[All] Bill 162 Connections To Wilmot Farm Destruction, New Greenbelt Scandal Revelations, Bill 23, Meeting Tomorrow - Friday, Apr 5th 5:30pm

Thu Apr 4 18:31:00 EDT 2024

Good Day,

A reminder that tomorrow (Friday, April 5th) at 5:30pm is our regular bi-weekly Update Meeting on Zoom.  Join us to discuss the latest on Bill 162 - The Get It Done Act and its connections to the massive farmland industrial assembly happening in Wilmot Township and other important updates:

	https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09   

Here’s the latest news:

1) Wilmot Industrial Mega-Site Farm Land Assembly - Despite the silence and lack of answers from Wilmot Township and Regional elected officials, we continue to learn more and piece together that the Wilmot development plans are for far more than the massive 770 acre shovel ready industrial site, but is also integrated with a plan for tens of thousands of new residents and hundreds of acres of additional farmland destruction forced under Bill 162, as well as hundreds of additional acres of farmland destruction for development being sought by Wilmot Township to form a significant new town or even city.

Below are maps showing the modest 46ha farmland loss in Wilmot approved as part of our sustainable Regional Official Plan in August, 2022, then the over 700 acres of farmland loss ordered by Minister Clark in April, 2023 as part of the forced urban boundary expansions imposed on Waterloo Region, then a Township of Wilmot request for hundreds of acres of additional farmland development - using up all the lands within the Countryside Line designed to last for generations.  Furthermore, the Township also requested the destruction of the Countryside Line and hundreds of acres of farmland development in areas never anticipated for any sort of development.

The fourth map shows all of these lands sought by Wilmot Township along with this 770 acre industrial development site - all combined an area for development larger than the existing towns of New Hamburg and Baden.

This is a massive amount of development, turning New Hamburg and Baden into the size of many cities with potentially 50,000 to 75,000 people.  We need to be calling out Wilmot Township’s scheme to create a new city with no public engagement, no studies/research, no mandate, and so contrary to all previous planning/expectations.  

You can read the March 4, 2024 Wilmot Staff Report requesting this massive amount of development land starting on page 151 of the Council Package:

	https://calendar.wilmot.ca/townshipcalendar/Detail/2024-03-04-1900-Council-Meeting/e1189e00-e790-4e4c-8bc7-b12401781ee7

There continues to impressive amount of media coverage on this Wilmot situation.  Here's some of the recent coverage:

	The Record - Terry Pender - Kitchener Developer Made Offers On Six Wilmot Farms A Month Before The Region:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/kitchener-developer-made-offers-on-six-wilmot-farms-a-month-before-the-region/article_e489a94c-a37c-5f79-8f9d-23aeec065d42.html

	The Record/Kitchener Post - Mike Farwell - What’s Going On in Wilmot And Why The Big Secret?
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/whats-going-on-in-wilmot-and-why-the-big-secret/article_d16b1c18-1bf8-5c75-afb9-0eafe1bfbabc.html

	The Record - Luisa D’Amato - A Dangerous Silence From Elected Officials:
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/a-dangerous-silence-from-elected-officials/article_f3cbc062-e142-5650-9b9f-eda65582ab10.html

	The Record - Bill Jackson - Fife Calls On Ford Government To Halt Expropriation Process In Wilmot:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/fife-calls-on-ford-government-to-halt-expropriation-process-in-wilmot/article_08618721-265e-5baf-b9e7-c9cf810136b5.html

	CityNews - More Groups Call On Region To Stop Expropriation Of Wilmot Farmland, Petition Reaches 20,000 Signatures:
	https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/04/03/more-groups-call-on-region-to-stop-expropriation-of-wilmot-farmland-petition-reaches-20000-signatures/

	The Record - Wilmot Land “Excellently Suited For Future Development And Investment”: Waterloo Region Chair:
	https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/04/03/more-groups-call-on-region-to-stop-expropriation-of-wilmot-farmland-petition-reaches-20000-signatures/

	The Record - At Last, Redman Comments On Wilmot Land Assembly.  But There Are Still Many Questions:
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/at-last-redman-comments-on-wilmot-land-assembly-but-there-are-still-many-questions/article_5e59e559-8973-5e71-a3c6-7c62a99fb52f.html

