{"id":115684,"date":"2022-09-13T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T19:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=115684"},"modified":"2022-09-13T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T19:38:08","slug":"toronto-votes-2022-climate-change-activist-pierre-therrien-to-run-for-ward-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/toronto-votes-2022-climate-change-activist-pierre-therrien-to-run-for-ward-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Votes 2022: Climate change activist Pierre Therrien to run for Ward 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the lead up to the 2022 Toronto municipal election, CJRU is reaching out to all candidates in the downtown wards.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Pierre Therrien said he is running for Ward 11 University-Rosedale's city council seat because he wants Toronto to reach its environmental and climate action goals sooner through systematic changes.<\/p>\n

\"I want to create new laws on how we deal with pollution,\" he said. \"Individual actions to deal with the climate crisis is not enough - systematic change is necessary.\"<\/p>\n

Therrien said he brings a voice of reason to city council that can help spearhead long-term planning for the city's communities.<\/p>\n

\"We must decide what we want society to look like, and then works towards it.\"<\/p>\n

On the climate action front, Therrien said there are requirements for more robust regulations to remove CO2 emissions from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\"We have now put a price of CO2 on the atmosphere,\" he said. \"My position is that we tax the source.\"<\/p>\n

He is proposing a carbon tax on commerical industries across the city. He said it costs about $600 to remove one ton of carbon. His new proposed tax would charge carbon polluters $1200 for each ton.<\/p>\n

For creating sustainability in the ward, Therrien said he draws from his travels to other cities to try and find connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n

He said Toronto's waterfont as an example of an area that requires more accessibility and safer, freer paths.<\/p>\n

He said cars should not be allowed to share paths with the ones made exclusive for pedestrians and cyclists. He cites Vancouver's sea wall as an inspiration for transforming the waterfront.<\/p>\n

Prior to launching his campaign, Therrien was an authorized nuclear operator for 30 years prior to retirement.<\/p>\n

Along with his intentions to run for Ward 11's council seat, he is seeking the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party.<\/p>\n

More information on Therrien's campaign can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to Pierre Therrien's full interview:<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the lead up to the 2022 Toronto municipal election, CJRU is reaching out to all candidates in the downtown wards.\u00a0 Pierre Therrien said he is running for Ward 11 University-Rosedale’s city council seat because he wants Toronto to reach its environmental and climate action goals sooner through systematic changes. “I want to create new…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":115736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,225],"tags":[4569,18693,17622,13646,17621],"radio":[1380],"origine":[267,269,273],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115763,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115684\/revisions\/115763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115684"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=115684"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=115684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}