Morgan Sharp
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About Morgan Sharp
Morgan Sharp is a non-binary trans journalist who wrote about youth and young people in and around Toronto, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
She covered a wide range of subject areas over more than three years with National Observer and ten years with the Reuters news agency before that, including general and political news, the environment and sustainability, technology and the companies that sell it, financial markets and economics.
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, they lived and worked in Cairo and London before settling in Toronto.
'Sorry, not sorry'
In the final Ontario 2018 election debate, Doug Ford was asked by a member of the audience whether he believes in global warming, and if so what concrete proposals he has to tackle it. He didn’t provide any detail on how his government might keep emissions in check
GreenPAC pushes ‘democracy by donation’ for Ontario enviro-friendly candidates
A small non-profit group is encouraging Ontario voters to donate to environmentally-conscious candidates from across the political spectrum and across the province, seeing it as a way to boost green policies not necessarily addressed by local candidates.
Ontario Greens challenge big parties to commit to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050
The three main political parties in Ontario should commit to using renewable energy for all the province’s energy needs by 2050, says Green leader Mike Schreiner, pushing to make climate change a larger part of the election campaign.
Ontario NDP’s Horwath blames Harper for Trans Mountain standoff
The rising contender in Ontario's provincial election also says she would look to cap electricity company profits and not renew some expiring power contracts.
Facebook struggles to get machines to stamp out hate speech
Facebook said it took action on some 2.5 million hateful pieces of content in the first three months of 2018, up from 1.6 million in the last three months of 2017.
Kinder Morgan shareholders' vote for environmental accountability seen as victory by Trans Mountain opponents
A group of Canadian Indigenous leaders reaffirmed their opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion at parent company Kinder Morgan’s annual shareholder meeting in Houston on Wednesday. In a move seen as a victory for the project's opponents, shareholders voted for two of three non-binding proposals calling for improved environmental reporting.
Wynne, Ford and Horwath trade barbs in Ontario debate
In Ontario’s first televised debate of the 2018 election season, Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford leaned on platitudes about standing up for the little guy when not railing against what he considers Premier Kathleen Wynne’s profligate spending. New Democratic Party’s Andrea Horwath presented herself as the grown-up voice for change.