Erin Caton
@caton.bsky.social
Founder Environmental Sensitivities Coalition of Canada, techie, gardener, food nerd & mom. Guelph City Councillor Ward 1.
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Make Asbestos Great Again
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h... @nytimes.com
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November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Make Asbestos Great Again
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Mixed feelings about the recent Ombudsman Report "Lost in Transition" on the hospitalization of adults with developmental disabilities and the developmental services system in Ontario
Link to Media Release & Proposed Additional Solutions: tr.ee/Hgn22PfQBu or in bio.
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Link to Media Release & Proposed Additional Solutions: tr.ee/Hgn22PfQBu or in bio.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mixed feelings about the recent Ombudsman Report "Lost in Transition" on the hospitalization of adults with developmental disabilities and the developmental services system in Ontario
Link to Media Release & Proposed Additional Solutions: tr.ee/Hgn22PfQBu or in bio.
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Link to Media Release & Proposed Additional Solutions: tr.ee/Hgn22PfQBu or in bio.
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Passing action for the renoviction and rental replacement bylaws, the vacancy tax bylaw and the build of 12 new affordable housing units is a great end of month council meeting.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Passing action for the renoviction and rental replacement bylaws, the vacancy tax bylaw and the build of 12 new affordable housing units is a great end of month council meeting.
Email [email protected] to show support for funding the daytime shelter. We can’t afford not to. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfPZDn...
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Email [email protected] to show support for funding the daytime shelter. We can’t afford not to. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfPZDn...
Magical skies for the ribbon cutting of the new pedestrian bridge (name coming soon) that connects Emma and Earl streets. Glad this is in place before we close the Speedvale bridge for repairs so folks without cars can maintain access. Great job from @guelph.ca staff on this project.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Magical skies for the ribbon cutting of the new pedestrian bridge (name coming soon) that connects Emma and Earl streets. Glad this is in place before we close the Speedvale bridge for repairs so folks without cars can maintain access. Great job from @guelph.ca staff on this project.
We need to take a stand against the use of the notwithstanding clause which allows Premiers to push through anti-human rights legislation that equates to anti-trans violence.
1/ This Trans Day of Remembrance we honour the memory and lives taken due to anti-trans violence. Dangerous anti-2SLGBTQI hate and rhetoric continue to take hold in modern-day society.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We need to take a stand against the use of the notwithstanding clause which allows Premiers to push through anti-human rights legislation that equates to anti-trans violence.
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This is amazing news for anyone who rents in #Guelph. This bylaw will keep people in their homes by preventing bad-faith renovictions which are loopholes around rent control. @caton.bsky.social @gwlc.bsky.social @getinvolvedguelph.bsky.social @taypace.bsky.social #housing #rentcontrol #onpoli
Council votes to speed up renoviction bylaw for Guelph
'It's not acceptable to wait for another year or two years to get this implemented when it's affecting people right now,' said Coun. Erin Caton
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November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is amazing news for anyone who rents in #Guelph. This bylaw will keep people in their homes by preventing bad-faith renovictions which are loopholes around rent control. @caton.bsky.social @gwlc.bsky.social @getinvolvedguelph.bsky.social @taypace.bsky.social #housing #rentcontrol #onpoli
Thanks to @guelph.ca council for supporting my amendment to immediately begin development of renoviction and rental replacement bylaws. With the vacancy tax bylaw & affordable housing plan, this was a great night with hopeful changes on the horizon.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thanks to @guelph.ca council for supporting my amendment to immediately begin development of renoviction and rental replacement bylaws. With the vacancy tax bylaw & affordable housing plan, this was a great night with hopeful changes on the horizon.
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Caton says its a numbers game; the City is proposing to build 12 units for $3.4 million (in next item) and this save affordable units for a simple $311k. They feel that we can get at a bylaw pretty quickly and with rapidly rising rents in Guelph, we need this now.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Caton says its a numbers game; the City is proposing to build 12 units for $3.4 million (in next item) and this save affordable units for a simple $311k. They feel that we can get at a bylaw pretty quickly and with rapidly rising rents in Guelph, we need this now.
