A Living Wage For My Community
Sam Magavern, a volunteer attorney for the City of Buffalo Living Wage Commission will be joining Hamilton Wentworth school board Trustee Alex Johnstone and Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction Director…
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Canada Infrastructure Bank and the Public’s Right to Know
…information that has gone before cabinets or cabinet committees. Information commissioners should be given access to these documents and the ability to rule on whether such documents should be released….
Report: B.C. municipalities want province to modernize mining regulations
…and the Sierra Club of BC. ‘The ‘free entry’ process under BC’s Mineral Tenure Act gives rights to mining companies that can override local environmental and health considerations. Under the…
Placemaking: Cool Ideas for Locally Elected Leaders
…Claire Beckstead: Municipal Financing for Energy Efficiency Ken Melamed: Competence or Knowledge with audio! Grant Pearsell: Four Strategies for Achieving Biodiversity Barinder Rasode: Child Focused Communities Full Program Presenter Bios…
Don’t exclude cities from Canada’s energy plan
…municipalities becoming a bigger part of this process. Rising public sector energy costs and community energy security questions — as well as local economic and environmental concerns related to energy…
Conversation Series: Webinar 4
…community to address low-level drug and prostitution crimes … The program allows law enforcement officers to redirect low-level offenders engaged in drug or prostitution activity to community-based services, instead of…
School Board action on carbon offsets
…motion, and letter, communicate challenges they face within the current structure of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, and suggests improvements that would help their district take real action to reduce…
Whistler passes motion opposing Northern Gateway pipeline
…that environmental disasters on our coasts would significantly damage us and our community.“ Read more in the Question. Motion proposed by Councillor Jack Crompton: Whereas Whistler is a community dependant…
Tories cut funding for library Internet access
The federal government is cutting funding to Industry Canada’s “Community Access Program”, which helps hundreds of community groups and hospitals provide free internet access. Rural areas will be the most…
WATERBUCKET Water Centric Planning
Water Centric Planning Community of Interest A communication vehicle for planning with a view to water in British Columbia This Water-Centric Planning Community-of-Interest is the web-delivery vehicle for informing stakeholders…
An Evening of Celebration: Fundraising Dinner
…commitment to nurturing leadership of sustainable, equitable, and inclusive communities across Canada. Held at Heritage Hall in Vancouver, the event included a delicious buffet dinner, cash bar, silent auction, raffle,…