[All] Huge Water Victory. Big Planning Authority Loss, Highway #413 and Bike Lanes, Trump Impacts Fight For Farmland, Join Us Tonight at 5:30pm To Learn More:

Fri Nov 15 11:53:06 EST 2024

Good Day!

It’s been an emotional and overwhelming week with a huge victory for ground water aquifers in Aberfoyle, the devastating loss of Planning Authority announced for January 1st in Waterloo Region, the stupidity of Highway #413 and bike lane removal continuing, a new Council meeting structure announced in Wilmot Township, the search for a new provincial Integrity Commissioner, lots of great events coming up, and thoughts/insights on how to deal with Trump.  

Join us on Zoom tonight at 5:30pm to discuss and learn more:

	Join us tonight - Friday, November 15th at 5:30pm:
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Here’s the latest:

1) Huge Win For Our Water - It has taken over 18 years for what the Water Watchers is calling “a monumental win in our community’s journey for water justice” as BlueTriton has announced it will halt water bottling operations in Ontario by 2025.  This decision is a huge win against the large-scale extraction of water and selling it for profit in our water constrained watershed.

Celebrate online with the Water Watchers at their AGM on Tuesday, November 19th at 6:30pm.  Register at:

	ttps://www.waterwatchers.ca/water_watchers_agm_2024 <https://www.waterwatchers.ca/water_watchers_agm_2024>

Learn more about this amazing victory and the power of perseverance and determination by the Water Watchers and so many citizens in the following media stories:

	EloraFergusToday.com - BlueTriton Selling Aberfoyle Water Bottling Plant; Facility May Be Closed:
	https://www.elorafergustoday.com/local-news/bluetriton-selling-aberfoyle-water-bottling-plant-facility-may-be-closed-9785603

	The Record - BlueTriton To Halt Water Bottling Operations In Ontario By 2025:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/bluetriton-to-halt-water-bottling-operations-in-ontario-by-2025/article_2355fb11-05da-5adf-9a17-a0e91917dbbf.html

	The Narwhal - Bottled Water Giant BlueTriton - formerly Nestle - Closing Ontario Operations:
	https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bluetriton-water-bottling-closes/

Kudos to everyone who has worked so hard to defend our water and call for justice.  Keep up the great advocacy and results!

2) Highway #413, Bradford Bypass, Bike Lanes, and Bill 212 - The Ford government is ramming the “More Highways, Less Bike Lanes Act” through the Legislature this month.  It will speed up approval and construction of Highway #413 by removing the environmental assessments despite how negatively the highway will impact the Greenbelt and so much farmland.  The new limitations and removal of much-needed bike lanes is equally absurd and now as more is being learned outrageously expensive too potentially wasting tens of millions of taxpayer dollars destroying much needed infrastructure.  Here’s 7 things that you can do:

	1) Sign the David Suzuki Foundation petition to the federal government against Highway #413 - more than 90,000 have already signed:

		https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-highway-413/

	2) On Tuesday, November 19th at 7pm attend the Environmental Defence webinar “The Clock is Ticking” to help ensure federal intervention on Highway #413.  Register at:

		https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/160526/petition/1

	3) Join demonstrations across the municipalities most impacted by Highway #413 on Friday, November 22nd.  Learn times, locations and details at the following link:

		https://environmentaldefence.ca/nov22/

	4) Speak up to elected officials by writing your own letters and e-mails or calling their office directly.  A contact list for elected officials is included at the end of this update e-mail. 

	5) Fill out this online letter to automatically e-mail MPPs and the Minister of Transportation to call for the cancellation yet again of Highway #413:

		https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/135962/action/1

	6) Submit comments on the Environmental Registry of Ontario on Bill 212 by November 20th:

		https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9265

	7) Attend the Standing Committee meeting on Bill 212 in-person at Queens Park or watch online on Monday, November 18th starting at 9am.  You can also submit comments directly to the Committee by November 18th.  Learn more at:

		https://www.ola.org/en/apply-committees

Here’s recent media articles to help provide additional learning and information:

	The Narwhal - Doug Ford’s Attack On Bike Lanes Threatens Communities Across Ontario:
	https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-ontario-peterborough-bike-lanes/

