For immediate release: August 8, 2018

In September, Mayor John Tory suggested privatizing publicly owned Toronto Hydro as a way to raise the money we desperately need to build and renew important public infrastructure. Every environmentalist should be alarmed by this development.

Last night, a capacity crowd of 200 came out to hear panelists give their ideas about what the city can do get ready for the severe weather climate disruption will bring to Toronto. Another 250 people were on a waiting list to get in.

On March 2nd, City Council chambers were packed with people from across the city sharing their ideas and concerns about what Toronto can do to get ready to fight climate change.

In 2013, the flood and ice storm cost the city over $1 billion. TEA has been advocating for investment in Toronto's infrastructure to prepare the city for the severe weather that climate change will bring.

We need to invest now to get Toronto ready for severe weather events, like floods and ice storms, that climate change will bring.

The rain fell fast and hard, and left in its wake a waterlogged city with an hefty cleanup bill.