	CBC - Region’s Labour Council Pens Open Letter Amid Wilmot Township Farmland Controversy:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/region-s-labour-council-pens-open-letter-amid-wilmot-township-farmland-controversy-1.7162779

	CTV - Continued Calls For Reconsideration.  Regional Chair Breaks Silence On Wilmot Township Farmland Expropriation:
	https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/regional-chair-breaks-silence-on-wilmot-township-farmland-expropriation-1.6832370

	The Record - Worst Kept Secret In The Region:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/worst-kept-secret-in-the-region/article_215f5a31-e44c-504e-817d-5ce532d14fee.html <https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/worst-kept-secret-in-the-region/article_215f5a31-e44c-504e-817d-5ce532d14fee.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a03&utm_source=ml_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=2DF5A405D6082D2C0C4FDB5202BCAE69&utm_campaign=wrha_172205>

	The Record - Land Assembly Aligns With Region’s Plan Redman Says:
	https://waterloorecord.pressreader.com/waterloo-region-record

Below are Press Releases from Waterloo Regional Labour Council, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the National Farmers Union, and Pfennings Organic Farm speaking out and providing examples of letters we can be writing to elected officials and area media.  

All of this unexpected development doesn’t just impact Wilmot Township.  Given local water issues there could be far-reaching impacts on Kitchener and other communities that may see their water and sewage capacities diverted to serve these developments as well as thousands of expected residents instead being redirected to this new city with far greater ecological and climate impacts due to the lack of transit, significant distance to major urban centres and other major highways.

There will be lawn signs coming soon that you will be able to obtain through the great website created by the farmers called Fight For Farmland.  Check it out at:

	www.fightforfarmland.com <http://www.fightforfarmland.com/>

And an online petition with a staggering 22,000 signatures already.  Please sign and promote it:

	https://www.change.org/p/stop-appropriation-targeting-wilmot-township-farmland

2) Bill 162 - The Get It Done Act - While the comment period on Bill 162 has closed, we still have the opportunity to provide any feedback and possible amendments to MPPs to integrate into the third and final reading of the act.  This act includes the forced boundary expansions to the Official Plans of Waterloo Region and Halton causing the unnecessary destruction of thousands of acres of irreplaceable farmland along with other modifications in Guelph, Wellington County, and elsewhere.  The omnibus bill also includes changes to land expropriation and Environmental Assessments to facilitate highway construction that are very concerning along with Doug Ford’s attempt to block future carbon taxes and prevent road tolls.

It was fantastic last week to see numerous delegations expressing concerns at the Standing Committee Hearings on Bill 162 at Queen’s Park on all these issues including Phil Pothen from Environmental Defence, GASP, Mark Chamberlain, Nina Deeb, and myself on behalf of GREN.  There were great questions, vigorous debate, and lots of emotion in the room as the NDP, Liberal and Green Party MPPs called out just how misguided and damaging Bill 162 will be.

Here’s video clips on social media of the Bill 162 hearings from:

	Catherine Fife, NDP MPP for Waterloo - https://x.com/CFifeKW/status/1775163794773135742

	Aislinn Clancy, Green Party MPP for Kitchener - https://x.com/AislinnClancyKC/status/1773439920041841054

It’s fantastic to have such great elected representatives speaking out for our communities.

3) New Greenbelt Scandal Corruption Revelations - Charlie Pinkerton at The Trillium is reporting that the Integrity Commissioner has provided a response to an NDP inquiry that Greenbelt changes sent to Doug Ford’s Chief of Staff on personal e-mail accounts, 10 days before the Premier’s Office claimed they knew specifics, doesn’t change his findings:

	Charlie Pinkerton - https://twitter.com/charliepinkerto/status/1775904369155641499?s=61&t=xmHp2A2isxVLepZg1ubT9Q

	Integrity Commissioner Issues Letter - https://www.oico.on.ca/en/blog/news/integrity-commissioner-issues-letter-to-marit-stiles-re-email-related-to-clark-report

4) Doug Ford Says No To Four-Plexes - While Kitchener, Mississauga, Toronto and many other municipalities have approved up to four units per property in an effort to provide more housing choice and affordability to address the housing crisis, in a very surprising and dismal announcement, Premier Doug Ford has ignored the advice of his own experts and so many others showing his NIMBY’ism firsthand by refusing to enable up to four units per property:

