Torontonians For Breathable Air

To:  Toronto City Council

We, the People of Toronto, in response to

1) Hundreds of asthma, lung disease, and cancer-related deaths every year due to the toxic smog clouds that poison Toronto’s air every summer

2) Diminishing water quality and supplies, and the astronomical amount of coal, gas, nuclear and river-dam generated electricity used to pump and purify drinking water to be wasted in the (non-food) watering of lawns for the purpose of growing grass in order to be cut down

3) Increased food prices, soil loss, drought, and crop failure caused by climate change that is threatening global food and water supplies, and already causing mass extinction

Demand that City Council immediately enact the following Emergency Measures:

• Ban the use of all combustion engines for non-essential purposes including lawnmowers, leaf blowers and edge trimmers.

• Restrict vehicular traffic on smog days, and discourage single-occupancy private automobile use year-round by applying a congestion charge to the GTA to be used to fund public transit and sustainable infrastructure initiatives

• Ban on the use of municipal water to grow grass for cosmetic purposes.

• Allowing for the naturalization of lawns by changing property by-laws to allow people to not cut their grass of they so choose

• Taking charge of Toronto’s food security by educating and funding community and backyard gardens, as well as the planting food (Fruit & Nut) trees on public lands

• Change the building code for new structures, and create a renovation fund to build Rooftop Gardens on all available surfaces in order to conserve electricity, grow food, and improve air quality

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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