	The Pointer - Doug Ford’s Highway Strategy Tries To Circumvent Federal Oversight But Opponents Still Have A Plan:
	https://thepointer.com/article/2024-11-08/doug-ford-s-highway-strategy-tries-to-circumvent-federal-oversight-but-opponents-still-have-a-plan

	The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Wants To Put The Pedal To The Metal To Build Ontario’s Next Highway.  Here’s Why That May Not Work:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/ontario/doug-ford-wants-to-put-the-pedal-to-the-metal-to-build-ontario-s-next/article_2355e047-103b-5443-9d1a-19bed983316e.html <https://www.therecord.com/news/ontario/doug-ford-wants-to-put-the-pedal-to-the-metal-to-build-ontario-s-next/article_2355e047-103b-5443-9d1a-19bed983316e.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_goivvpeecd>

	The Pointer - Abominable Attack On Democracy: Caledon Opposes Ill-Adivised PC Strategy For Highway #413:
	https://thepointer.com/article/2024-11-14/abominable-attack-on-democracy-caledon-opposes-ill-advised-pc-strategy-for-highway-413

	The Trillium - How A Handful Of Toronto Businessmen Got Their Way On Bike Lanes Provincewide:
	https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/municipalities-transit-and-infrastructure/how-a-handful-of-toronto-businessmen-got-their-way-on-bike-lanes-provincewide-9782098
	“This makes a really good election issue, despite the fact that people will die."

It has been fantastic to see the Town of Caledon Council make an unanimous vote against Highway #413 this past week after numerous delegations, letters, and e-mails.  Keep speaking up!

Action Required - Call, write, attend, and do all that you can to speak up against this awful omnibus Bill 212 and advocate for better future transportation solutions. 

3) Region of Waterloo Planning Authority Loss - To the dismay of so many citizens and groups across Waterloo Region who recognize the need for collaboration and integrated planning, the provincial government has followed through on its promise to remove Regional Planning Authority from the Region of Waterloo and delegate it to seven area lower-tier area municipalities with an announcement this week that it will be in effect as of January 1, 2025.

Not much is currently understood about how the transition will happen or how so many shared planning services and planning needs are going to co-ordinated.  Some municipal staff have stated off the record that it is going to be chaos, and no one is sure how cash-strapped municipalities are now going to be responsible for so many additional planning tasks and responsibilities. 

There is only a single page document from the provincial government with the ability to submit comments by December 5th, 2024:

	https://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=49133

It appears that Simcoe County is going to be spared for now but that Durham and Niagara Region have dates for Planning Authority removal set as well for early 2025.

It remains to be seen how chaos and duplicated competing municipal planning departments is going to build more houses, however developers will likely have far more ability to sway overwhelmed planners, and take advantage of under-resourced municipalities who don’ t have the needed expertise or resources - particularly to push back at the OMB/OLT.  Attached below in Section C) is the document submitted back in May to the provincial government by expert planner Kevin Eby, the Grand River Environmental Network, and the Waterloo Federation of Agriculture cautioning against removal of Planning Authority that can be used as a reference for any comments you submit.

Action Required - Submit comments online before Dec 5th at the link above or via e-mail to mmahofficialplans at ontario.ca.

4) Fight For Farmland - The Wilmot Land Assembly continues to look increasingly absurd in light of Trump’s election in the United States and the aggressive border tariffs, end of government incentives, as well as anti-EV actions that are looming.  The Fight For Farmland group issued a Press Release on Wednesday calling for an immediate end to the 770 acre industrial mega-site proposal that has consumed our communities and disrupted so many lives and agricultural farms.  A copy of the media release is attached below and can be found online at:

	https://www.fightforfarmland.com/

 We need to end this Land Assembly decisively and not have things languish or bad decisions like this be put on hold dragging out for years and hampering so much in our community in the meantime.  

	CityNews - Opponents To Wilmot Land Assembly Call For “Immediate End” To Project Now That Trump Is Coming Back:
	https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/11/14/opponents-to-wilmot-land-assembly-call-for-immediate-end-to-project-now-that-trump-is-coming-back/?

