Timothy Gray

The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.

The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis theconversation.com/the-lost-his... #FreeAmerica

Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists

The Toronto Board of Trade is now an oil and car lobby group: Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list breachmedia.ca/ontarios-pla... #TOpoli #onpoli

Cheaper, cleaner — and not available here Even as we rail in outrage at Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Canadian government has imposed our own punishingly high tariffs on Chinese vehicles — high enough to ensure they are kept out of Canada and t...

Even as we rail in outrage at Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Canadian government has imposed our own punishingly high tariffs on Chinese vehicles — high enough to ensure they are kept out of Canada and the US and the global trends kept out of sight. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...

ANALYSIS | Will Mark Carney deliver on the climate values he preached as a central banker? | CBC News Mark Carney spent a decade as one of the most credible voices on climate action and the economy. Now as prime minister, he is scrapping emissions reductions policies, backing LNG projects and talking ...

Perhaps more than any Canadian PM before, he knows what to do: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cndpoli #climateaction

Landmark New Report Shows Canadian Lobbyists Represent Major Polluters Alongside Environmental Groups - Bytes Europe Major Canadian environmental organizations, as well as an assortment of civil society organizations with considerable stakes in the fight against climate

Landmark new Report shows Canadian lobbyists represent major polluters alongside environmental groups www.byteseu.com/1488733/ #cdnpoli #ClimateAction

Legal Challenge to Protect CPP from Climate Risk — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet

💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli

A great unravelling: carbon soars, nature falters Last year, the global concentration of carbon dioxide jumped by 3.5 parts per million (ppm) and reached 424 ppm, the biggest jump since modern measurements began in the 1950s. The WMO says the blanket...

In the jargon of climate scientists, the sinks are failing. Or, in lay terms, nature is sick from cleaning up our crap. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

The dangerous path of Ontario’s special economic zones | The Narwhal The Doug Ford government is pushing ahead with rules under Bill 5 to allow special economic zones, despite global examples of harm to land and people

Ontario is heading down a dangerous road with special economic zones: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-spec... #ONPOLI

David Olive: Is Mark Carney retreating from Canada’s climate change fight? In an astonishing reversal, Canada is poised to make big, long-term investments in projects that contribute to climate change rather than fight it, David Olive writes.

Good question: Is Mark Carney retreating from Canada's climate change fight? www.thestar.com/business/is-... via @torontostar #Cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis

Solar Energy Is Now the World’s Cheapest Source Of Power Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from coal, gas or wind.

Some good news: Solar energy Is now the world’s cheapest source of power | Technology Networks www.technologynetworks.com/applied-scie... #energy #cdnpoli

ON’s Proposed Criteria for Special Economic Zones Leave Powers Dangerously Unchecked - Environmental Defence Statement By Phil Pothen, Counsel & Ontario Environment Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Ontario’s Premier and Cabinet are proposing to keep the...

Ontario's proposed criteria for Special Economic Zones leave powers dangerously unchecked environmentaldefence.ca/2025/10/03/o... #onpoli

Mid-rise housing makes sense: www.instagram.com/reel/DPWXEMf... #cdnpoli #HomesinCities

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

More data on how the oil and gas industry funds culture wars to keep your eyes off the climate crisis: Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement heated.world/p/fossil-fue... #cdnpoli #grifters

Doug Ford’s 'common-sense conservation' is a fast track to extinction, experts warn With Bill 5, the Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species and wetlands, dismantling decades of work to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development

Doug Ford’s ‘common-sense conservation’ is a fast track to extinction, experts warn: ricochet.media/climate/doug... #onpoli #species

Star Editorial Board: Ontario’s botched Blue Box reform is a showcase for everything wrong with Doug Ford’s Ontario Ontario's revamped curbside recycling regime has been so watered down it can no longer reasonably be expected to achieve the policy goals for which it was originally designed.

