Aug 22, 2018 | Blog Posts and Newsletters
While access to clean water is a pressing global health and security issue, and while fresh water protection is a key focus of international for both for climate change and biodiversity, those in Ontario who think that water, climate, and biodiversity concerns are far...
Jun 21, 2018 | Blog Posts and Newsletters
June 21, 2018 We all use inaccurate expressions. Take for example the concept that today is the longest day of the year. It isn’t of course: they are all pretty much 24 hours. But everyone knows what it means – that this is the day that has the longest amount of...
Nov 21, 2017 | Blog Posts and Newsletters
OHI E-news of November 21, 2017 At 9 am next Tuesday, November 28, the International Joint Commission will release its first Triennial Assessment of Progress under the re-newed Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The assessment is eagerly anticipated. A lot has been...
Apr 11, 2017 | Blog Posts and Newsletters
On April 7, the Toronto Star ran a commentary by David Crombie and Ajax mayor Steve Parrish on the on-going Co-ordinated Land Use Planning Review. It took issue with claims from the development community that the Greenbelt was responsible for high housing costs and...
Nov 28, 2016 | Blog Posts and Newsletters
With a lot of attention focused on both new policy recommendations for and possible additions to the Greenbelt, the OHI has today released a paper with three key recommendations to better define the Four Directions proposed in the review and to extend their outcomes...
Jun 15, 2016 | Blog Posts and Newsletters
In May, the Ontario government released its preferred direction on the Co-ordinated Land Use Planning Review. The OHI is frankly thrilled with progress in three specific aspects. These are: The requirement for watershed planning in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH);...
