Lyba Spring
@lybaspring
Retired sex educator; full-time activist.
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I don't get why all the PP-ites are having a meltdown over this cartoon. PP cheered Trump for Venezuela, and Trump has threatened all of these countries. Which part of this cartoon is untrue?
Supervised consumption sites are a life-saving public health intervention that reduces blood-borne diseases, emergency response, and unnecessary grief from loss of life. They are not "beacons of crime," and a new study from @mcgillu shows it. thestar.com/news/gta/consu…
A poll last January found that 85 percent of the population opposed the idea. Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset' open.substack.com/pub/billmckibb… Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
@lybaspring Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals in the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions & infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture. nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/new…
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Synthetic chemicals in food system are creating a massive health burden: report
The substances that underpin the food system — including PFAS and phthalates — are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, amounting in a burden of as much...
#media Today’s release of the Special Economic Zones regulations confirms the ON government intends to give special rights to any of its friends, including those from the U.S., to the exclusion of any or all provincial and municipal laws. More👉 bit.ly/4oZAA3U #onpoli
#MEDIA: Big clean-energy win in Ottawa 🎉 City Council voted 21–4 to approve zoning for the city’s largest-ever battery storage project — a major step toward affordable, reliable, low-carbon power. Check out our release: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/12/11/sta… #onpoli
With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces theenergymix.com/breaking-with-…
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
I am sitting at the Ontario Legislature to attend committee hearings on the Auditor General's report on the opioid strategy. The Deputy Minister of Health just fully admitted they have no plan for Parkdale despite closing the supervised consumption site. No plan! Just closure.
Our Parkdale supervised consumption site had near unanimous support at community meetings, 300+ residents who signed a petition in support, and the evidence on our side. But @fordnation is closing it regardless, and the results will be absolutely deadly. torontotoday.ca/local/health/p…
Trump’s Tariff Temper Tantrum Tells Us Which Nation-Building Projects Canada Needs, by @TheEnergyMix open.substack.com/pub/energymixw…
Nuclear power is a poor method of reducing carbon emissions: its uranium ore and fuel processes have heavy carbon footprints. Also of the ways to reduce carbon emissions in the energy sphere, nuclear is by far the most expensive. Renewables cost far less. theguardian.com/environment/20…
As the climate crisis keeps getting worse, British Columbians keep increasing the amount of the problem they are pulling out of the ground. The CO2 extractors: British Columbians are among world's most aggressive nationalobserver.com/2025/10/22/ana…
A new report obtained exclusively by The Breach shows how Canada’s biggest landlords are profiting from racialized displacement—targeting Black and Arab neighbourhoods, evicting tenants, and driving up rents. breachmedia.ca/financialized-…
The corporate-financed backlash to calls for global climate progress has been greatly empowered by the Trump administration. It’s never been more critical to challenge the misinformation that could turn a crisis into a catastrophe...same for Canada! theguardian.com/environment/20…
Education Minister Calandra now 100% confirming Trustees will be eliminated by the end of the year, says his incompetent Ford crony supervisors will do a better job, again calls students “products” 🤮 cbc.ca/news/canada/to… #topoli #onpoli #onted
Trump: Eliminiates the Department of Education Ford: Takes over School Boards, Fires Trustees, Underfunds Education Same playbook? Tell Ford you don’t want our education system “Trumpified” at handsoffourschools.ca! #topoli #onpoli #onted
When will Metrolinx be taken to task?
Did anyone actually believe that it was going to open in September? 🙄 #EglintonCrosstown #TOpoli
‘You want my consent? You improve my people’s health,’ First Nations chief near oilsands tells Carney: thenarwhal.ca/bill-c-5-first…
“The only acceptable way forward is to dump Therme, eliminate the parking garage and seek a new, more sensitive plan that balances public and private interests.” Well said @alexbozikovic! #OntarioPlace
The Ontario Place spa: new drawings, still a disaster theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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