"Chummy corporate socialism": Ontario’s botched Blue Box reform is a showcase for everything wrong with Doug Ford’s Ontario www.thestar.com/opinion/edit... via @torontostar #ONpoli #Plasticpollution

Statement: Removal of Speed Cameras Another Example of Reckless, Car-Centric Policies - Environmental Defence Statement from Tim Gray, Executive Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and

Removal of speed cameras is another example of reckless, car-centric attacks on the public: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/26/s... #ONpoli #CarUberAlles

Ontario’s watered-down Blue Box rules won't stop drink container litter, pollution - Environmental Defence ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, WASTE WATCH OTTAWA, ZERO WASTE 4 ZERO BURNING, ONTARIO ZERO WASTE COALITION, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE

Want less garbage on your street and along the highways? Then stop the destruction of the booze deposit-return program and fix Ontario’s Blue Box rules. environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/25/o... #onpoli #plastic

Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the launch of her memoir, former climate minister Catherine McKenna warns consequences are coming for the fossil fuel industry, even as the federal government purs...

Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n... #cdnpoli #cashgrab #grift

Because the colour is coming and I love these old pictures from my cousin who travelled around Canada in the 60s and 70s with her camera capturing its beauty. Good go Muriel Dawson. #fall

Are provincial parks the next target for Doug Ford's developer friends? The Ford government has introduced changes to the Ontario laws that protect provincial parks, but refuses to disclose what the changes will be.

Are provincial parks the next target for Doug Ford's developer friends? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/o... #onpoli #ProtectourParks

Ontario opened a protected area in Port Hope to development | The Narwhal The Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of a protected area in Port Hope, opening the way for a subdivision to be built there instead

Want something that is protected to be bulldozed? Just hire a lobbyist: Ontario made a protected area smaller. Neighbours have questions: thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-... #ONpoli #StopSprawl

Build Canada Homes Could Help Tackle Affordability - and the Housing Shortage - Environmental Defence Environmental Defence is pleased to see the government's "Build Canada Homes" plan, particularly with the plan to acquire and protect existing apartment buildings at risk of demolition of concerted ef...

Build Canada Homes Could Help Tackle Affordability - and the Housing Shortage environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/16/s... #cdnpoli #HomesinCities

Why Highway 413 is NOT Under Construction - Environmental Defence Premier Ford has made yet another non-announcement concerning the start of the proposed Highway 413. In their August 27th press release, the province

Why Highway 413 is NOT Under Construction environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/04/w... #Stopthe413 #onpoli

Ford’s 407 East bet is a congestion bust Traffic on major highways around Toronto isn’t improving despite promises of gridlock relief from Ontario Premier Doug Ford — and some are questioning the province’s heavy investment in road extension...

Ford’s 407 East bet is a congestion bust www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/05/a... #onpoli #Stopthe413

Webinar: Hands off Wasaga! Premier Ford is proposing to sell key parts of Ontario's second most-visited Provincial Park for a development scheme. There will be massive, irreversible ecological impact and changes made to the PPC...

Learn more about the @Fordnation plan to sell of the beaches in Wasaga Beach Provincial Park and to weaken the protection of parks across the province. act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/177179/... #ONpoli #HandsOffWasagaBeach

Doug Ford says he’s fighting gridlock — but he won’t say how much Highway 413 will cost The government's silence has raised plenty of questions about the freeway that will cut through farms, environmentally sensitive wetlands and the Greenbelt on a 52-kilometre route from Highway 401 in

Doug Ford says he's fighting gridlock -- but he won't say how much Highway 413 will cost www.thestar.com/politics/pro... via @torontostar #Stopthe413 #onpoli

As climate-fueled wildfires rage, CPPIB spotlights Canada's largest oil & gas producer — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet Amidst another summer of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires forcing Canadians to flee their homes, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) made a bizarre decision to profile its investment in ...

Amidst another summer of heatwaves, droughts & wildfires, CPPIB made a bizarre decision to profile its investment in an oil & gas company whose business model is fundamentally incompatible with the long-term retirement security of Canadians. #cdnpoli #fossilfuels www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...

Hands off Wasaga Beach! Hundreds of thousands of people enjoy these beaches all year round, because these lands belong to the people of Ontario, not wealthy developers. Send a letter to your MPP and the Wasaga Beach City Cou...

Want to tell @Fordnation and your MPP that Wasaga Beach Provincial Park (and all our parks) belong to us? act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/175349/... #onpoli #HandsOffWasagaBeach

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We're in our nation building era — let's get it right We must prioritize economic transformation to maintain competitiveness, a high quality of life and environmental integrity in an era dominated by the clean energy revolution.

We're in our nation building era — let's get it right  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/30/o... #cdnpoli