[All] Bill 5 & Bill 17 Pushback, GO Trains Not Coming, Yet More Greenbelt Scandal, Recycling Program Cuts, Speak Up For Woolwich Climate Plan, And More!

Fri Jun 13 12:10:19 EDT 2025

Good Day,

Despite the Ford government starting an extra-long summer recess, there's a lot of news this week as several new campaigns are launched against Bill 5, Bill 17, and other bills rammed through the legislature on June 4th, it appears that Metrolinx has dramatically cut back GO Train expansion plans including cancelling 2 Way, All Day GO Trains to Kitchener, troubling cuts are announced to significantly weaken Blue Box recycling programs, Ontario housing starts continue fall in Doug Ford's housing disaster, and provincial government cuts to firefighting has caused evacuations, widespread destruction, and smoke impacting large swaths of Canada and the US.  On a happier note, speak up to support Woolwich's essential Climate Act Plan.  Here’s the latest:

1) Multiple New Campaigns Against Bill 5 Announced - It’s fantastic to see organizations across Ontario announcing new campaigns to repeal Bill 5 while First Nations promise protest and ongoing opposition to this draconian Bill that creates lawless Special Economic Zones, cancels the Endangered Species Act, removes Heritage and Archeology protections, and tramples First Nations rights.

Here’s the latest media:

	CBC - Doug Ford’s Bill 5 Is Now Law In Ontario.  Here’s What Happens Next:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-bill-5-doug-ford-future-1.7553800

	The Narwhal - First Nations Consultations Aren’t The Roadblock To Unleashing The Ring Of Fire:
	https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-bill-5-indigenous-consultation/

	The Trillium - Indigenous Protestors Set Up Tent Occupation At Queens Park Over Bill 5:
	https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/indigenous-rural-and-northern-affairs/indigenous-occupation-queens-park-protest-bill-5-10768482?

	The Narwhal - The Premier Is Telling Untruths To First Nations - A Turbulent Week In Ontario Politics:
	https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-roundup-bill-5/

Informative Statements - Here’s a good statement from Environmental Defence on the impacts of the Premier now having the power to override any law, any time:

	Passage Of Bill 5 Deals A Grave Blow To The Rule Of Law And Endangered Species:
	ED Media Statement - https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/06/05/bill-5-threatens-rule-of-law-and-endangered-species/

	Wildlands League, Toronto Zoo, CUPE, Ecojustice, Neskantaga First Nation, and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Statement:
	Bill 5 Must Be Withdrawn - https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/media-statement-bill-5-must-be-withdrawn-811388229.html

New Campaigns - Several organizations have announced new campaigns where you can send letters with one-click:

	David Suzuki Foundation - Repeal Bill 5:
	https://davidsuzuki.org/action/repealbill5/

	NDP Repeal Bill 5 Campaign:
	https://ontariondp.ca/repeal-bill-5

	Green Party Campaign To Repeal Bill 5:
	https://gpo.ca/action_campaign/repeal-bill-5/

Background Info - Mike Schreiner, Green Party Leader has made a great explainer video on Bill 5:

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAAk0bJT3xY

Resistance and Uprising - We shouldn’t underestimate the opposition to this Bill and the trouble the government is in as most of their own amendments didn’t even make it into this Bill.  Here’s some stories of pushback already:

	The Wellington Advertiser - Local Councillor Signs Letter Opposing Province’s Bill 5:
	https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/local-councillor-signs-letter-opposing-provinces-bill-5/

	Charlie Angus - The Resistance: Diplomacy Ends Today:
	https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/resistance-indigenous-style

Repeal Bill 5 Facebook Group - There is also a well moderated Facebook Group on Bill 5 that will keep you apprised on the latest pushback and developments related to Bill 5:

	https://www.facebook.com/groups/4000244733625520

Required Actions - The fight against Bill 5 will continue as we need to continue to speak up against this horrifying omnibus bill and ensure our democracy, environment, clean energy, agriculture, and communities aren’t destroyed by the misguided development efforts of the provincial government under the guise of responding to Trump tariffs.  Keep writing, calling, speaking out, encouraging Council motions, and drafting letters to the editor and Op-Eds.  With 41 of the government’s own amendments still missing from this Bill, much work has yet to be done and this is far from over...