“The new Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency (OPCA) will aim to improve the province’s conservation authority system" to help get shovels in the ground faster on homes and other local infrastructure projects” - Guelph Today
Ah yes, building homes. Famously, the mandate of Conservation.
Ah yes, building homes. Famously, the mandate of Conservation.
The province is creating the Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency (OPCA) to "provide centralized leadership, efficient governance, strategic direction and oversight of all conservation authorities." Some conservation authorities will be consolidated, but the province insists no jobs will be lost.
Ontario Newsroom
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October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“The new Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency (OPCA) will aim to improve the province’s conservation authority system" to help get shovels in the ground faster on homes and other local infrastructure projects” - Guelph Today
Ah yes, building homes. Famously, the mandate of Conservation.
Ah yes, building homes. Famously, the mandate of Conservation.
Doug Ford up with new way to increase homelessness and more intruding on municipal decisions. Never have I ever seen a government more intent on driving up property taxes in communities that are trying to keep people off the street. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #ONpoli
Ontario bill would look at ‘alternative options’ for ending residential leases, scrap Toronto green roof bylaw. Here are the highlights
The Ford government has tabled an omnibus bill that would make changes to a whole suite of laws and regulations, from green roofs to tenant evictions and driver’s licences.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Doug Ford up with new way to increase homelessness and more intruding on municipal decisions. Never have I ever seen a government more intent on driving up property taxes in communities that are trying to keep people off the street. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #ONpoli
I was in hospital for three days and now am receiving outpatient care. I have had the opportunity to chat up loads of patients and professionals about the state of healthcare funding. The consensus is our province needs to get its priorities straight. We need accountability.
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I was in hospital for three days and now am receiving outpatient care. I have had the opportunity to chat up loads of patients and professionals about the state of healthcare funding. The consensus is our province needs to get its priorities straight. We need accountability.
Council approved the Indigenous Relations Framework for the The City of Guelph in 2024, and I'm happy to see all the progress we have made in one year towards a more inclusive and culturally expansive Guelph, in the spirit of reconciliation.
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Progress Report - Guelph's Indigenous Relations Framework
Stories of progress, learning, and shared commitments
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September 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Council approved the Indigenous Relations Framework for the The City of Guelph in 2024, and I'm happy to see all the progress we have made in one year towards a more inclusive and culturally expansive Guelph, in the spirit of reconciliation.
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👋 Hey Bluesky, we’re Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health! 🍎
New space, same mission: to protect health and promote overall well-being so everyone in our communities can thrive.
Follow for health tips, useful resources and friendly reminders about everything from vaccines💉 to well water💧.
New space, same mission: to protect health and promote overall well-being so everyone in our communities can thrive.
Follow for health tips, useful resources and friendly reminders about everything from vaccines💉 to well water💧.
September 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
👋 Hey Bluesky, we’re Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health! 🍎
New space, same mission: to protect health and promote overall well-being so everyone in our communities can thrive.
Follow for health tips, useful resources and friendly reminders about everything from vaccines💉 to well water💧.
New space, same mission: to protect health and promote overall well-being so everyone in our communities can thrive.
Follow for health tips, useful resources and friendly reminders about everything from vaccines💉 to well water💧.
Canada Post offices are still in inaccessible locations that use perfumed products and sell perfumes. Decreasing accessibility and cutting jobs is not how we build a strong country.
Seems like a good time to remind people that Canada Post will deliver any piece of mail to federal elected officials for FREE.
No stamp necessary!
Just a reminder in case you, oh I dunno, wanna send your elected officials a sternly worded letter a day for a year or something.
No stamp necessary!
Just a reminder in case you, oh I dunno, wanna send your elected officials a sternly worded letter a day for a year or something.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Canada Post offices are still in inaccessible locations that use perfumed products and sell perfumes. Decreasing accessibility and cutting jobs is not how we build a strong country.
