Practical Environmentalist and business consultant who believes we can have both a sustainable economy and ecology
Brampton
Joined October 2011
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Ever wondered how discarded packaging in the Blue Box becomes new packaging? bramptonea.org/2026/05/20/ev…
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David Laing retweeted
It's hard to overstate just how far backwards the Ford government has taken us on climate.
The rest of the world is using the shift toward renewables to generate jobs and prosperity, meanwhile the Premier has no plan at all.
NEW: "We are continuing to meet our commitment to at least try to meet our commitment for the 2030 target," Environment Minister Todd McCarthy said today.
"We believe in achievable outcomes, not unrealistic objectives." #Onpoli
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David Laing retweeted
Plant a tree and make your mark today! 💚
Plant trees with us, #Brampton! 🌱
Throughout October, we’re hosting community tree planting events to grow Brampton’s urban forest. 🌳
Register at 🔗: brampton.ca/parks
David Laing retweeted
Canada faces an existential threat from the climate crisis, yet our electoral system continues to undermine effective climate action.
Following recent provincial and federal elections, abrupt environmental policy changes have become increasingly common.
This policy instability isn’t just bad governance; it’s a direct result of our flawed first-past-the-post electoral system, which consistently allows minority-supported governments to undo critical climate progress overnight.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/45UuEDv
David Laing retweeted
Bill 5 is proof the Ford government is out of touch with what Ontarians and First Nations want from their government.
Attacking Indigenous rights, environmental protections, labour laws and democracy is not the way to build shared prosperity.
Ford need to kill this bill and start over.
David Laing retweeted
🥵 Urban heat stress (and all its consequences) are another hidden cost of monopolising our public spaces for driving and parked cars.
Time for change!
David Laing retweeted
Today, Ontario NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa was removed from the legislature for his opposition to Bill 5.
He was removed for saying the Premier was telling "untruths" about respecting the duty to consult.
Since Bill 5 was announced, First Nations leaders have been sounding the alarm about the dangers of this Bill.
If brought into law, it would create "Special Economic Zones" that would give the government the power to override any law it wants, including the duty to consult.
If the Premier did in fact respect treaty rights and the duty to consult, he would know and do better.
He would consult and bring First Nations leaders to the table **before** proposing new legislation, not after.
Simply put, Bill 5 is severely flawed. It's Trump-Style Politics, Ford-Stye Power Grab, and it's got to go.
➡️ UPDATE: Over 80,000 emails have now been sent through our online action calling on the government to Scrap Bill 5. Let's keep going.
David Laing retweeted
'We cannot change; we are not #Amsterdam!!1!'
Anne Hidalgo, mayor of #Paris: 'Hold my🍷+🥖!'
🚲 +180km new bike paths.
🌳 +200.000 new trees.
🅿️ -60.000 parking spots
🚗 -40% car traffic.
🤸♀️ +200 car free school streets.
The results are already stunning!
David Laing retweeted
Bill 5 is an unprecedented and extraordinary power grab by the Ford government.
I'll keep fighting alongside people from across Ontario until the government drops this dangerous and undemocratic bill.
David Laing retweeted
5 days to Go! Will you be there? 💚
Brampton’s Grow Green Festival is coming up THIS Saturday at Paul Palleschi Recreation Centre from 1-4pm. Stroll or roll on the Etobicoke Creek Trail to get there! 🚲
Learn more, visit 🔗: ow.ly/i1qv50VWHrb
ALT Location of the festival
ALT face painting design
ALT and owl!
David Laing retweeted
@CycleToronto Heartbreaking. A costly move - economically and in terms of lives at risk - with no evidence to support that bike lanes cause congestion. And, an interference in municipal jurisdiction. #sharetheroad #bikelanessavelives
Premier Doug Ford will look to remove bike lanes on Queen’s Park Crescent and Avenue Road, south of Davenport Road, sources tell 680 NewsRadio. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/…
David Laing retweeted
Awful news out of Cambridge. Pulling for this family, while @fordnation wants to make cycling less safe and this type of tragedy more common. You monsters @PrabSarkaria. kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/0… – at Toronto, Ontario
David Laing retweeted
Two Weeks to Go! Will you be there? 💚
@CityBrampton’s Grow Green Festival is on Saturday May 31st at Paul Palleschi Rec Centre from 1-4pm. Stroll or roll on the Etobicoke Creek Trail to get there! 🚲
Learn more, visit 🔗: ow.ly/a9ZQ50VSxTx
ALT Face painting design of a sun with a rainbow
ALT A person holding a hawk
ALT A henna design on hands
David Laing retweeted
What kind of society repeals a law that protects the rarest and most endangered plants and animals? @Fordnation said he would protect Ontario, not destroy what we all value. Tell him and his MPPs you will not stand for it. #ONpoli #YoursToProtect
David Laing retweeted
Premier Ford's Bill 5 would *KILL* the Endangered Species Act & give him & his cabinet Trump-like powers to exempt any person, business, or property he chooses from all provincial & municipal laws.
Tell your MPP to REJECT this unhinged power-grab!
act.environmentaldefence.ca/…
David Laing retweeted
It's clear that more highways will not help address gridlock. It will increase pollution and lock people into long, expensive commutes.
If we want to solve gridlock, we need to give people more affordable options to get around, including reliable public transit and safe biking infrastructure, and build affordable homes in the communities people love.
NEW: Over the past decade, successive governments added 134 kilometres to Hwy 401. In that period, traffic on the route's key bottleneck didn't get better.
Government hopes new highways will help but modelling shows their impact will be minimal. #OnPoli
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We see so much salt on the roads and trails.
Snow is here @CityBrampton! ❄ Although we can’t control how much snow falls, you can control how much road salt you use! Excess use of road salt impacts the environment, watershed health and local wildlife.
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David Laing retweeted
Snow is here @CityBrampton! ❄ Although we can’t control how much snow falls, you can control how much road salt you use! Excess use of road salt impacts the environment, watershed health and local wildlife.