QUEEN’S PARK – MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner is calling for a moratorium on new AI data centres in Ontario until the provincial government has studied and regulated their effects on the environment, energy, health and jobs.
“This is about putting communities over corporations and protecting the places we love from unregulated takeover,” said Schreiner.
“The government has not yet put proper safeguards in place to ensure that the construction of these data centres won’t harm our communities, and that any benefits are for community members and workers, not big-tech billionaires.
“That is why we’re calling for a moratorium on building new AI data centres in Ontario until we have proper regulations in place to protect people and communities.”
“Protecting water cannot be an afterthought. It must be the foundation of how we plan for the future,” said Ilham Abdulkadir, Organizer with Water Watchers.
“The question before us is not whether Ontario should pursue new technologies. It is how we will protect the water that sustains our communities before locking ourselves into a future that demands more from it.”
“This is about transparency and about what a true democracy looks like,” said Shelly Aguis, co-chair of the Toronto chapter of the Council of Canadians.