Hamilton 350 Committee

Hamilton 350 is building an engaged local movement for urgent action and advocacy on the climate crisis we're all facing

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Municipal Election

24 October 2022

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Visit the City of Hamilton website for a list of nominated candidates.

Visit ielect Hamilton for candidate profiles.

It hardly needs repeating that the planet is in a deep crisis, with very little time left to stop us reaching a tipping point from which there is no return. We can’t solve the global problem but we can do our bit to ensure that Hamilton becomes a climate and social justice leader.

Hamilton has had a mixed bag of representation over the past few terms, but given that an unusually large number of incumbents are not running this time around, we have a unique opportunity to change this!

We’re working with the Hamilton Chapter of the Council of Canadians and other groups in an attempt to get the council we need and deserve. Click the following image to go to the Go Vote Hamilton website for more information.

New & Noteworthy

23 Sep 2022: Fridays for Future at Gore Park

30 Aug 2022: Several progressive candidates, including Wards 2, 5 and 12, have been interviewed by Laura Babcock on TheOShow. We’ve posted these on our Political Action page.

24 Aug 2022: A top priority of Hamilton 350 and the Council of Canadians is frequent, clean and free public  transit. For a discussion of some of the issues and benefits of free transit, check out the articles on our Political Action page.

Recent News

Political Action

Fridays for Future

Steve Chalastra
Fridays for Future Fridays for Future is a youth-led and -organized movement that began in August 2018, after 15-year-old Greta…
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Elders for Climate Sanity

Locke Street Unlocked

Mary Love
Once again on Sunday, September 18, 2022, Elders for Climate Sanity (Gail, Mary, Sheila Sue and Don) met at Locke…
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Conservation Matters

Reconsidering the AEGD

Hamilton 350
As climatic chaos spreads across the globe we need to re-examine both the threat it poses to Hamiltonians and the…
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Elders for Climate Sanity

RBC Branch Adoption Campaign

Mary Love
Are you committed to Decolonial Solidarity work? Are you keen to expose RBC and the other banks’ violations of Indigenous…
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Hamilton 350 depends on the efforts of volunteers

We urgently need systemic change to address and minimize the effects of the climate crisis being felt all over the world. While we can’t solve the world’s problems, we can do what we can to address the situation in our own backyard.

To do that, we need you and your energy, whether it’s for ongoing work in our sub-groups (see below) or for one-off actions and events.

Anti-oppression

Focusing on solidarity and ethical practices

Conservation Matters

Responding to local attacks on the environment

Elders for Climate Sanity

Taking climate action for the next generation

Political Action

Holding our elected officials to account

Fossil Fuel Resistance

Encouraging the transition to renewable energy

Digital Communication

Making our voices heard on the web and social media

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If you don’t have spare time on your hands but can afford to make a GoFundMe donation to help further our work:

There are costs associated with organizing and holding events, getting the word out, providing honoraria for speakers and performers, hosting this website, and much more.

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississauga peoples, which are governed by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Agreement and are covered by the Great Lakes Purchase of 1792.

Upcoming Events

  • 30th Annual Mahatma Gandhi Peace Festival
    1 Oct 2022 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    71 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 4Y5, Canada

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    10:00 - Dance Performance, Networking
    11:00 - Greetings (…

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  • PAFFRG biweekly meeting
    13 Oct 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    https://mcmaster.zoom.us/j/92296646029

    Bi-weekly Pipeline Group Meetings. 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month

    more ›

  • Niagara Peninsula CA full authority meeting
    21 Oct 2022 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XhNkCkF9eSdP456TfARqA/

    Niagara Peninsula CA meets the 3rd Friday at 9.30 a.m.

     

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  • PAFFRG biweekly meeting
    27 Oct 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    https://mcmaster.zoom.us/j/99417370041

    Bi-weekly Pipeline Group Meetings. 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month

    more ›

  • Grand River CA - General Membership meeting
    28 Oct 2022 | 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
    https://www.grandriver.ca/en/who-we-are/board-webcast.aspx

    youtube archive

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williamlegate LeGate☮️ | pillow-fight.com CMO @williamlegate ·
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Hurricane Ian projected economic damages equivalent to roughly 1% of the ENTIRE US GDP – that’s just for a single storm in a SINGLE STATE!
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/southwest-florida-in-tatters-2-days-after-hurricane-ians-rampage/1256208

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Yesterday mayoral candidate Bob Bratina sent a text to all his imagined friends, assuring them that he’s the only one who can save them from “far-left special interest groups” & Make Hamilton Great Again.