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Hey #Guelph! It's going to be a hot weekend☀️
With the upcoming weather forecast, City Hall’s front lobby will be opened as a cooling centre starting Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 a.m. through to Tuesday, June 24 including after standard business hours (4:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.)
With the upcoming weather forecast, City Hall’s front lobby will be opened as a cooling centre starting Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 a.m. through to Tuesday, June 24 including after standard business hours (4:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.)
June 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey #Guelph! It's going to be a hot weekend☀️
With the upcoming weather forecast, City Hall’s front lobby will be opened as a cooling centre starting Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 a.m. through to Tuesday, June 24 including after standard business hours (4:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.)
With the upcoming weather forecast, City Hall’s front lobby will be opened as a cooling centre starting Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 a.m. through to Tuesday, June 24 including after standard business hours (4:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.)
Great to see Community FEWD, friends and @orourkeguelph.bsky.social at Pride in the Park. It’s on now so come on down and enjoy the fun!
June 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great to see Community FEWD, friends and @orourkeguelph.bsky.social at Pride in the Park. It’s on now so come on down and enjoy the fun!
Fantastic start to the Guelph Multi-cultural festival. Celebrating all people and customs in one space over three days with a lot of food, music and dancing. Loved seeing all the community groups and vendors. Go and check it out all weekend long.
June 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Fantastic start to the Guelph Multi-cultural festival. Celebrating all people and customs in one space over three days with a lot of food, music and dancing. Loved seeing all the community groups and vendors. Go and check it out all weekend long.
Had an amazing tour of Creative Pottery from Brenda. It’s great to have a pottery studio that offers classes for all ages, is accessible and has pottery you can paint (mostly sourced in Canada), in Ward 1. Check them out at 259 Grange Rd. tucked behind Smitten.
June 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Had an amazing tour of Creative Pottery from Brenda. It’s great to have a pottery studio that offers classes for all ages, is accessible and has pottery you can paint (mostly sourced in Canada), in Ward 1. Check them out at 259 Grange Rd. tucked behind Smitten.
Thanks everyone who came to the #pride flag raising. Appreciated all the @guelph.ca speakers and those from Guelph Pride. Everyone belongs in Guelph. #NoSpaceForHate
June 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks everyone who came to the #pride flag raising. Appreciated all the @guelph.ca speakers and those from Guelph Pride. Everyone belongs in Guelph. #NoSpaceForHate
Still waiting on all that money for affordable housing, mental health and addiction treatment Premier Ford. This endless legislative churn that costs municipalities to administer and does absolutely nothing is getting really tired. www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/f...
Ford government passes anti-encampment bill with some Liberal support
The bill is vulnerable to a court challenge: civil liberties lawyer
www.guelphtoday.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Still waiting on all that money for affordable housing, mental health and addiction treatment Premier Ford. This endless legislative churn that costs municipalities to administer and does absolutely nothing is getting really tired. www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/f...
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Dr. Panagiotakopoulos said, “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role”.
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
www.cbsnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Dr. Panagiotakopoulos said, “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role”.
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
Council committee of the whole recap, courtesy of Adam.
Mayor Guthrie has (finally) called the open session to order.
You may recall that that there were 3 things on the closed agenda:
1. ERM Implementation Phase 1
2. Hanlon Creek Business Park
3. 35, 45 and 55 Silvercreek Parkway - Ontario Land Tribunal Update
You may recall that that there were 3 things on the closed agenda:
1. ERM Implementation Phase 1
2. Hanlon Creek Business Park
3. 35, 45 and 55 Silvercreek Parkway - Ontario Land Tribunal Update
June 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Council committee of the whole recap, courtesy of Adam.
Happy #PrideMonth! Strut your stuff and have a great time. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
June 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy #PrideMonth! Strut your stuff and have a great time. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Honoured to have participated as Acting Mayor, at the @guelph.ca Water Walk. Thanks to Gimaa Stacey LaForme, a Knowledge Holder & former Chief from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation…
May 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Honoured to have participated as Acting Mayor, at the @guelph.ca Water Walk. Thanks to Gimaa Stacey LaForme, a Knowledge Holder & former Chief from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation…