Delegations and Advocacy

HACEN's Actions

• HACEN's delegation to the Sept. 20, 2022 Oakville Council Meeting, and the Background Materials and Readings here

• A Presentation About the Oakville Energy Taskforce Report

• Meet with other stakeholders and continue to lobby for Deep-Energy Retrofits and source private sector companies using ‘light-touch high-impact’ retrofits

• Collaborate with Oakville Enterprises Corporation, the lead agency for residential Deep-Energy Retrofits

HACEN's Actions:

• Delegated on June 2021 on the Burlington Climate Action Plan

• Delegated on March 2020 on the Burlington Climate Action Plan

• Delegated on July 2020 on Options for Deep Energy Retrofits

• Continue meet with other stakeholders (Bay Area Climate Change Centre, Burlington Green) and work with Jade Environmental Service to facilitate the installation of Heat Pumps

HACEN's Actions:

• Read Mervyn Russell's letter to regional councilors regarding Bill 23

• Delegated on September 15, 2021 addressing the extension of the Nelson aggregrate quarry

• Delegated on February 2021 for the  Postponement of Regional Official Plan Review

• Delegated on November 18, 2020 - Call for the Official Plan to Retain all it's Natural Heritage and Agricultural Lands

• Delegated on October 2020 (lowering  emissions due to Waste Management activities) 

• Delegated on October 2019 for the Climate Call to Action

• HACEN's delegation to Oakville Council

• HACEN's delegation to Halton Region Council

• HACEN's letter to all GTA regional council urging them to vote for hard urban boundaries (November 2021)

• HACEN's Delegation to Hamilton Regional Council

• HACEN's Delegation to Halton Regional Council  (April 2021)

HACEN's Actions:

• Delegated on June 2021 to oppose the ratification by Milton Town Council to Ratify Growth Concept 4 (gobbling up the most farmland of all 5 Concepts)

HACEN's Actions:

• An Environmental Platform for the 2022 election

• Provided opposition to the GTA West Highway 413

HACEN's Actions:

• Mervyn Russell's Letter to the Editor: an appeal to Justin Trudeau prior to the COP 26 summit

• What we need from Trudeau in Canada's Climate Change Fight

• Engage with provincial and federal representatives monitoring by responding to Bill C 12

• Read Ron McKee's Submission to Canadian Government re Draft ZEV Regs