	CKCO CTV News - Will Donald Trump’s “America First” Policies Impact Wilmot Land Assembly Process:
	https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/will-donald-trump-s-america-first-policies-impact-wilmot-land-assembly-process-1.7110684

	Cambridge Times - Trumps Election Means Wilmot Site IS Redundant:
	https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/nov-15-wilmot-industrial-mega-site-should-be-cancelled-its-curtain-time-for-fireworks-and/article_78ea3dfb-0f31-57d2-9bb7-470de5161747.html

	The Record - Trump’s Win Puts A Question Mark Over Proposed Industrial Site In Wilmot:
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/trumps-win-puts-a-question-mark-over-proposed-industrial-site-in-wilmot/article_bd35d7a9-7b90-5836-937c-2ae569a042e9.html

Regional Council Meeting - Join us at the next Region of Waterloo Council meeting on Wednesday, November 20th at 6:30pm to protest and rally, then join us inside the Council Chambers where we hope there will be at least be a General Interest delegation or two on the Wilmot Land Assembly.  Please register to speak with the Regional Clerk at regionalclerk at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:regionalclerk at regionofwaterloo.ca> if you can speak about your concerns with the proposal and how it will impact you and your family.  

	Region of Waterloo Council Meeting: 150 Fredrick Street East, Kitchener - Wednesday, November 20th - 6:30pm Rally & Protest, Council Meeting starts at 7:00pm

Friends of Fight For Farmland Instagram - Erin & Lilly, two high school students with a deep passion for agriculture and respect for hardworking farmers, started an Instagram account to engage their peers on the critical issues facing Wilmot.  With the potential loss of 770 acres of prime farmland at stake, they’re committed to keeping the community updated on events and news in support of the Fight for Farmland group! 
Follow them @friendsoffight4farmland for event reminders, updates, and insights into why Gen Z and Millennials must stand up and stop this mega-industrial site:

	https://www.instagram.com/friendsoffight4farmland/

Investigations - Numerous investigations into the Wilmot Land Assembly are continuing and there has been interviews happening over the past two weeks as investigators dig into concerns about closed meetings, rejected Freedom Of Information requests, breaches of protocol, and improper activities.   We should have more information and updates in the coming weeks.

Lawn signs - Don’t put your lawn signs away for winter - instead create a fun holiday display using your creativity and signs to show Grinch Ford that we are an unwilling community!  Watch for details on a fun holiday decorating contest surrounding your lawn signs coming soon!

Santa Claus Parades - Volunteers are being sought to help decorate tractors and a Fight For Farmland float for area Santa Claus parades.  If you are interested in helping and have any experience with float decoration please reach out to: wilmotlandowners at gmail.com.

The New Hamburg Santa Claus Parade is November 30th at 6pm, while the Baden Santa Claus Parade is December 1st at 1:30pm.

Action Required - Please call and write elected officials at Wilmot Township, the Region of Waterloo and the provincial government and tell them to finally abandon this absurd Wilmot Industrial Mega-site location - that we are an UNWILLING community, the landowners have made it clear they are UNWILLING, and a better plan is needed - particularly in light of recent events. 

5) Wilmot Township Changing Council Structure - Responding to public concerns on the need for more notice and public consultation, Wilmot Township has approved Staff recommendations to replace one of the two monthly Council meetings with a Committee of The Whole meeting instead where no decisions will be made but reports and presentations will be presented for approval at the next Council meeting allowing up to 30 days for consideration and research by citizens and Council instead of as few as just 5 days under the current system.

Other area municipalities have implemented similar systems with hopes of increasing public engagement and consultation.  Learn more:

	The Record - Wilmot Adopting Committee Of The Whole Structure For Council Meetings:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wilmot-adopting-committee-of-the-whole-structure-for-council-meetings/article_27516909-7b8b-5aac-8fc2-940934b75ffc.html

6) County of Brant Seeks Public Engagement - The County of Brant is looking for public input about how to do community engagement.  Ever wonder how to share your input for the policy, service, and project decisions made in the County of Brant?  Or do you have ideas on how we can better connect with residents?  This is your chance to be part of the conversation!  Provide feedback via the Engage Brant website:

	https://engagebrant.ca/engagement

7) Cooperate for Canada Grand River Section Meetings - If you are in the Grand River Watershed and want to learn about how we can get better election outcomes, come learn about the Cooperate for Canada strategy for local ridings.  The Ford government has put Ontario in an emergency situation that requires an emergency-level response - not business as usual.  We need our provincial government to share the values and have priorities that align with the majority of people in Ontario instead of wasting billions of dollars destroying Official Plans, farmland, wetlands, public spaces, and building highways through the Greenbelt!

