Newsletter: January 2023
FEBRUARY 02, 2023 A Message from our President This month marks 40 years since I immigrated to Canada. I grew up in a small town in what was then West-Germany.
Breaking News: Ontario integrity commissioner will investigate whether government tipped off developers about Greenbelt land grab
JANUARY 18, 2023 – The Ontario integrity commissioner will investigate whether Ontario’s housing minister, Minister Steve Clark, tipped off land developers about upcoming plans to open up 7,400 acres of
Saving Old Growth Forest in B.C.
Old Growth Forest in British Columbia is disappearing at an alarming rate, and much of what’s left is at immediate risk. So we funded a government relations expert to protect
Newsletter: December 2022
DECEMBER 21, 2022 – Small Change Fund’s Top Ten of 2022 Victory in Georges Bank: We were happy to support action that led to the extension of the moratorium banning
Statement on the Ontario Greenbelt Decision
December 15, 2022 – Today, the provincial government moved forward with their plans to decimate Ontario’s Greenbelt. In spite of 11,000 public comments, dozens of protests and countless professional opinions
Success Story: The Helen Hutchison Nature Reserve Becomes Reality
November 8, 2022 – Our project to establish the Helen Hutchison Nature Reserve officially became a resounding success last Friday with the completed title transfer of 275 metres of riverfront
Opinion: The Progressive Conservatives have a surprising legacy of conservation in Ontario. Here’s how Doug Ford can continue their success
November 4, 2022 – Small Change Fund president Burkhard Mausberg recently published an op-ed in the Toronto Star. The piece begins with a surprising piece of trivia: the Progressive Conservatives
Anishnabe Moose Study Calls for End to Sport Hunting and Logging in La Vérendrye Wildlife Park
November 1, 2022 – Outaouais, Quebec – An independent, community-led study has found that moose populations in La Vérendrye Wildlife Park are declining due to sport hunting and deforestation. The
Small Change in the Press
OCTOBER 23, 2022 – Jacqueline Lee-Tam, director of The Climate Justice Organizing HUB, was recently interviewed by Canada’s National Observer. The HUB is a long running project of Small Change