	The Record - Doug Ford’s Fourplex Fumble Was A Dismal Moment For Anyone Who Cares About Affordable Housing:
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/doug-fords-fourplex-fumble-was-a-dismal-moment-for-anyone-who-cares-about-affordable-housing/article_71b9a2d1-0d2a-5995-8895-3e9b13d460ed.html

	The Toronto Star - Doug Ford’s Housing Plan Is Unravelling And He’s The Reason Why:
	https://www.therecord.com/politics/political-opinion/doug-fords-housing-plan-is-unravelling-and-he-is-the-reason-why/article_3abc8f57-25cd-526c-b861-539109c82fce.html

5) Federal Government Announces $6 Billion Housing Fund - The Federal government has pledged $6 billion in funding for provinces and territories that agree to certain conditions, setting the stage for a showdown with Ontario Premier Doug Ford who has refused to allow “fourplexes as a right” - one of the federal conditions for funding.  It’s fantastic to see this federal funding, however we may not see much of it here in Ontario as our Premier continues to refuse the kinds of changes and incentives that would help to provide so much of the needed housing:

	CBC - Federal Government Pledges $6 Billion For Housing In New Infrastructure Fund:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-budget-housing-1.7161005

	The Record - Feds Pledge $6 Billion In New Spending To “Tubrocharge The Construction Of New Homes”:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/feds-pledge-6-billion-in-new-spending-to-turbocharge-the-construction-of-new-homes/article_f0bdeb4d-f709-5f59-abc2-8469219313bf.html

6) Recent Media - Includes home supply reaching record levels while housing sales hit record lows, and Waterloo developers appealing more than 40 towers to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT):

	The Toronto Star - New Home Supply In The GTA Reaches Levels Not Seen Since 2016 BILD Report Says:
	https://www.thestar.com/business/new-home-supply-in-the-gta-reaches-levels-not-seen-since-2016-bild-report-says/article_61b03114-e870-11ee-a996-d71665a8ce4d.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=business

	The Record - Developers Go Around Waterloo City Hall, Sending 40 Towers To Tribunal For Approval:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/developers-go-around-waterloo-city-hall-sending-40-towers-to-tribunal-for-approval/article_d1b9bd9d-44d8-5253-8539-62d6f690b849.html

	The Toronto Star - Group Fighting Ontario Place Spa Plan Scores Legal Victory Over Doug Ford:
	https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/group-fighting-ontario-place-spa-plan-scores-legal-victory-over-doug-ford/article_5fee24f4-f125-11ee-9725-270c5ebf7193.html

	The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Hints At Greenbelt Flip-Flop In New Ad: “You Can’t Always Get It Right”:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-hints-at-greenbelt-flip-flop-in-new-ad-you-cant-always-get-it/article_d1af87a6-f1cd-11ee-9f7c-43e8a3c5b53b.html

	CityNews - Home Sales Hit Record Low In March:
	https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/04/04/home-sales-in-wr-hit-record-low-in-march/?

7) Max The Tax - Kudos to GASP! (Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet).  Not only did some of their members attend the Bill 162 Hearings in person at Queen’s Park, but they have written great opinion pieces including the one below that ran in newspapers across Ontario and that can serve as an inspiration to us all!

	The Record - Want Your Kids To Inherit A Liveable Planet, Mr. Poilievre? Then “Max The Tax!”:
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/want-your-kids-to-inherit-a-livable-planet-mr-poilievre-then-max-the-tax/article_6b51db60-3bc2-516c-b9c0-4c5c8ad9253b.html
	The Toronto Star - https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/want-your-kids-to-inherit-a-livable-planet-mr-poilievre-then-max-the-tax/article_f1e3097e-f058-11ee-804b-c3da59779224.html

8) Federal Carbon Tax Petition: There is an official House of Commons federal petition in support of the Carbon Tax and Climate Action that you can sign:

	https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4876

9)) Energy For People Not Profit Webinar - Bill 165 - Join an impressive assembly of leading environment and climate groups for a webinar on Wednesday, April 10th to discuss the provincial decision to overturn the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) ruling to end ratepayer fossil fuel subsidies to Enbridge Gas.  We all need to be speaking up to ensure the end of fossil fuels - join in to learn more:

	https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/146476/event/1

10) Highway #413 Still Not Going Anywhere - Environmental Defence issued a letter this past week stating that there is still much that the Federal government can be doing regarding Highway #413 including updating the current Impact Assessment Act (IAA).  As well, indigenous consultation is still required, there are still requirements to be met under the Ontario Class Environmental Assessment process, many engineering studies are required, and expropriations are still required.  We need to continue to speak up against the waste of $10 billion on this unnecessary highway.