Join us virtually in an Online Town Hall on Tuesday, November 26th at 7pm, or join us in-person at a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, November 28th at 7pm at the Social Development Centre, 23 Water Street North, downtown Kitchener (basement of St. John's Evangelical church).

Learn more and register at: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/register-for-cooperate-for-canadas-grand-river-meetings <https://actionnetwork.org/forms/register-for-cooperate-for-canadas-grand-river-meetings?source=direct_link&>

8) Environmental Defence Releases Mid-Rise Report - A new expert report commissioned by Environmental Defence examine the policy restrictions put into place that are making it impossible to build sensible higher density in existing communities due to Ontario government's restrictions on mid-rises: https://environmentaldefence.ca/report/mid-rise-manual/

The mid-rise report highlights how shifting construction to mid-rise buildings in currently low rise neighbourhood streets can deliver more homes, faster by safely combining labour-efficient building methods & efficient land use with lower cost & use existing infrastructure. As the report posits - Ontario's laws are preventing the shift to mid-rise developments. 

9) Recent Articles - Include a great article by some of our members urging bold action at the COP29 United Nations Climate Conference, free public transit in Orangeville, Enbridge promoting fossil fuels, banning fireworks, Doug Ford giving Elon Musk $100 million of your tax dollars for northern Ontairo internet, and Doug Ford's failure to build 1.5 million new homes with new detached home starts the lowest since 1955!:

	The Record - Bold Action Needed By Canada At The UN Climate Change Conference:
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/bold-action-needed-by-canada-at-the-un-climate-change-conference/article_c6ac9273-a0f7-5566-8ac5-240bc8f47b1d.html

	CBC - Free Transit Actually Is A Thing, And You Might Be Surprised Where:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/free-transit-orangeville-1.7378695

	The Narwhal - “We’re Incredibly Responsible" - Enbridge Gas President Dismisses Canada’s Emissions Cap:
	https://thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-gas-president-energy-regulations/

	The Record - Bang, Pop, Fizz:  Is It Time To Say Farewell To Fireworks?:
	https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/bang-pop-fizz-is-it-time-to-say-farewell-to-fireworks/article_3ed1c4b5-b515-5b1f-b1c5-109f5c730393.html
	In addition to all the points raised by Luisa D’Amato fireworks are devastating to wildlife and our ecosystems - killing bats and birds, terrifying other animals and contaminating fields and waterways.

	CBC - Province Inks $100M Deal With Starlink To Provide Internet To 15,000 Homes And Businesses In Northern Ontario:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ontario-starlink-internet-deal-1.7383371

	Official Provincial News Release - Ontario And Starlink To Bring High Speed Satellite Internet To Remote Communities:
	https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1005338/ontario-and-starlink-to-bring-high-speed-satellite-internet-to-remote-communities

	CBC - Conservative MPs Frustrated After Poilievre Bars Them From Promoting Housing Fund: Sources:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-mps-poilievre-housing-1.7383231

	The Trillium - Ontario On Track To Start Building Fewest New Detached Homes Since 1955:
	https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news/housing/ontario-on-track-to-start-building-fewest-new-detached-homes-since-1955-fao-9808832

10) Greenbelt Probe To Continue While New Integrity Commissioner Sought - J. David Wake, Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner is going to be retiring in January after an 8 year term as Ontario's ethic’s watchdog.  A new search for this non-partisan role will be underway by the Legislative Assembly soon despite the fact that investigations are still underway into unregistered lobbying by Mr. X. and others cited in the Greenbelt Scandal.  Learn more in the following article and television newscast:

	Global News - Ontario Searches For New Integrity Commissioner As Greenbelt Report Author Prepares To Retire:
	https://globalnews.ca/news/10849157/ontario-integrity-commissioner-search/

	The Trillium - Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner Planning To Retire On January 1, 2025:
	https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news/politics/ontarios-integrity-commissioner-planning-to-retire-on-jan-31-2025-9810247

11) Bill 214 The Affordable Energy Act (or more appropriate the pushing fossil fuels and nuclear act) - This bill gives the government sweeping control over Ontario’s energy planning and nuclear investments without public hearings or public information.  Bill 214 also does not require the province to consider affordability, conservation, energy alternative, reliability or sustainability.  Similar to Bill 212, the province has cut off further debate and is limiting public hearings.  However, there is still time to speak up.  Details are as follows:

	Hearings on Bill 214 - November 18th 9am to 10am, 1pm to 6pm
	Written submissions due by November 18th at 7pm to: https://www.ola.org/en/apply-committees
	Clause-By-Clause Review - November 21st 9am to 10:15am, 1pm to 6pm, 7pm to midnight

Action Required - Write, call, and delegate to protest Bill 214 and call for better and more sustainable energy solutions.

