AUDIO (9:55) | Feds revamp stance on idling after meeting with drive-thru group | Tim Hortons Greenwash

CBC AUDIO.
In case you missed it the first time.
We are sending this out as there are many new councillors across the country that have recently taken on this issue.
This strategy of “manufacturing scientific uncertainty” comes directly from the industry’s denialism playbook. The industry invests big money for public relations campaign to raise doubts about the [...]

Tim Hortons Drive-thru Threat Heats Up | Greenwashing at it’s Best in Comox Canada …

U.S. Corporation Tim Hortons Supercedes Government Again – This Time Municipal

Tim Hortons Cross-checks City Into Submission
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 11.13.08
The late Tim Horton never let anyone push him around, and neither does his eponymous coffee chain. They just body-checked and high-sticked the City of Toronto into submission on its plans to reduce waste, so much of which comes from that one [...]

Denialism | Restaurant industry commends St. John’s City Council on drive-through decision

Restaurant industry commends St. John’s City Council on drive-through decision
    ST. JOHN’S, Jan. 20 /CNW/ – The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices
Association (CRFA) commends City Council in St. John’s, Newfoundland for
taking a co-operative, consultative approach on solving traffic problems and
rescinding its ban on drive throughs.
    City Council lifted the two-week-old moratorium on drive-through outlets
on [...]

Tim Hortons Continues to Lead in Denialism & Greenwash Tactics in Canada

Group raises doubts over drive-thru study

December 15, 2008
Terry Pender
RECORD STAFF
KITCHENER
Tim Hortons stands by its study of pollution from idling vehicles in drive-thrus, despite a withering critique by the city’s environment committee.
A meeting of the city’s environmental advisory committee on Thursday included a harsh analysis of the [...]

Opinion | Drive-thru study isn’t convincing | The Record | Kitchener

Drive-thru study isn’t convincing

December 16, 2008
Tim Hortons has become as much of an esteemed Canadian institution as any corporate entity, but the company’s environmental policy doesn’t have the same top-notch reputation.
The coffee shop chain is going to have to do better than present the type of report it [...]

Tim Hortons | Lobbying against Environment | Conundrum

INFLUENCING CITY HALL
City watchdog set to probe coffee giant over lobbying
Firm’s spokesman argues he’s on city registry

JEFF GRAY
November 11, 2008

Toronto’s lobbyist watchdog is investigating whether doughnut chain Tim Hortons – battling the city over a proposed environmental ban on its coffee cups – is following city hall’s [...]

EXPOSED | CBC News | Feds revamp stance on idling after meeting with drive-thru group

Feds revamp stance on idling after meeting with drive-thru group
Monday, August 11, 2008
CBC News
A federal government website that highlights the negative health and environmental effects of idling your engine has revamped its message after meeting with a group representing drive-thru restaurants.
‘It’s gonna make it harder for every city politician to make the argument that we [...]

Canadian Corporate Greenwash of the Year – Tim Hortons – Nominated for First Place (U.S. owned)

The greatest greenwash site on the web: (The patriotic Canadian branding is also false – Tim Hortons is owned by the TDL group – an American Corporation)
http://www.drivethrutruth.ca/
Did you know that…

Critics of drive-thrus don’t have “any proof”; in fact, they don’t “make sense”
Fast foods — and drive-thru access to those fast foods — are “vital” [...]

The Spin Doctors – A Standard Letter from Industry to Mayor & Councillors – from the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) Executive Vice President of Government Affairs continues to target mayors and councillors across our country as this issue continues to build momentum across Canada. They are targeting cities considering anti-idling proposals to ensure drive-thrus continue to be exempt.

The CRFA requests to mayors and councillors that urgent meetings [...]