“Upon conclusion of the appeals process, my office plans to publish a special report consolidating our findings and providing a comprehensive summary of our conclusions and insights into the access to information and record-keeping issues relating to changes to the Greenbelt.'

Re more government use of personal email for development deals~ 'In all instances, Sackville only uses private email addresses, such as Gmail, MSN and Hotmail accounts, suggesting widespread reliance on private email. In several cases, the emails are sent during working hours.'

In Ontario Doug Ford is solving the affordability crisis by spending $225M to break a contract and bring beer to corner stores sooner than promised. #GettingItDone #ONpoli #Priorities

Bradford Bypass is a blatant misuse of public funds | The Pointer thepointer.com/article/2024-0… Op-ed that captures how we got here and all that is missing in the process to date. This is how future highways in Ontario would be built under Doug Ford. Sandy Shaw MPP SCGC

#Barrie drama on the shoreline! With no consultation to speak of, this is proposed in a shoreline forest. Please engage, Barrie. engagebarrie.org/post/more-enga…

We are looking for more retired #TEACHers to join our Lake Simcoe Defenders education program. If you want a little environmental education in your life check out rescuelakesimcoe.org/work-with-us/

Explain why this $ is better spent here than for medications for seniors, for climate action, for healthcare, for education etc. I’d be happy to go through this pork belly initiative with you and your team before you back a stinky project.

This is a bad take. An abundance agenda means using opportunities to build #Ontarians up - healthcare, education, LTC, ODSP etc etc. How would taking $4-6B out of Ontarian’s pockets to invest in a 16km highway that will be used by <1% of the population show abundance?

What are you doing for lunch tomorrow? Join a phone zap! If you think the #GreenbeltScandal was bad... Help us resist the total abandonment of growth management in Ontario, which the Ontario government wants to do, via Bill 185. Registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Farmers lash out at province for unfair expropriation of some of the best farmland in #Ontario for unknown land user. This could happen anywhere now that planning in Ontario is run in a autocratic, irrational, land-wasting manner. Not cool. We will always need to eat.

As #yorkregion loses planning authority, we need to ask the same questions about who's looking after water!?

All Health Minister Sylvia Jones needs to do to reassure our rural residents is clearly state that free well-water testing will continue. The refusal to specifically answer that exact question directly is not calming the waters in rural Ontario.

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Good spending by Ontario on practical, nature based solutions to reduce phosphorus runoff from farms into the Holland River. bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/con…

We are hiring TWO summer students (paid jobs) and looking for a few new Board members! If you have time and talent to spare and share, join us! Learn more here rescuelakesimcoe.org/work-with-us/ #summerjob #volunteer #LakeSimcoe

Rockin! Thanks to our first and only media sponsor, Rock 95 107.5 KOOL FM Barrie 360! Laugh For Lake Simcoe with Ron Josol, Fiona O’Brien and Jeff McEnery Read about the comedians and get tickets: rescuelakesimcoe.org/event/laugh-fo…