[All] Bill 66 Doug Ford Protest - Tomorrow - Friday, Jan 11th 2019, 5:30pm and Other Upcoming Activities
Kevin Thomason
kevinthomason at mac.com
Thu Jan 10 10:13:11 EST 2019
Here’s the latest Bill 66 community activities:
1) Protesting Bill 66 at Doug Ford's Fundraising Dinner at Bingemans Tomorrow - Doug Ford is coming to town for a fundraising dinner tomorrow with local Conservative MPP’s. Join with others from across our community to protest and let them know your thoughts about Bill 66. Bring a banner or a sign to explain that you value protecting our water, land and air and that public consultation is core to our democracy. Bring some friends and join the fun.
We will meet at the main entrance to Bingemans at 425 Shirley Ave around 5:30pm for about an hour while they all arrive. If you are driving please try to find a place to park at other businesses along Shirley Ave. Grand River Transit Bus #34 runs every half hour out to Bingemans leaving the Charles Street terminal and returning every 30 minutes.
Please sign up and share with your groups, networks, and friends on the Facebook page created for tomorrow’s protest event by a number of community groups:
https://www.facebook.com/events/535908943571780/
Lets see if we can have some fun and send a direct message to the Premier on the need to kill Bill 66!
2) MPP Video - If you are looking for motivation to head out into the cold and protest on Friday evening, here’s a video released by a Brantford Conservative MPP Will Bouma talking about the new housing he’s excited about Bill 66 bringing to his riding while grossly misrepresenting costs and facts:
https://www.facebook.com/WillBoumaBrant/videos/vb.170182870094553/452231438643083/
Residential housing isn’t even supposed to be possible under Bill 66’s exemptions to our water, Greenbelt, farmland and planning protections though it’s always been suspected it is a primary motivation for the legislation. Perhaps MPP Bouma is being just a bit too forthright in his video message to constituents. The reality is that our good planning systems and protections aren’t killing jobs - they are the reason for our booming economy, our high quality of life, and thriving communities. Businesses around the world are flocking to Ontario and our economy is leading the G20 because we are such a great place to live already. We don’t need to be weakening our protections and threatening our farmland and ecosystems to bypass rules to attract business.
3) Brantford Expositor Article - kudo’s to the folks at Hold The Line for continuing to garner great media coverage to help ensure the public is aware of concerns about Bil 66 - not only in our region but in surrounding areas as well. Here’s a recent article from Brantford where they are quoted:
https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/bill-66-raises-concern
We can’t underestimate the challenges others have elsewhere in the province that don’t have the good planning or good local government that we enjoy here in Waterloo. The opportunity for us to serve as a model for other places and to help inspire change elsewhere is significant.
4) Bill 66 - What You Need To Know - Due to the tremendous response to their blog posting, Ontario Nature has released a great one page PDF overview about Bill 66 that organization can share, print and distribute to help raise awareness:
5) Saturday’s Bill 66 Provincial Workshop in Ajax - Planning and preparations continue for the January 12th provincial event on Bill 66. Please join us if you can to learn more about Bill 66 and bring back resources for our community for the weeks ahead. The agenda for the day is below. Learn more and register at: https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/35964/petition/1 <https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/35964/petition/1>
6) Local Municipal Council Presentations and Upcoming Events - please come out and join the delegations presenting on Bill 66 at area councils next week. We are working hard with each Council to get resolutions drafted opposing Bill 66. We are also nearing 300 registered attendees for our Tuesday event with ECO Dianne Saxe at Kitchener City Hall. It is astounding to see the interest and response so far.
Please attend all that you can and share with your groups:
Friday, Jan 11th 5:30pm - Doug Ford Fundraiser Protest at Bingemans, 425 Shirley Ave. Kitchener
Saturday, Jan 12th - Bill 66 Provincial Organizing Workshop in Ajax - https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/35964/petition/1 <https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/35964/petition/1>
Monday, Jan 14th 3:00pm - City of Waterloo Council Presentation
Monday, Jan 14th 4:00pm - City of Kitchener Council Presentation
Monday, Jan 14th 7:00pm - Wilmot Township Council Presentation
Tuesday, Jan 15th 7:00pm - Stewards of our Future - ECO Dianne Saxe Event, Kitchener City Hall - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/stewards-of-our-future-protecting-what-we-love-tickets-54268453405 <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/stewards-of-our-future-protecting-what-we-love-tickets-54268453405>
Tuesday, Jan 15th 7:00pm - City of Cambridge Council Presentation
Tuesday, Jan 15th 7:00pm - Woolwich Township Council Presentation #2
Monday, Jan 21st 7:00pm - North Dumfries Township Presentation
Lets keep doing all that we can to stop this awful Bill and I hope to see you soon.
Cheers,
Kevin.
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Bill 66 Organizing Workshop - Saturday January 12, 2019
9:30 a.m. Registration and coffee
10:00 a.m. Welcome, agenda review, Susan Lloyd Swail, Environmental Defence
10:05 a.m. Greetings, Former Ajax Mayor Steve Parish
10:15 a.m. Legal review of Bill 66, Dr. Anastasia Lintner, Canadian Environmental Law
Association
11:00 a.m. Bill 66 Strategy, tactics, tools, media, social media. Tim Gray, Executive
Director, Environmental Defence
11:45 p.m. Municipal Resolutions - How to get your Council Onside, Mayor Rob Burton,
Town of Oakville
12:15 p.m. Free Buffet Lunch Provided (Make a sign for the field trip)
12:45 p.m. Explanation of roles, mapping of campaign and gaps
Where and how can you contribute? What groups are
working in your area? Kelsey Scarfone, Environmental Defence
1:15 to 2:00 p.m. Concurrent training sessions:
1) Ground Game 101: Door-to-door canvassing Liz Glor Bell, Toronto Environmental Alliance
2) Ground Game 102: MPP Office Field Trip, Tim Ellis, Lead Now
3) Ground Game 103: Share your local events facilitated by Kieran Alkerton, Environmental Defence
2:00 p.m. Materials distribution- lawn signs and leave behind card (line up by region- area code)
2:45 p.m. Get on the bus to Environment Minister Rod Phillips Office, 1 Rossland Road W, Ajax
3:00 to 3:30 p.m. Bill 66 rally at Minister of the Environment’s Office
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Kevin Thomason
1115 Cedar Grove Road
Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4
Phone: (519) 888-0519
Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
Twitter: @kthomason
E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com
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