Today’s cartoon by our resident political artist/malcontent, @DavidBrace2.

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ritholtz Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz ·
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The red line shows the average wind speed/strength of storms hitting the mainland USA.

There have been strong storms for centuries but it is the average strength that has surged over the past 20 years…

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ritholtz Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz ·
29 Sep

Warming oceans do not lead to a greater frequency of storms, but create more powerful storms with much greater intensity and destructive power

“Even small changes — half a degree C, or a degree — can really make a big difference.”

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2022/9/28/23376761/hurricane-ian-rapid-intensification-climate-change

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We are not safe until we are ALL safe. NO ONE should be left behind.
That is not how I was raised.
Who’s with me ?
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Please join us at the 30th annual Gandhi Peace Festival this Saturday Oct 1 at City Hall!This year’s theme is Climate Justice. Don McLean is giving the keynote address at 11:30 am in Council Chambers, and H350 is leading the Peace Walk at 12:30pmWe warmly invite you to the 30th Annual Gandhi Peace Festival to be held on Saturday, October 1st at Hamilton City Hall. We will have entertainment, a knowledgeable speaker and hot lunch available. Hope to see you there. … See MoreSee Less

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Join the Ham 350 Elders for Climate Sanity at Supercrawl and sing along with us for the Future We All Need! Look for orange shirts and climate signs on James St. North street corners both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday: between 4 and 5:30 p.m., Sunday between 2:30 and 4 p.m. For more info or to let us know you want to meet up with us and sing, give us a shout at ham350elders4climatesanity@gmail.com😎 … See MoreSee Less

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This webinar explored the connections between struggles to protect water and land on different sides of the country. The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is financing the construction of warehouses on top of the 140 Garner Road Marsh, and at the same time supporting the construction of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) fracked gas pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory without consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. If successful, AIMCo will pave over the headwaters of Ancaster Creek and damage the forest and watershed in Wet’suwet’en territory in Northern British Columbia. Additionally, their appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal, to pave over the Garner Road Marsh following our successful campaign to protect it and the Hamilton Conservation Authority’s denial of a permit for the warehouse project, may result in the weakening of Conservation Authorities across Ontario. This company is the poster child for destructive capitalism that sacrifices nature to make money. We will explore aspects of AIMCo’s destructive efforts to pave over the Ancaster Wetland and drive the CGL pipeline through traditional territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, risking the pristine Wedzin Kwa river. The Wedzin Kwa is the Wet’suwet’en people’s source of clean drinking water and home to rich communities of fish and wildlife. We shared concrete actions that you, our audience, can help with to protect the headwaters of Ancaster Creek from this Alberta company. GUEST SPEAKERS: - Carrie Hewitson: Ancaster farmer and neighbour to the threatened wetland - Danielle Boissoneau, Anishnaabe kwe, writer, public speaker, and organizer working towards food sovereignty and liberation for Indigenous peoples.
Last month we broke down the provincial changes being made to conservation authorities and our concerns with the direction they take us. One such change is the removal of many citizen conservation authority board members and an increased number of seats for local municipal councillors on these boards. At this month's webinar, we explored the impact of this change and looked at recent citizen wins with respect to natural feature offsetting and the campaign to stop sprawl. We examined what role engaged citizens, developers, and Hamilton City Councillors have played in these discussions and questioned the process by which the board members are selected. Watch this recording to learn about these monumental wins and what challenges remain ahead of us including the ongoing attempts to develop the wetland located at 140 Garner Rd and the need for real action on the climate emergency.
Nearly a year ago the Ford government passed legislation stripping some powers of conservation authorities, sparking mass resignations. Hamilton 350 responded with two initiatives to follow these changes: Conservation Matters and Conservation Watch. Conservation Matters, a monthly webinar series, seeks to connect and inform those pushing back against this government attack on our environment. Our group has hosted webinars to connect with and learn from those successfully organizing across the province. Conservation Watch is a volunteer watchdog initiative where residents watch and report on conservation authority meetings. We have been learning about the important roles conservation authorities play in flood prevention and watershed management as well as successfully intervening in development proposals to protect local wetlands from development. There are 36 conservation authorities across Ontario that are organized on the level of the watershed. In 2019, the province told CAs to get out of non-mandatory programs. Then, in December 2020, despite widespread opposition, they passed legislation imposing significant changes on CAs. Some changes went into effect immediately: Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) rules required CAs to grant permits and eliminated most citizen members of CA boards. Now a year after they were first announced the province has finalized the regulations that define the core mandate of CAs. The Core mandate is now limited to flooding, erosion, and managing existing lands. That only includes a small part of what CAs do, putting everything else in financial jeopardy. Programs are now dependent on municipal council decisions and special agreements for each. On Wednesday, we heard from 350 Hamilton’s Conservation Authority Watchers, saw content from the Grand River Conservation Authority meeting where board members discussed the impact of these changes, and heard from Hassaan Basit the chair of Halton Conservation Authority. Hassaan sat on the provincial working group that advised on these regulations and gave us some great perspective. We also heard from Environmental Lawyer Phil Pothen from Environmental Defence, who shared how these changes to “kneecap conservation authorities” are part of a broader, developer-driven provincial agenda, along with forced sprawl and mega-highways. Then we heard from you, we asked our audience how we go from where we are to where we need to be. Stay tuned for an update about our next webinar soon.
With developers still eyeing the Ancaster Creek Headwaters for development and the Hamilton Conservation Authority having drafted a Natural Feature Offsetting policy now is the time to say NO to destroying anymore natural features. Join Hamilton 350 in opposing the precedent setting decision to allow natural features like wetlands to be destroyed and recreated elsewhere to make room for development. Learn more and have your say at: https://conservationhamilton.ca/help-us-set-policy-for-offsetting/
On June 30 we were privileged to be joined by Skyler Williams, Danielle Boissoneau, and Makaśa Looking Horse. They shared invaluable information about the importance of developing relationships with water and land, and of supporting Indigenous land titles, safe living spaces, and access to clean drinking water in the face of unnecessary $prawl in Hamilton, Caledonia, etc. As Skyler put it, "[t]his is our land. We have the right to say no. We should not be criminalized for refusing to consent when developers want to pave over our lands." CONSULTATION ≠ CONSENT Take action to #StopSprawl in Hamilton now. Use this quick tool to let the City know you want them to stop expanding our urban boundary: https://partner-wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/stop-sprawl-hamilton
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williamlegate LeGate☮️ | pillow-fight.com CMO @williamlegate ·
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Hurricane Ian projected economic damages equivalent to roughly 1% of the ENTIRE US GDP – that's just for a single storm in a SINGLE STATE!
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/southwest-florida-in-tatters-2-days-after-hurricane-ians-rampage/1256208