12) City of Waterloo Official Plan Update - The City of Waterloo has announced the formal public meeting to be held on December 2nd for its Official Plan update.  The draft plan will be available starting on Monday, November 11th on the Engage Waterloo website:

	https://www.engagewr.ca/waterloo-official-plan

A PDF attached below provides more details on what to expect in the weeks ahead and how to register to delegate on December 2nd.

These Official Plans are our blueprint for the future and it is so important that we speak up for the future that we want to see.  The City of Waterloo Official Plans have been excellent and could be the model for many communities across Canada.

Action Required - Please review this progressive Official Plan and then write and delegate to ensure it receives the needed public support for its focus on sustainability, housing, vibrant communities, and environmental protection.

13) City of Kitchener Official Plan Review - The City of Kitchener’s Official Plan Review continues as well with a new Speakers Series.  The first panel discussion will be on “Ability and Mobility - What Does It Mean To Build A Caring And Connected City” on Tuesday November 19th from 6pm to 8pm at the Kitchener Public Library.  Register online at:

	https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/speakers-series-ability-and-mobility-tickets-1059007202049?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

There are also other opportunities to participate in the Kitchener 2051 Plan through online surveys and activities but the deadline of November 22nd is rapidly approaching.  Learn more at Engage Kitchener:

	https://www.engagewr.ca/kitchener2051

Action Required - Learn more about the Kitchener Official Plan and then speak up to ensure the best possible plan for the future.  While there are some positive ambitions being proposed by Kitchener, there are also troubling plans for significant urban sprawl destroying sensitive environmental and groundwater aquifer areas.

14) Green Party Climate Workshop This Sunday - Join Climate Leaders and Green Party MPP Aislinn Clancy at a full day climate meeting this Sunday, November 17th at the upper floor of the Kitchener Market from 9:30am to 4pm to work together towards a greener community.  Learn more in the poster below and register at:

	https://app.gvote.ca/rsvp/eve_12d762350

15) WR Community Energy’s 2024 Progress Report Event - Join in the discussions about High Performance Building Standards and Community Energy where a panel of speakers will discuss how we can power the energy transition and provide a progress report from WR Community Energy on Thursday, November 21st from 3:30pm to 5:30pm at the Walper Hotel, 20 Queen Street South in downtown Kitchener.  Register online at:

	 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wr-community-energys-2024-progress-report-tickets-1047169912397

16) Help Endorse ALO Report - The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario (ALO) is seeking additional people and groups to endorse its report on Five Ways To Make Homes Affordable In Ontario.  Read the draft report at:

	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5JvsuD23OFw9t-WXu4kWFq5Av_uDxDo/view

And endorse the report by filling out the following Google Form:

	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYc3YnQlOqrjJrG8P7IOtfyV7hpswKD2y65qTt_Rvr0veNww/viewform

Please contact Franz Hartmann at info at liveableontario.ca <mailto:info at liveableontario.ca> for more information and to help endorse this important report to Ontario political party leaders that will be released in late November.

17) Neighbours United - Learn how to move the unmotivated and sometimes angry middle from Neighbours United a very impressive British Columbia community group that is pushing the leading edge of election engagement and organizing with deep canvassing and other strategies focussed on the perspective that climate change isn’t an environmental problem - it’s a people problem:

	https://neighboursunited.org/

18) How To Cope With Trump And The New Reality - It’s been an emotional and trying week since the US election and the news from America just keeps getting more bizarre with each announcement for key roles in the new administration.

There has been some excellent articles, information, and inspiration.  For example, the amazing statistic that more than 90 million eligible voters did not vote in the election.  Donald Trump won with just more than 75 million votes while Kamala Harris lost with just less than 73 million votes.  Trump’s radical agenda is proceeding on support from just 31% of the eligible electorate showing that a minority of people are forcing radical change while just a small percentage of the non-voters could have created a very different outcome by simply showing up to vote for Harris.