2) Bill 17 - The Building Faster and Smarter Act, was so rushed by the government it skipped all consultation and committee hearings.  Most municipalities haven’t even had time to submit comments and Staff Reports are coming forward in Council Chambers across Ontario expressing serious concerns with this Bill that will gut Green Development Standards, expand undemocratic MZO powers, and negatively impacts almost every stage of development, planning, and once again cuts essential development charges municipalities depend on to provision growth.

The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) has issued an excellent statement of concerns about the passing of Bill 17:

	Bill 17 Gives More Profit To Developers While Risking Higher Bills And Environmental Damage For Homeowners And Communities:
	https://www.torontoenvironment.org/statement_on_passing_of_bill_17_in_the_ontario_legislature

Recent Coverage:

	TAF - Bill 17 Can’t Stop The Momentum For Green Buildings:
	https://taf.ca/bill-17-cant-stop-the-momentum-for-green-buildings/

	Midwestern Newspapers - Bruce County Seeks Clarity On Bill 17:
	https://midwesternnewspapers.com/county-seeks-clarity-on-bill-17/

	GuelphToday.com - Guelph Council Condemns Ford’s Bill 5 and Bill 17:
	https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/guelph-council-condemns-fords-bill-5-and-bill-17-10796602

What You Can Do - Council Motions - As more Staff Reports on Bill 17 come forward across Ontario ensure your local Councillors speak up as well.

What You Can Do - ERO - Speak Up On the Environmental Registry of Ontario to ensure concerns are part of the public record by June 26th at:

	ERO Posting - Regulate Complete Application Requirements 
	https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0462

Stand.earth has made a fantastic tool to help guide people through easily submitting Bill 17 ERO comments and suggestions on what to say.  Check it out and use it at:

	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b7npbV-AwROx9KoiBtOpWqOJOB1G6Wk2sGI54CaBxYw/edit?tab=t.0

Action Required - Speak up to preserve essential Official Plans, environmental protection concepts such as the Countryside Line, and help ensure Development Charges actually cover the costs of new development.  Ensure that municipalities can implement the Green Development Standards and the better buildings we need to combat Climate Change.

3) Yet Again More Greenbelt Scandal - The provincial transparency watchdog has released troubling findings about the provincial government’s inadequate handling of records along with the use of codewords, personal accounts and personal devices regarding the 2022 Greenbelt removals.  The Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim stated the governments actions, activities, and approach not only violate legal record-keeping obligations but erode public trust and integrity of government.

The IPC Commissioner noted there was a “surprising lack of Greenbelt documentation at all.  This near-total absence of decision-making documentation is particularly concerning, especially on a file as high profile and consequential as changes to the Greenbelt.”

The investigations are still continuing and the Commissioner stated that the last time this happened someone went to jail:

	The Trillium - Commissioner Finds Officials Broke Legal Record-Keeping Obligations In Planning Greenbelt Removals:
	https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/commissioner-finds-officials-broke-legal-record-keeping-obligations-in-planning-greenbelt-removals-10799883

	CBC News - Ford Government Used Code Words To Make It “Unduly Difficult” To Search Greenbelt Records:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-government-greenbelt-records-code-words-1.7559720

	The Toronto Star - Watchdog Slams Ford Government For Using Code Words And Private E-mails To Discuss The Greenbelt:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/watchdog-slams-ford-government-for-using-code-words-and-private-emails-to-discuss-the-greenbelt/article_99dd3eb3-ed48-414a-b301-be3a5525aecf.html

	Global News - Ford Government Broke Legal Record Keeping Rules During Greenbelt Scandal:
	https://globalnews.ca/news/11237831/ford-government-greenbelt-ipc-investigation/

Greenbelt 10-Year Review - In other Greenbelt news, Freedom Of Information Act requests filed by the CBC shows that the provincial government is months behind launching a mandatory 10-year review of the Greenbelt.  The last review lead by former Toronto Mayor David Crombie in 2017 was one of the largest public hearings ever held by the province with tens of thousands of people participating showing overwhelming support for the Greenbelt and the Review’s conclusion that the Greenbelt has been very successfully achieving its objectives to protect lands and water while better guiding growth more sustainably.

	CBC - Launch Of Mandatory Ontario Greenbelt Review Months Overdue: Internal Docs:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mandatory-greenbelt-review-overdue-1.7556250

Action Required - Continue to support and stand up for the Greenbelt.

