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Joint Response: Redside Dace Recovery Strategy (Caruthers Creek Watershed)

RE: Redside Dace Recovery Strategy (Carruthers Creek Watershed) Dear Minister Guilbeault, The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention the critical situation...
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Response: Highway 413 Act Joint Letter

Re. the Highway 413 Act – Schedule 3 of Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (ERO #019-9213) We, the nine undersigned organizations,...
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Response: Bill 212 Joint Letter

Re. Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 – Building Highways Faster Act, 2024 (ERO #019-9265) We, the eight undersigned organizations, are writing...
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NFU-O Response to Reducing Gridlock – Saving You Time Act, Building Highways Faster Act, and Highway 413 Act

Re: ERO 019-9265 – Bill 212 – Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 – Building Highways Faster Act, 2024 and ERO 019-9213 – Highway...
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Media Release: Minimum Wage Increases but Agricultural Workers are Still Excluded

Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit (Guelph, ON) (October 31, 2024) - Ontario’s minimum wage increased to $17.20 on October 1,...
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Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau Regarding the Federal Pickering Lands

Dear Prime Minister, The National Farmers Union (NFU) and the National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) are writing to appeal for an expanded Rouge National...
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Media Release: Farmers are Eager to Clean up Lake Erie, will Governments Listen?

A New National Farmers Union – Ontario Survey and Report Explores Agriculture’s Algal Bloom Problem & Its Solutions   Treaty lands and territory of the...
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NFU-O Response to Regulating Commercial-Scale Geologic Carbon Storage Projects in Ontario

Re: ERO 019-8767 Regulating Commercial-Scale Geologic Carbon Storage Projects in Ontario Dear Ministry, We are writing to express concern over ERO proposal 019-8469 to explore...
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