11) Other Media - Includes the lack of any mention of Climate Change in the provincial budget despite it being the biggest crisis facing our province, the lack of climate progress, and the federal carbon levy:

	The Record - Critics Slam Ontario Budget’s Climate Silence:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/ontario/with-budget-mostly-silent-on-climate-change-critics-say-ontario-lacks-plan-to-adapt/article_a6bc1f7e-cb9f-5f32-a352-3870a9ac90d8.html

	The Record - Past The Point Of Sounding The Alarm: Our Progress On Climate Change:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/past-the-point-of-sounding-the-alarm-our-progress-on-climate-change/article_0b14262f-09a8-55cc-bc1d-c857da090b3b.html

	The Toronto Star - Justin Trudeau Is Facing An All-Out Carbon Levy Revolt.  There Is A Way To Fight Back:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/justin-trudeau-is-facing-an-all-out-carbon-levy-revolt-there-is-a-way-to/article_32f47b76-f11e-11ee-a511-33fb54a31b98.html

12) Conserving Farmland on the Urban Fringe - Tom Nudds has drafted an excellent document (attached below) about conserving farmland - particularly on the urban fringe in Wellington County.  He’s proposing some innovative ideas for monetizing ecological goods and services to help intensify development and conserve farmland.  We ran out of time last Friday but we’ll discuss this at our next Zoom meeting on April 5th.  In the meantime, learn more in the document below and reach out to Tom at:

	https://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/nudds

13) Reminder - Next Meeting - Join us tomorrow, Friday, April 5th at 5:30pm to discuss the latest news and what’s next:

	Topic: Grand River Watershed Bill 23 Bi-Weekly Zoom Meeting
	Time: Every Other Friday at 5:30pm EST

	Join Zoom Meeting
	https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09

	Meeting ID: 826 4469 5701
	Passcode: 713374

Thanks for all the great efforts so far - please share any questions or ideas.

Cheers,
Kevin Thomason and Mike Marcolongo on behalf of all our community groups.

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A) Upcoming Events

Friday, April 5th - 5:30pm - Next update meeting on Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09

Guelph Climate Action Network - Saturday, April 6 - 1:30pm - Climate Solutions Screening Bookshelf Cinema - https://jamesgordon.ca/guelph-climate-action-network 

Energy For The People Not Profit Webinar - Wednesday, April 10th at 7:00pm -	https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/146476/event/1

Killer Water: The toxic legacy of Canada’s oil sands industry for Indigenous communities - Princess Twin in Waterloo, Sunday April 28th - https://www.ink-stainedwretches.org/film-festival.html

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B) Wilmot Township Farmland Assembly and Massive Development Request To Province

Four Maps:

It’s increasingly clear that there is a plan here larger than these 770 acres of industrial mega-site expansion and that we need to be calling out Wilmot Township’s scheme to create a new city with no public engagement, no studies/research, no mandate, and so contrary to all previous planning/expectations.  

There are 4 significant maps that take on even more significance now:

A) Development Lands provided to Wilmot in August 2022 Regional Official Plan - shown in blue about 46ha of expansion with a focus on minimal farmland loss and population growth of about 7,000 to 14,000 people.

B) Development Lands forced open by Minister Clark in April, 2023 with no explanation or rationale or justification.  No idea how any of this additional growth of thousands of additional people would be serviced but it was all approved for development.

C) Hundreds of Acres of Additional Lands beyond the Minister Clark expansions requested by Wilmot Council in November, 2023 with no public consultation and no idea how any of it would be serviced either or how this population would be supported as it was so incongruent to the ROP and all previous planning including destroying the Countryside Line - which was supposed to be the long-term boundary until at least 2051.