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Yesterday mayoral candidate Bob Bratina sent a text to all his imagined friends, assuring them that he's the only one who can save them from "far-left special interest groups" & Make Hamilton Great Again.

Today's cartoon by our resident political artist/malcontent, @DavidBrace2.

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ritholtz Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz ·
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The red line shows the average wind speed/strength of storms hitting the mainland USA.

There have been strong storms for centuries but it is the average strength that has surged over the past 20 years...

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ritholtz Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz ·
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Warming oceans do not lead to a greater frequency of storms, but create more powerful storms with much greater intensity and destructive power

“Even small changes — half a degree C, or a degree — can really make a big difference.”

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2022/9/28/23376761/hurricane-ian-rapid-intensification-climate-change

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meetjess Jess 🌺 @meetjess ·
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We are not safe until we are ALL safe. NO ONE should be left behind.
That is not how I was raised.
Who’s with me ?
#BringBackMasks

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Please join us at the 30th annual Gandhi Peace Festival this Saturday Oct 1 at City Hall!This year's theme is Climate Justice. Don McLean is giving the keynote address at 11:30 am in Council Chambers, and H350 is leading the Peace Walk at 12:30pmWe warmly invite you to the 30th Annual Gandhi Peace Festival to be held on Saturday, October 1st at Hamilton City Hall. We will have entertainment, a knowledgeable speaker and hot lunch available. Hope to see you there. ... See MoreSee Less

