Oct 18, 2020 | Organizational Update
Biodiversity will be a huge international, Canadian, and Ontario issue in 2021. Please join us for a webinar on Ontario’s Model for Biodiversity Conservation, with Steve Hounsell, Chair, Ontario Biodiversity Council, at 7 pm on Wednesday, October 28. This...
Aug 26, 2020 | Organizational Update, Science Policy Performance
Due to the pandemic and to continuing breakneck action by the Ontario government, we have completed WaterScape III in a shortened timeframe and will post the project Summary, Recommendations, and Next Steps soon. Headlines are that: the OHI continue WaterScape as an...
Aug 19, 2020 | Science Policy Performance
Sometimes, someone does such a good job that it is hard to add value to it. This is the case with the Greenbelt Council’s comments on the suggested alteration of the environmental assessment on the proposed 413 toll highway. You can read that at Greenbelt...
Aug 3, 2020 | Organizational Update
Last week we thought that we would not have time to comment on this one, but after being inspired by the work of others, and some ice cream, we found a second breath and collected our concerns into a concise submission. This proposal has a deceptive title, numerous...
Jul 27, 2020 | Organizational Update
OHI newsletter of July 27 The Ontario government continues its unparalleled and cynical assault on environmental protection and democratic norms. Its most recent effort was Bill 197, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act (2020), which had virtually nothing to do with...
Jun 16, 2020 | Organizational Update
Ontarians are living through three pandemic challenges. First, we have a virus that appears to be a result of too much disruption of the natural world. Covid-19, like Ebola before it, may foretell future similar species cross-overs with huge impacts on public health,...
Feb 24, 2020 | Organizational Update
We are pleased to announce the launch of WaterScape III, being delivered in partnership with numerous organizations. WaterScape III will: Circulate an extensive discussion document with two over-arching policy recommendations and 22 suggested priority actions; Solicit...
Nov 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Another week: another Ontario initiative to weaken environmental protection and ignore the needed shift to sustainable planning. See our comments on the proposed changes to the Aggregate Resources Act and Ontario Regulation 244/97.at OHI on ERO 019-0556 Nov 4
Oct 21, 2019 | Organizational Update, Science Policy Performance
We extend our deep appreciation to colleagues in environmental stewardship organizations for stellar work on the PPS. Twenty-seven supported our submission based on three high-level recommendations for a tapestry of sustainable planning, founded in watershed...
Sep 4, 2019 | Science Policy Performance
The OHI has made comments on the draft new COA. Our two main comments are entwined and focus on a key gap that we perceive in the existing agreement: the absence of a systems-based framework to protect the Great Lakes Ecosystem, creating an unbalanced focus on the...