D) The latest map showing the 770 ha of farmland threatened with expropriation in March, 2024.  No clue on how any of this massive industrial facility potentially employing thousands of people would be serviced in addition to all of the residential growth and other employment lands growth.  This is lands for many tens of thousands of people at current density and required intensification levels of at least 85 people/jobs per hectare.  In fact the farmlands being proposed for destruction are almost the size of all of the existing towns New Hamburg and Baden that have taken centuries to build.

March 4th, 2024 Wilmot Township Bill 162 Staff Report again re-requesting all of this massive development in Wilmot Township starting on Page 151.

	https://calendar.wilmot.ca/townshipcalendar/Detail/2024-03-04-1900-Council-Meeting/e1189e00-e790-4e4c-8bc7-b12401781ee7

We need to challenge Wilmot Council on what mandate do they have for all this growth and such significant expansion contrary to the Regional Official Plan and all previous planning expectations at such a cost of our very successful agricultural community.

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C) Wilmot Farm Land Assembly Press Releases Speaking Up

Press Release - Waterloo Labour Council:

Press Release - Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA):

Press Release - Pfenning Organic Farms:

Press Release - National Farmers Union:

	https://nfuontario.ca/news/a-manufacturing-mega-site-on-prime-farmland-is-a-mega-mistake-says-the-national-farmers-union-ontario/

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D) Energy For The People Not Profit Webinar Against Bill 165 and the Overriding of the Ontario Energy Board to Force Natural Gas Pipelines

Wednesday, April 10th at 7:00pm -	https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/146476/event/1

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E) Conserving Farmland on the Urban Fringe - Tom Nudds 

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F) Climate Solutions To Act On - April 6th 1:30pm - Bookshelf Cinema

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G) Speak Up and Ensure Your Voice is Heard:

Wilmot Township Council

Natasha Salonen, Mayor, Wilmot, natasha.salonen at wilmot.ca <mailto:natasha.salonen at wilmot.ca>
Stewart Cressman, Councillor Ward 1, Wilmot, stewart.cressman at wilmot.ca <mailto:stewart.cressman at wilmot.ca>
Kris Wilkinson, Councillor Ward 2, Wilmot, kris.wilkinson at wilmot.ca <mailto:kris.wilkinson at wilmot.ca>
Havir Sidhu, Councillor Ward 3, Wilmot, harvir.sidhu at wilmot.ca <mailto:harvir.sidhu at wilmot.ca>
Lillianne Dunstall, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, lillianne.dunstall at wilmot.ca <mailto:lillianne.dunstall at wilmot.ca>
Steven Martin, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, steven.martin at wilmot.ca <mailto:steven.martin at wilmot.ca>

Region of Waterloo Council

Karen Redman, Regional Chair, kredman at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:kredman at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor, Kitchener, berryv at kitchener.ca <mailto:berryv at kitchener.ca>
Dorothy McCabe, Mayor, City of Waterloo, dorothy.mccabe at waterloo.ca <mailto:dorothy.mccabe at waterloo.ca>
Jan Liggett, Cambridge Mayor, Cambridge, liggettj at cambridge.ca <mailto:liggettj at cambridge.ca>
Sue Foxton, Mayor, North Dumfries, sfoxton at northdumfries.ca <mailto:sfoxton at northdumfries.ca>
Natasha Salonen, Mayor, Wilmot, natasha.salonen at wilmot.ca <mailto:natasha.salonen at wilmot.ca>
Joe Nowak, Mayor, Wellesley, jnowak at wellesley.ca <mailto:jnowak at wellesley.ca>
Sandy Shantz, Mayor, Woolwich, sshantz at woolwich.ca <mailto:sshantz at woolwich.ca>
Doug Craig, Regional Councillor, Cambridge, dougcraig at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:dougcraig at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Pam Wolf, Regional Councillor, Cambridge, pwolf at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:pwolf at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Colleen James, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, CJames at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:CJames at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Michael Harris, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, MHarris at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:MHarris at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Kari Williams, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, KariWilliams at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:KariWilliams at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Rob Deutschmann, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, RDeutschmann at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:RDeutschmann at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Jim Erb, Regional Councillor, Waterloo, JErb at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:JErb at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Chantal Huinink, Regional Councillor, Waterloo, CHuinink at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:CHuinink at regionofwaterloo.ca>