Here’s some articles worth reading on how to cope and what you can do:

	Molly White - Wind The Clock:
	https://www.citationneeded.news/wind-the-clock/
	A fantastic article on grief, emotions, and dozens of actions you can take to mobilize for change.

	Angus Hervey - The End Of Inevitability:
	https://fixthenews.com/end-of-inevitability/
	A great article from the optimistic founder of Future Crunch & Fix The News on change, positivity, impossible missions, mutual support, and hard-won progress.

19) Reminder - Next Meeting - Join us today, Friday, November 15th at 5:30pm online at the Zoom link below:

	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, Mike Marcolongo, and Joan Faux on behalf of all our community groups.

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A) Upcoming Events - Get out and get involved!  And keep us posted on your events so we can share them:

Friday, November  15th - 5:30pm - Next group update meeting on Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09

Friday, November 15th - 8pm - Climate Emergency Vigils - Waterloo Town Square - https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html

Sunday, November 17th - 9:30am to 4pm - Green Party Climate Workshop - Kitchener Market, 300 King Street East - https://app.gvote.ca/rsvp/eve_12d762350

Tuesday, November 19th - 7pm - Environmental Defence Highway 413 Webinar - https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/160526/petition/1

Tuesday, November 19th - 7pm - Kitchener 2051 Speakers Series - Kitchener Public Library - 	https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/speakers-series-ability-and-mobility-tickets-1059007202049

Wednesday, November 20th - 6:30pm - Rally/Protest at Waterloo Regional Council Meeting - www.fightforfarmland.com <http://www.fightforfarmland.com/>

Wednesday, November 20th - Final Day for Comments to Bill 212 ERO - https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9265

Thursday, November 21st - 2:30pm - Waterloo Region Community Energy (WRCE) Progress Update - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/powering-the-energy-transition-wr-community-energys-2024-progress-report-tickets-1047169912397

Friday, November 22nd - Deadline to respond to Kitchener 2051 Official Plan Online Survey and Activities - https://www.engagewr.ca/kitchener2051

Friday, November 22nd - Bill 212 Day Of Action by Environmental Defence - https://environmentaldefence.ca/nov22/

Tuesday, November 26th - 7pm - Cooperate for Canada Virtual Town Hall Meeting - https://actionnetwork.org/forms/register-for-cooperate-for-canadas-grand-river-meetings

Thursday, November 28th - 7pm - Cooperate for Canada In-Person Town Hall Meeting - St. John’s Church 23 Water Street, Kitchener - https://actionnetwork.org/forms/register-for-cooperate-for-canadas-grand-river-meetings

Saturday, November 30th - 6pm - New Hamburg Santa Claus Parade - www.fightforfarmland.com

Sunday, December 1st - 1:30pm - Baden Santa Claus Parade - www.fightforfarmland.com

Monday, December 2nd - City of Waterloo Official Plan Public Meeting - https://www.engagewr.ca/waterloo-official-plan

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B) Bill 212 - Removing Bike Lanes and Forcing Highway #413 Act:

https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9265

Speak up and let the government know your concerns:

	https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9265

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C) Region of Waterloo Planning Authority Loss - Learn from this Report on the impacts of Planning Authority Removal:

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D) Fight For Farmland Press Release - Halt Wilmot Land Assembly In Wake Of US Election:

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E) Climate Emergency Vigils every Friday, 8-9pm - October 4th to November 29th

https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html

https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html

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F) Highway #413 Webinar - Tuesday, November 19th, 2024 - 7pm

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/160526/petition/1

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/160526/petition/1

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G) Green Party Climate Workshop - Sunday, November 17th at 9:30am

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F) City of Waterloo Official Plan Update Notice of Public Meeting - December 2nd, 2024

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G) Fix The News - Dealing With Trump, Hope and Change:

The End of Inevitability
 <https://fixthenews.com/r/be667f72?m=b23f2da6-0087-4418-a3b8-622e2ab2d6c5>
Time to grow up and get real
By Angus Hervey • 13 Nov 2024 

President-elect Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, 6th November, 2024, Credit: Evan Vucci/Associated Press
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I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

~ Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1995

I've given it time. I've let it settle. I've tried to explain it to friends, but I'm still lying in bed each night thinking about NATO and kids being deported and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and as each day passes, the same pundits who were so wrong about what would happen insist they have an answer for why it happened, and a dread I can't put into words squeezes a little tighter around my chest.

