stand up for vulnerable wildlife and for each other.
 
Wildlands League is calling for the repeal of Bill 5. Tell your MPP to say no to Bill 5.

From Water Watchers:

Doug Ford’s Bill 5 is the next step in his ongoing assault through massive omnibus bills to dismantle decades of environmental protections. Posed as a response to Trump tariffs and the need for economic growth, this bill is actually about cutting corners and silencing the voices of those who stand to protect the lands and waters we rely on.

This bill is about giving his government sweeping powers to push through projects without proper oversight.

Bill 5 allows Ford to bypass the Greenbelt Act, and make it easier for destructive developments to move ahead without full environmental assessments or meaningful public input. It weakens Indigenous consultation, threatens our water sources, and jeopardizes local farmland and wildlife.

Add your name to the call to stop Bill 5

From the Workers' Action Centre: "Join our community rally against a racist and anti-immigrant event that’s been called on September 13 at Christie Pits Park (south of Christie Station). Ours is community-led and family-friendly, with music, speeches, snacks and workshops.

Christie Pits is for the people, not for racists. We bring our kids here. The park has a history of anti-fascist organizing. To this day, it’s an important gathering space for migrants, Indigenous people, queer and trans people, survivors of sexual violence, unhoused people, students, and families. The park links Koreatown to Bloor West that is home to Toronto’s beloved East African, Latinx and South Asian communities. Bring everyone you know and let’s make it clear: there is no space for hate at Christie Pits Park."

When: November 25; 1 pm

Where: on Zoom

Who: Diana Beresford-Kroeger

What else: Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world recognized author, medical biochemist, botanist and climate change visionary. She possesses a unique understanding of modern western science and ancient Celtic knowledge. Diana’s legacy project is to clone and map the entire global forest. Register here.

Excerpted from The Energy Mix Weekender by Mitchell Beer, Sept 1, 2025:

During their sojourn in Berlin Tuesday and Wednesday [last week], the PM [Carney] and his [Minister of Natural Resources] distinguished themselves by touting the promising market they see in Germany for a fuel that much of the world is looking to leave behind, or will be soon enough. LNG [liquified natural gas] is emerging as a centrepiece of their quest for “nation-building” projects to diversify Canada’s economy and assert our sovereignty against Donald Trump’s tariff warfare and annexation threats...

But NRCan [Natural Resources Canada] acknowledged that Canada is a long way from a firm LNG deal. “These are very much exploratory discussions at this time,” the advisor told The Mix in an email. “Commercially viable projects that have the support of the province, and affected Indigenous communities will be considered by the federal government. Regulatory approvals would follow existing processes and the decision to build lies with proponents and investors.”

No one is seriously suggesting we can shut down gas production tomorrow. But the uncertainties around global gas markets and future demand date back a decade or more, and the case is getting weaker, not stronger. Users of all kinds, from households to big data centres, are looking for affordable, hyper-reliable energy that is quick to install and keeps the lights on in a heat wave or storm. On any of those criteria, gas can’t match the performance of wind or solar with battery backup, supported by heat pumps and building retrofits to boost efficiency.

At some point, you have to wonder…if economic diversification through new trading partners is the point of the exercise, can you call it a nation-building project if you can foresee a time when no other nation will want you to build it?

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