Province of Ontario

Premier Doug Ford - doug.fordco at pc.ola.org <mailto:doug.fordco at pc.ola.org> or 416-325-1941
Paul Calandra - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing - paul.calandra at pc.ola.org <mailto:steve.clark at pc.ola.org> or 416-585-7000
Andrea Khanjin - Minster of Environment, Conservation and Parks - andrea.khanjin at pc.ola.org <mailto:andrea.khanjin at pc.ola.org> or 705-722-0575
Todd Smith - Minister of Energy - todd.smith at pc.ola.org <mailto:todd.smith at pc.ola.org> or 613-962-1144
Michael Parsa - Associate Minister of Housing - michael.parsaco at pc.ola.org <mailto:michael.parsaco at pc.ola.org>

Local Conservative MPPs:
Mike Harris Jr - MPP Kitchener-Conestoga - mike.harris at pc.ola.org <mailto:mike.harris at pc.ola.org> or 519-669-2090
Brian Riddell - MPP Cambridge - brian.riddell at pc.ola.org <mailto:brian.riddell at pc.ola.org> or 519-650-2770
Jess Dixon - MPP Kitchener South - jess.dixon at pc.ola.org <mailto:jess.dixon at pc.ola.org> or 519-650-9413
Will Bouma - MPP Brantford-Brant - will.bouma at pc.ola.org <mailto:will.bouma at pc.ola.org> or (519) 759-0361
Ted Arnott - MPP Wellington-Halton Hills - ted.arnott at pc.ola.org <mailto:ted.arnott at pc.ola.org> or (519) 787-5247
Ernie Hardeman - MPP Oxford - ernie.hardeman at pc.ola.org <mailto:ernie.hardeman at pc.ola.org> or (519) 537-5222
Matthew Rae - MPP Perth-Wellington - matthew.rae at pc.ola.org <mailto:matthew.rae at pc.ola.org> or (519) 272-0660

Local NDP MPPs:
Catherine Fife - MPP Waterloo - cfife-qp at ndp.on.ca <mailto:cfife-qp at ndp.on.ca> or 519-725-3477

Local Green Party MPPs:
Mike Schreiner - MPP Guelph - mschreiner at ola.or <mailto:mschreiner at ola.org>g or (519) 836-4190
New! - Aislinn Clancy - MPP Kitchener Centre - aclancy-co at ola.org <mailto:aclancy-co at ola.org> or 519-579-5460

Independent MPPs:
Bobbi Ann Brady - MPP Haldimand-Norfolk - babrady-co at ola.org <mailto:babrady-co at ola.org> or (519) 428-0446

Federal Members of Parliament

Local Liberal MPs:
Bryan May - MP Cambridge - bryan.may at parl.gc.ca <mailto:bryan.may at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 624-7440
Tim Louis - MP Kitchener-Conestoga - tim.louis at parl.gc.ca <mailto:tim.louis at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 578-3777
Valerie Bradford - MP Kitchener-South Hespeler - valerie.bradford at parl.gc.ca <mailto:valerie.bradford at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 571-5509
Bardish Chagger - MP Waterloo - bardish.chagger at parl.gc.ca <mailto:bardish.chagger at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 746-1573
Lloyd Longfield - MP Guelph - lloyd.longfield at parl.gc.ca <mailto:lloyd.longfield at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 837-8276

Local Conservative MPs:
Michael Chong - MP Wellington-Halton Hills - michael.chong at parl.gc.ca <mailto:michael.chong at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 843-7344
Larry Brok - MP Brantford-Brant - larry.brock at parl.gc.ca <mailto:larry.brock at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 754-4300
John Nater - MP Perth-Wellington - john.nater at parl.gc.ca <mailto:john.nater at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 273-1400

Local Green Party MPs:
Mike Morrice - MP Kitchener - mike.morrice at parl.gc.ca <mailto:mike.morrice at parl.gc.ca> or (519) 741-2001

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Kevin Thomason
Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network
www.gren.ca <http://www.gren.ca/>

Phone: (519) 888-0519
Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
Twitter: @kthomason
E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com>
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