The takes keep rolling in. It was inflation. It was incumbency fatigue. It was the podcasts, it was Latinos, it was young men, it was white women, it was a lack of authenticity, it was Biden's arrogance and the Democratic party losing touch with middle America and the weaponisation of the information sphere and the triumph of a regressive idea of masculinity. The columnists furiously slice and dice bad data <https://fixthenews.com/r/84ed0559?m=b23f2da6-0087-4418-a3b8-622e2ab2d6c5>, searching for an explanation that confirms their priors. As if understanding it will somehow make it less real. 

Viewed from abroad though, there's something none of them are saying, something that cuts to the bone of how we make sense of the world. For those of us who have built our lives around facts and data, around careful analysis and rational thinking, this election forces us to confront the most inconvenient truth of all - that no matter how good your argument, and how much evidence you marshal in its support, people don't believe what they see; they see what they believe. 

The America that I've known my whole life, for all its flaws and hypocrisies, stood for something. It wasn't just about military power or economic might - it was about values. Democracy. Rule of law. Human rights. The idea that nations could work together to solve shared problems. Facts matter. Truth is truth. This is what made it exceptional, what set it apart in the course of human history. The country has of course, repeatedly fallen short of its own professed standards, but the ideals themselves never seemed to be in question.

The billionaires got there in the end though, convincing a majority of Americans to buy into the lie that personal prosperity and the pursuit of equal rights and social justice cannot coexist. When the rest of the world looks at Trump, we no longer see an aberrant exception to American exceptionalism; we see what the country now stands for. That's why the clever explanations all ring so hollow. The worst possible people have won; a kakistocracy that believes tariffs are smart and that drag queens are more dangerous than guns. This is not how stories are supposed to end.

My daughters are three and four, and every evening since they've been able to sit in my lap I've read them books about rabbits and comets and different ways to be brave. On weekends we guiltily plonk them in front of the television where they watch talking dogs and intrepid princesses, and in every single one of those stories they learn that tolerance matters, that power comes with an obligation to protect the less fortunate, and that bullies eventually get their comeuppance.

I'm trying to teach them that certain things are right. Honesty. Kindness. Respect for others. Basic decency. I don't believe that those values are the privilege of the educated class or a luxury for someone for whom the system is working. I believe they're universal, which is why they keep on showing up in all our stories, passed down through generations in every culture on Earth. The challenges we face as a species change, but the fundamental choice between selfishness and generosity, between cruelty and compassion, is supposed to have a correct answer.

That's what makes this moment so gut-wrenching - discovering that for 75 million people, that choice is optional. American voters have had nine years to take Donald Trump's full measure: his breathtaking cruelty, his sexual assaults, his conviction for corruption by a jury of his peers, his bigotry and his pathological need to lie. They've heard the warnings from the most senior people who have worked with him. And with eyes wide open, they have chosen him anyway. 

If someone is able to say to themselves, "Well, I don't really care about any of that stuff," then I honestly have no idea what kind of language or argument was ever supposed to reach them. You can't pin that on misinformation or economic anxiety or a failure to listen to the working class. If you're willing to accept a culture where justice serves the wealthy, prejudice is trivialised and power diminishes equality, then we inhabit completely different moral universes. I'm not American, but I know that authoritarianism doesn't get embraced by the world's wealthiest and most militarily secure democracy unless something fundamental has gone horribly wrong. 

Look, this isn't the end of the world. Global poverty is going to keep declining. Next year, tens of millions more kids will receive an education and get a solid meal. Humanity will keep making inroads on malaria and AIDS and tuberculosis and a whole lot of other horrible diseases, and marriage equality will keep spreading across the globe. Deforestation in the Amazon matters far more for life on Earth than any of Elon Musk's rockets, and right now it's at its lowest level in nine years. Donald Trump can't do anything about the plummeting price of solar and batteries, and the United States only accounts for about a tenth of global carbon emissions anyway.

It does, however, feel like the end of something important. For as long as I can remember, I've believed that the argument for liberal democracy wins on its own merits. I grew up in apartheid South Africa, and the end of that political system forms the bedrock of my early memories - I was six years old when Nelson Mandela was released, and 11 years old during the country's first democratic elections, a time when the good guys won, justice prevailed, and people sang in the streets. Subsequent years showed that bad men can hijack even the most noble of revolutions but underneath I've always assumed that after each setback, sanity would prevail.