4) Wilmot Mega-Industrial Land Assembly - It was very unfortunate to learn of the sudden passing this week of Tim Strassburger, one of the Wilmot landowners still holding out against the threats of expropriation and extreme pressures to sell from the Region of Waterloo and provincial government on the 770 acres.  He was just 66 years old and it’s sad to think how much of what was his final year and half has been spent fighting the government, trying to protect his community and the home/acreage he loved so much.  It was his wife Fran Strassburger who has been responsible for all the neon “Not Willing Hosts” shirts and packing Council Chambers and rallies time and time again.

Tim’s Funeral is on Friday, June 13th at 1:00pm in Kitchener at the Henry Walser Funeral Home - details and his obituary can be found at:

	https://www.henrywalser.com/obituaries/Tim-Strassburger?obId=42829187

Recent Media - It was good to see an article in the Record this week recognizing the huge negative impacts that Bill 5 could have on our communities with regards to creating a massive lawless area for the Wilmot mega-industrial land assembly:

	The Record - Wild West Or Meeting The Moment?  Bill 5 Arrives:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wild-west-or-meeting-the-moment-bill-5-arrives/article_0861c5fd-d8bb-5f3b-8814-6060189cf3a7.html

WilmotCAN Strategic Planning Meeting - The next WilmotCAN Strategic Planning Meeting has been changed from Friday afternoon to this coming Saturday, June 14th at 1:00pm on John Jordan’s farm.  Help plan, develop, and implement our next steps and efforts to stop this absurd mega-industrial development in a beautiful rural Wilmot setting - the weather forecast is calling for beautiful sunny day on Saturday!

This next planning session will be focussed on growth, rural protections, and how to achieve a sustainable future:

	WilmotCAN Planning Meeting - John Jordan’s Farm - Saturday, June 14th from 1pm to 4pm, 2791 Bleams Road, New Hamburg

Area landowners remain resolute in their commitment to preserve farmland and groups across the region are speaking up to show that our communities are more unwilling than ever.   Council delegations, community events, online communications, a legal challenge, investigations, and protests will continue with increased vigour as the additional threats to Wilmot from Bill 5 and Bill 17 become apparent.

Upcoming Council Meetings - Please reach out to info at wilmotcan.com <mailto:info at wilmotcan.com> if you might be able to delegate at the next Wilmot and Regional Council meetings later in June.  We need people to tell Councillors about their concerns and the need for a better future plan.

Action Required - Continue to speak up to demand the Region of Waterloo give up its farm destroying mega-industrial fiasco that is already costing taxpayers dearly.  It’s more important than ever to dust off and to keep up the Fight For Farmland signs and voice your concerns to elected officials.

5) Very Troubling Rollback Of Blue Box Recycling In Ontario - In what was originally billed as a major step forward to improve/expand recycling, reduce costs to consumers, and get industry to pay for better material handling is being significantly downgraded by the Ford government.  Already significantly behind schedule and over budget, Doug Ford once again proves his government cannot competently deliver any program as major changes will delay recycling targets by five years, greatly reduce what will be collected, cancel expansions, reduce locations served, and absurdly allow materials incinerated to be counted as recycled:

	Canada’s National Observer - Ford Government Proposes Major Rollback Of Blue Box Recycling Rules:
	https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/06/news/ford-proposes-rollback-ontario-blue-box-recycling-rules

The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks is proposing to trash more than a decade of progress towards better recycling by allowing producers of packaging waste to walk away from their 2021 commitment to expand recycling to schools, multi-unit residential buildings, and long-term care homes.  Learn more in the government backgrounder:

	https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2025-06/Proposed%20Amendments%20to%20the%20Blue%20Box%20Regulation.pdf

Speak Up On The ERO - We have until July 4th to submit comments and concerns to the Environmental Registry of Ontario:

	https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0009

Action Required - Don’t let Doug Ford destroy our successful Blue Box Recycling programs that need to be expanded and improved - not cut and reduced.  Speak up now for the future you want to see.

