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Los Angeles Wildfires

Los Angeles wildfires: A Cautionary Tale for Canadian Municipalities

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The recent Los Angeles wildfires killed at least 29 people, forced over 200,000 evacuations, burned over 57,000 acres of land …

Tony Abbott

Alarmism, Australia & (Tony) Abbott

JANUARY 21, 2025

In my last column, I wrote about Donald Trump’s 2013 tweet, in which he implied that the term “global warming” …

Climate Terminology and Rivalries Among the Green Left

JANUARY 6, 2025

Last month, I published my opinion piece “Understanding the “Municipal” GreenAgenda: The Example of Ad Bans.” The subject matter was …

Understanding the “Municipal” Green Agenda: The Example of Ad Bans 

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The City of Ottawa voted in March of this year to consider banning fossil fuel (oil, natural gas) advertisements in …

New watchdog organization aims to eliminate ‘municipal madness’ across Ontario & Canada

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Municipal Watch, launched in January, hopes to become an official opposition to local mayors and councillors who abuse their positions.

Why Canada needs a new watchdog focused on the municipal level

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Trudeau battle it out in the House of Commons, Canada’s cities and …

Podcast: President Stella Ambler speaks to True North’s Andrew Lawton: Are Municipalities Broken Too?

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Former member of parliament Stella Ambler has launched a new watchdog group, Municipal Watch, which takes aim at costly and …

News Release – New Group Aims to Make City and Town Governments More Accountable

JANUARY 30, 2023

TORONTO, ON: Starting today, Canadians will have a new way to hold politicians accountable between elections. Municipal Watch is a …