Today at 2 p.m., I attended an extraordinary rally at Queen’s Park organized by the Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA). Thousands of people protested the proposed construction of a 900-megawatt natural gas power plant in Oakville, slated to be one of the largest in Ontario. They arrived en masse in
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Railroaded by Metrolinx: "It’s Not Fair, We Want Clean Air": Citizens for Clean Air Rally
Today at 2 p.m., I attended an extraordinary rally at Queen’s Park organized by the Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA). Thousands of people protested the proposed construction of a 900-megawatt natural gas power plant in Oakville, slated to be one of the largest in Ontario. They arrived en masse in
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: "It’s Not Fair, We Want Clean Air": Citizens for Clean Air Rally
Today at 2 p.m., I attended an extraordinary rally at Queen’s Park organized by the Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA). Thousands of people protested the proposed construction of a 900-megawatt natural gas power plant in Oakville, slated to be one of the la…
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: We Need Heroes in the Davenport Riding
“Toronto will commit suicide if it plunges the Spadina Expressway into its heart… our planners are 19th century men with a naive faith in an obsolete technology. In an age of software, Metro planners treat people like hardware‚ they haven’t the faintest interest in the values of neighbourhoods or community.”
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: We Need Heroes in the Davenport Riding
“Toronto will commit suicide if it plunges the Spadina Expressway into its heart… our planners are 19th century men with a naive faith in an obsolete technology. In an age of software, Metro planners treat people like hardware‚ they haven’t the faintest interest in the values of neighbourhoods or community.”
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: We Need Heroes in the Davenport Riding
“Toronto will commit suicide if it plunges the Spadina Expressway into its heart… our planners are 19th century men with a naive faith in an obsolete technology. In an age of software, Metro planners treat people like hardware‚ they haven’t the faintest interest in the values of neighbourhoods or community.”
– Marshall McLuhan, sometime during the campaign against the Spadina Expressway between 1959 and 1971
Railroaded by Metrolinx: Fighting the System: Congratulations West Toronto Diamond Community Group
On February 3rd, the West Toronto Diamond Community Group received a ruling in their favour from the Federal Court of Appeal regarding their opposition to GO’s request for a Stay of the Canadian Tranportation Agency ruling, which regulates the use of q…
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: Fighting the System: Congratulations West Toronto Diamond Community Group
On February 3rd, the West Toronto Diamond Community Group received a ruling in their favour from the Federal Court of Appeal regarding their opposition to GO’s request for a Stay of the Canadian Tranportation Agency ruling, which regulates the use of quieter methods for piledriving. Their initial request was simple
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: Fighting the System: Congratulations West Toronto Diamond Community Group
On February 3rd, the West Toronto Diamond Community Group received a ruling in their favour from the Federal Court of Appeal regarding their opposition to GO’s request for a Stay of the Canadian Tranportation Agency ruling, which regulates the use of quieter methods for piledriving. Their initial request was simple
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: NEWS ALERT
THE STAY OF THE CTA RULING WAS NOT GRANTED BY THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL, and diesel impact hammers have been halted. For more information, go to http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/article/760276–court-upholds-order-for-go-to-halt-heavy-h…
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THE STAY OF THE CTA RULING WAS NOT GRANTED BY THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL, and diesel impact hammers have been halted. For more information, go to http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/article/760276–court-upholds-order-for-go-to-halt-heavy-hammer-use
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: NEWS ALERT
THE STAY OF THE CTA RULING WAS NOT GRANTED BY THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL, and diesel impact hammers have been halted. For more information, go to http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/article/760276–court-upholds-order-for-go-to-halt-heavy-hammer-use
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: Irreparable Damage? Whose Irreparable Damage?
On Thursday, January 28th, social rights lawyer, David Baker, of Bakerlaw, represented the West Toronto Diamond Community Group in the Federal Court of Appeal. He was beyond eloquent, he was gracious. He was a force of natural justice. The opposing argument by the lawyer, representing GO/Metrolinx, maintained that they will
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: Irreparable Damage? Whose Irreparable Damage?
On Thursday, January 28th, social rights lawyer, David Baker, of Bakerlaw, represented the West Toronto Diamond Community Group in the Federal Court of Appeal. He was beyond eloquent, he was gracious. He was a force of natural justice. The opposing argument by the lawyer, representing GO/Metrolinx, maintained that they will
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: Irreparable Damage? Whose Irreparable Damage?
On Thursday, January 28th, social rights lawyer, David Baker, of Bakerlaw, represented the West Toronto Diamond Community Group in the Federal Court of Appeal. He was beyond eloquent, he was gracious. He was a force of natural justice.The opposing argu…
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: When will they learn?
“When justice is gone,There is always force.”Laurie Anderson from ‘O Superman’ 250,000 lbs of force, 40 times a minute, an explosion of atomized diesel at the drivehead, which pounds a 36” diameter steel pipe 22 meters straight into the ground to pro…
Continue readingRailroaded by Metrolinx: Recipe for the Iron 407 Pound-it-Thru Cake
In the spirit of Jonathan Swift, this is a special recipe for all those who live along the Georgetown corridor for the Iron 407 Pound-it-Thru Cake. A New Year’s summary of the events of the past year, it is also a recipe for disaster. This is not just …
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