Toronto Metropolitan University’s Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex is an innovative campus hub with multifunctional green roofs, developed under TGS.
Read more about how Bill 60 and Bill 17 will affect the TGS.
#CelebratingGreenStandards #Bill60 #Bill17 #onenvironment
The earliest iteration of the Toronto Green Standard (TGS) helped to shape Evergreen Brick Works into the environmental landmark it is today. Read more about how Bill 60 and Bill 17 will affect the TGS.
#CelebratingGreenStandards #Bill60 #Bill17 #onenvironment
Dane Avenue Child Care is an example of a humane, thoughtful, and resilient design informed by the Toronto Green Standard (TGS). Read more about how Bill 60 and Bill 17 will affect the TGS.
#CelebratingGreenStandards #Bill60 #Bill17 #onenvironment
Who should have authority over municipal building laws and regulations in Ontario? Ford thinks he should have sole authority as part of Bill 17,The Building Faster and Smarter Act. Sign a petition to stop this bill:
www.catherinefife.com/stop_bill_17
#Bill17
#StopBill17
#onpoli
Learn about Bill 17, The Building Faster and Smarter Act via the Ontario Climate Caucus resource hub. Nothing smart about skipping consultation and committee hearings to get it passed.
@climatecaucus.bsky.social
#bill17
#stopbill17
From A+Dwire: Bill 17 Poses Dangerous Changes to Development Applications – The Importance of Wind Study Requirements for Pedestrian Safety & Comfort –by Theakston Environmental www.canadianarchitect.com/adwire-post/...
#architecture #engineering #Bill17 #Ontario #ONpoli #buildingdesign #windstudy
Ontario’s Bill 17 has passed, but Smiths Falls council warns it may reduce local planning control and delay infrastructure funding. Public input on regulations accepted until June 12. Details: www.hometownnews.ca/smiths-falls...
#Bill17 #SmithsFalls #MunicipalMatters #SmithsFallsCouncil
A graphic with a bold yellow and purple warning sign at the top featuring a Lego-style figure on a wrecking ball. Text reads: "Human Tissue and Organ Donation Repeal Act (Bill 17, 2023). Alberta had presumed consent for organ donation. That meant you were a donor unless you opted out—a proven model used in countries with higher donation rates. The UCP repealed it quietly, without consulting health experts or launching a public campaign. No alternative proposed. Just… deleted. The result? Fewer donations, longer waitlists, more preventable deaths. Why it matters: Directly reduces organ donation rates and harms public health outcomes." At the bottom, text in a purple box reads: "Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball – Part of Human Rights & Civil Liberties – Series Bills 17, 53. Research and text by Chris @skipischris.bsky.social – Design by Hazel
A graphic with a bold yellow and purple warning sign at the top featuring a Lego-style figure on a wrecking ball. Text reads: "Compassionate Intervention Act (Bill 53, 2025). This bill allows for involuntary treatment of people with addictions. Critics include the Alberta Medical Association, the Canadian Mental Health Association, and nearly every addiction specialist familiar with trauma survivors. Concerns include medical ethics, human rights, racialized enforcement, and the real risk of re-traumatizing vulnerable people. The government insists it will be rare. That reassurance is unlikely to provide the comfort they intend. Why it matters: Threatens human rights and risks further traumatizing vulnerable populations." At the bottom, text in a purple box reads: "Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball – Part of Human Rights & Civil Liberties – Series Bills 17, 53. Research and text by Chris @skipischris.bsky.social – Design by Hazel
Bills 17 and 53 in the Human Rights & Civil Liberties series reveal a troubling erosion of rights in Alberta: from removing presumed consent for organ donation to allowing involuntary addiction treatment. Research by Chris (@skipischris.bsky.social). #ableg #HumanRights #Bill17 #Bill53 #ABpoli
#BUILD🇨🇦HOMES
There are home WIND TURBINES too! If all new/ renovated housing employed #wind &/or #solar, we COULD effect huge change!🟰 #housing #housing🇨🇦 #ClimateChange #cdnClimate #environment #WildFires #cdnPoli #PolCan #Bill17 #onPoli
If you don’t know your MPP just call 211*
+ DougFord 416-325-1941* &
correspondence.premier.gov.on.ca/en/feedback/...
* both 24\7 #Bill17 #onPoli
#BUILD🇨🇦HOMES
WHY AREN’T we DOING THIS ⬇️?? The🇬🇧 is NOT on FIRE!!
WRITE TO
• gregor.robertson@parl.gc.ca &
• www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/c... &
correspondence.premier.gov.on.ca/en/feedback/... 🟰 #housing #housing🇨🇦 #solar #ClimateChange #cdnClimate #environment #WildFires #cdnPoli #PolCan #Bill17 #onPoli
A key amendment in the bill makes it clear that municipalities are not allowed to pass bylaws related to the construction or demolition of buildings — a move widely seen by experts and advocates as targeting municipal green-building standards. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/03/a... #OnPoli #Bill17
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/04/n...
The changes mean municipalities are not allowed to pass bylaws for the construction or demolition of buildings — a move widely seen by experts and advocates as targeting municipal green building standards.
#OnPoli #DougFord #Bill17 #Environment
#ICYMI
In his latest edition of 'City Views,' Bill Hutchins looks at proposed provincial legislation through the lens of the potential impacts locally - and through a report going to Council tonight. #YGK #Bill5 #Bill17 #onpoli #Kingston
Story: www.kingstonist.com/news/politic...
To stop #Bill17 (or at least adjust it so that green building standards are protected), this tool will send send an email to your City Councillor and your MPP at Queen’s Park based on your postal code.
It works everywhere in Ontario:
www.torontoenvironment.org/climate-safe...
Toronto could lose the green building standards we’ve had for 15 years if Doug Ford’s #Bill17 goes ahead.
@thestar.com reports that developers are against the plan… probably because they don’t have to pay when poorly built homes flood or have high energy costs.
Add your voice below:
#topoli
In his latest edition of 'City Views,' Bill Hutchins looks at proposed provincial legislation through the lens of the potential impacts locally - and through a report going to Council tomorrow night. #YGK #Bill5 #Bill17 #onpoli #Kingston
Full story: www.kingstonist.com/city-views/c...
Building Faster NOT Smarter
The 🥊HITS🥊 Just KEEP COMING
we need LAWYERS
(2nd Reading!) 🟰 #Ontario #Bill17 2️⃣ #ONpoli #bylaws #BuildingCodes #construction #demolition
#LTC already the highest
%\private in 🇨🇦
#toPoli TORONTO
the 11th province
CityOfTorontoAct2006!
MunicipalAct2001!
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news... In total, the government is now looking to give four of its ministers the ability to override municipal planning, "increasing the likelihood of unintended consequences and diffuse accountability," AMO wrote.
#DougFord #OnPoli #Bill5 #Bill17
Ontario’s Bill 17 threatens municipality's ability to cut emissions from buildings, one of the areas where municipalities have the most influence.
✍️ Read and sign the letter to Minister Flack before June 2: taf.ca/save-green-d...
#ClimateAction #GreenStandards #Bill17 #SustainableCities
CPBH has applied to present re #Bill17 at the ON Gov't committee.
We are still waiting to see if we will be invited to present.
#onpoli
& #Bill17 ⬇️
What’s #climateChange? Why SHOULD #housing CONSTRUCTION change?… Call 👑KING #DougFord ☎️ 416-325-1941 24\7 🔚 #onPoli
Ontario's New Housing Bill May Override Municipal Green Building Standards
ainewsbrew.com/article/4274
#OntarioHousing #Bill17 #ClimateAction #MunicipalAutonomy #GreenBuilding