The end of apartheid wasn't just history to me. It was a personal vindication of the belief that moral progress was inevitable. I watched as my country transformed itself from an international pariah into a rainbow nation. Yes, the path was messy, complicated, often painful. But the arc bent toward justice, toward inclusion, toward democracy. When I moved to Australia years later, I carried that lesson with me: that no matter how entrenched the forces of prejudice might seem, the future belonged to progress.

This belief has shaped my work with Future Crunch, and now Fix The News <https://fixthenews.com/r/f2bba5ea?m=b23f2da6-0087-4418-a3b8-622e2ab2d6c5>, for almost a decade. In that time I've found and shared thousands of news reports and mountains of data showing clear and sustained evidence of improvement - in public health, in poverty reduction, in human rights, clean energy adoption, in conservation. I've made it my mission to counter the relentless negativity of the news cycle with facts, with careful analysis and proof that humanity can solve its biggest challenges when we put our minds to it.

When people would ask me how I maintained optimism in the face of seemingly endless bad news, I had an easy answer: look at the data. That's truth. It's evidence. It's journalism. It's science. It's an intellectual tradition that stretches back to the Enlightenment. If we just show people the facts, if we just help them see the evidence of progress, they'll join us. After all, who could argue with data showing fewer people in poverty? Who could dispute numbers showing cleaner air, healthier children, longer lives?

In recent years, that belief has been shaken by the rising tide of authoritarianism, and seriously called into question by the humanitarian catastrophes unfolding in Syria and Gaza. The election of Trump for the second time however, has blown it out of the water. We now face grim years which will force us to unpack the meaning of an emboldened and unencumbered MAGAism for the world order, for democracy itself, for the respective responsibilities of nations toward their citizens and toward each other, for humanity's shared pursuit of progress.

So much of what has worked in my lifetime now seems to be in jeopardy. For the first time since I can remember, I'm not sure the good guys are going to win, and I can't tell you how unsettling that is. It's more than unsettling - it's terrifying, because it means everything I thought I knew about how the world works might be wrong. I thought I belonged to the sane majority, and now I find I'm part of the resistance.

Like a lot of people, I've found poetry and fiction far more useful for this moment than the opinion pages of the New York Times. I've gone back multiple times to Cat Valente's short story  <https://fixthenews.com/r/2901efd5?m=b23f2da6-0087-4418-a3b8-622e2ab2d6c5>about the beasts who fought for Fairyland, I have, finally, after years of reluctance, started reading Candide by Voltaire - and I've been thinking a lot about Andor, the most well written and best acted of any Star Wars project <https://fixthenews.com/r/31c315fc?m=b23f2da6-0087-4418-a3b8-622e2ab2d6c5>. They're all reminding me that sometimes hope is measured in data and graphs, sometimes in fables. 

Progress doesn't feel like a guarantee anymore. Overnight, the thousands of examples we've documented here over the last few years suddenly seem like miracles. Each victory we've reported now feels more precious, each step forward more meaningful. My faith in the moral arc has given way to something harder but clearer - the understanding that nothing good happens by itself.

I find myself returning to the lessons of South Africa. That change happened, not because it was inevitable, but because people made it inevitable. Each step forward mattered and people kept on believing in the right thing, even when that belief seemed foolish. In the end the impossible happened not because history ordained it, but because ordinary people kept pushing against the darkness until finally, impossibly, the light broke through.

So where does that leave us? Well, we'll still be here, tracking the data, finding the patterns, telling the stories that matter. Not with blind optimism or calls to "get back into the fight!" - as though everyone hasn't been doing exactly that for years. Instead, while every media outlet in the world is going to spend the next four years shrieking about Trump, we'll be showing you what's happening out there, beyond the headlines, where the resistance is working to keep the lights on.

The stories we tell will be different though. Stories about how progress happens not through some invisible hand of history, but through the visible hands of people who refuse to give up on it. Stories about how facts still matter, how truth still matters, even when the path forward seems darker than before. The bullies might not get their comeuppance like they're supposed to, but we'll keep telling those stories anyway - not because progress is guaranteed, but because tracking it, measuring it, and sharing it is more important than ever.

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