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This webinar explored the connections between struggles to protect water and land on different sides of the country. The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is financing the construction of warehouses on top of the 140 Garner Road Marsh, and at the same time supporting the construction of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) fracked gas pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory without consent of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. If successful, AIMCo will pave over the headwaters of Ancaster Creek and damage the forest and watershed in Wet’suwet’en territory in Northern British Columbia. Additionally, their appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal, to pave over the Garner Road Marsh following our successful campaign to protect it and the Hamilton Conservation Authority’s denial of a permit for the warehouse project, may result in the weakening of Conservation Authorities across Ontario. This company is the poster child for destructive capitalism that sacrifices nature to make money. We will explore aspects of AIMCo’s destructive efforts to pave over the Ancaster Wetland and drive the CGL pipeline through traditional territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, risking the pristine Wedzin Kwa river. The Wedzin Kwa is the Wet’suwet’en people’s source of clean drinking water and home to rich communities of fish and wildlife. We shared concrete actions that you, our audience, can help with to protect the headwaters of Ancaster Creek from this Alberta company. GUEST SPEAKERS: - Carrie Hewitson: Ancaster farmer and neighbour to the threatened wetland - Danielle Boissoneau, Anishnaabe kwe, writer, public speaker, and organizer working towards food sovereignty and liberation for Indigenous peoples.
Last month we broke down the provincial changes being made to conservation authorities and our concerns with the direction they take us. One such change is the removal of many citizen conservation authority board members and an increased number of seats for local municipal councillors on these boards. At this month's webinar, we explored the impact of this change and looked at recent citizen wins with respect to natural feature offsetting and the campaign to stop sprawl. We examined what role engaged citizens, developers, and Hamilton City Councillors have played in these discussions and questioned the process by which the board members are selected. Watch this recording to learn about these monumental wins and what challenges remain ahead of us including the ongoing attempts to develop the wetland located at 140 Garner Rd and the need for real action on the climate emergency.
Nearly a year ago the Ford government passed legislation stripping some powers of conservation authorities, sparking mass resignations. Hamilton 350 responded with two initiatives to follow these changes: Conservation Matters and Conservation Watch. Conservation Matters, a monthly webinar series, seeks to connect and inform those pushing back against this government attack on our environment. Our group has hosted webinars to connect with and learn from those successfully organizing across the province. Conservation Watch is a volunteer watchdog initiative where residents watch and report on conservation authority meetings. We have been learning about the important roles conservation authorities play in flood prevention and watershed management as well as successfully intervening in development proposals to protect local wetlands from development. There are 36 conservation authorities across Ontario that are organized on the level of the watershed. In 2019, the province told CAs to get out of non-mandatory programs. Then, in December 2020, despite widespread opposition, they passed legislation imposing significant changes on CAs. Some changes went into effect immediately: Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) rules required CAs to grant permits and eliminated most citizen members of CA boards. Now a year after they were first announced the province has finalized the regulations that define the core mandate of CAs. The Core mandate is now limited to flooding, erosion, and managing existing lands. That only includes a small part of what CAs do, putting everything else in financial jeopardy. Programs are now dependent on municipal council decisions and special agreements for each. On Wednesday, we heard from 350 Hamilton’s Conservation Authority Watchers, saw content from the Grand River Conservation Authority meeting where board members discussed the impact of these changes, and heard from Hassaan Basit the chair of Halton Conservation Authority. Hassaan sat on the provincial working group that advised on these regulations and gave us some great perspective. We also heard from Environmental Lawyer Phil Pothen from Environmental Defence, who shared how these changes to “kneecap conservation authorities” are part of a broader, developer-driven provincial agenda, along with forced sprawl and mega-highways. Then we heard from you, we asked our audience how we go from where we are to where we need to be. Stay tuned for an update about our next webinar soon.
With developers still eyeing the Ancaster Creek Headwaters for development and the Hamilton Conservation Authority having drafted a Natural Feature Offsetting policy now is the time to say NO to destroying anymore natural features. Join Hamilton 350 in opposing the precedent setting decision to allow natural features like wetlands to be destroyed and recreated elsewhere to make room for development. Learn more and have your say at: https://conservationhamilton.ca/help-us-set-policy-for-offsetting/
On June 30 we were privileged to be joined by Skyler Williams, Danielle Boissoneau, and Makaśa Looking Horse. They shared invaluable information about the importance of developing relationships with water and land, and of supporting Indigenous land titles, safe living spaces, and access to clean drinking water in the face of unnecessary $prawl in Hamilton, Caledonia, etc. As Skyler put it, "[t]his is our land. We have the right to say no. We should not be criminalized for refusing to consent when developers want to pave over our lands." CONSULTATION ≠ CONSENT Take action to #StopSprawl in Hamilton now. Use this quick tool to let the City know you want them to stop expanding our urban boundary: https://partner-wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/stop-sprawl-hamilton
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