Rita Bijons's blog

     Street trees are the most vulnerable trees in our urban forest. The Junction has some of the oldest style of infrastructure for street trees in Toronto, and so Junction trees are at risk of  failing, especially when we have hot, dry spells in the city, and as our climate changes.

     You can help water and care for Junction street trees. Please contact chief steward Rose Scheler, who writes:

JUNCTION ADOPT A STREET TREE (JAAST) WATERING GUIDE:

The offices of our elected representatives shared the following information, as up-to-date as of April 23, 2024.

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The following information was shared by the office of MP Virani for our evening focused on Heat Pumps and Home Energy Retrofits.

Below “are the resources regarding heat pumps and information for some additional programs:

Warm thanks to our excellent presenters, who spoke at Swansea Town Hall on April 23rd, 2024:

Paul Dowsett  (Vice-Chair, Toronto Home Retrofits) presented on home retrofits, reasons for doing them, how to approach them, and where heat pumps can fit in.

Michelle Hjort  (Clean Energy Outreach Manager, Energy Neighbour )  presented on heat pumps, different kinds, and considerations for selection and installation.

The following opinion piece by Kent Elson, energy lawyer, was published in the Globe and Mail April 9, 2024. With thanks to the Globe and Mail.

On April 24, 2024, Green 13 and Parkdale-High Park for Climate Action delivered the following letter to the constituency office of our MP Arif Virani. We have, more than once, written to request a meeting with him on this matter, at his earliest convenience, but have not received any reply from his office. The letter was signed by many Parkdale-High Park constituents.