6) GO Trains Not Coming - In yet another Metrolinx and Doug Ford disaster, it seems that the Two-Way, All-Day GO Trains promised for years by the Doug Ford government to be here in 2025 aren’t just in serious jeopardy but have already been cancelled indefinitely for the Kitchener Line along with many required upgrades.  That instead a minimum viable product of some upgrades to the Lakeshore GO Train lines for 2038 is about all that is coming after so many wasted years of bungling and millions and millions of dollars fettered away in Doug Ford’s Metrolinx chaos that has already cost CEO Phil Verster his job earlier this year:

	The Trillium - How Metrolinx’s Plan To Deliver European-Style Train Service Went Off The Rails:
	https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-trillium-investigations/how-metrolinxs-plan-to-deliver-european-style-train-service-went-off-the-rails-10786705

The consequences are far-reaching for the Grand River Watershed with so much massive growth of hundreds of thousands of more people planned, Highway 401 already a disaster with no further planned upgrades, and now the inter-city GO Trains being counted on no longer coming anytime soon.  It seems only the awful 2-3 hour long infrequent GO Train service we currently endure is on the table.

It didn’t have to be this way.  Former Premier Kathleen Wynne had launched an very ambitious GO Train expansion plan including new tracks, new freight bypasses, etc. that would have been completed by 2022 that Doug Ford immediately cancelled when he was first elected in 2018 saying it was too expensive and he could do it better for far less.  

Doug Ford also canceled the excellent High Speed Rail that the Wynne government had promised would be running with 8 years (2025) between Kitchener, Pearson Airport and Toronto saying it too was too expensive.  Granted there were issues with the High Speed Rail route proposed between Kitchener and London however the Kitchener to Toronto section in less than an hour was broadly embraced and could even be profitable despite significant investment.

Now we have nothing but gridlock traffic, more cars and people projected than ever and a bungling Doug Ford provincial government that can’t build anything, at any cost, on any timeline - only break and destroy as the Science Centre, Ontario Place, Eglinton CrossTown LRT, the Greenbelt scandal, the loss of Regional Planning, etc. all demonstrate firsthand.  The incompetence and consequences are staggering and the implications for our communities are far-reaching.  This will greatly impair our hopes and ability to achieve future success without adequate, sustainable transportation.

Action Required - More information should be forthcoming in the weeks ahead as more Freedom Of Information Requests are received and media investigations continue.  Be sure to speak up for the high quality, reliable, sustainable transportation we need for the future.

7) Ontario Housing Crisis - As we have predicted, none of Doug Ford’s plans to destroy vast amounts of irreplaceable farmland, pave over environmental areas, and destroy groundwater recharge areas have worked to address the housing crisis to provide affordable housing, housing choice, and the missing middle in the areas close to services and transit where people want to live.  While other provinces succeed in building more housing, Ontario housing starts have hit another record low in the continual chaos and uncertainty created by endless legislation changes, removal of Planning Authority, and so many poorly conceived provincial housing bills.

Not surprising the media is now reporting that the provincial government has been withholding information on just how bad things are in Ontario and how hopeless it is for so many people needing affordable, sustainable housing:

	CBC News - Ontario Housing Starts Are At Lowest Level Since 2009:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/housing-ontario-1.7558645

	Global News - Ford Government Sitting On Housing Stats For Months, Internal Docs Suggest:
	https://globalnews.ca/news/11235807/ontario-build-faster-fund-data/

Thankfully there are easy solutions to the housing crisis starting with common sense plans to build within our existing communities utilizing infrastructure already in place.  Here’s a great article from the Narwhal showing how housing can solve both social and environmental issues while being deeply affordable when the focus is on citizens needs and not pandering to well-connected developers:

	The Narwhal - From $2,600 to $775: How Social Housing Is Changing Lives - And Fighting Climate Change:
	https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-affordable-energy-efficient-homes/

Action Required - Demand the Ford government stop destroying our proven planning system, restore Planning Authority, and focus on the public rather than developers.

8) Help Support The Woolwich Climate Action Plan - On Tuesday June 24th the Woolwich Township Corporate and Community Climate Action Plan will be finalized by Woolwich Council.  Local activists need your help to pack Council Chambers and ensure that Council approves a plan that will help Woolwich reduce GHG emissions by ensuring that the Green Levy Fund is used for community projects and innovation - not corporate budget items that should be funded by regular operational budgets.  Details are as follows:

	Woolwich Council Meeting, June 24th at 7:00pm
	Woolwich Council Chambers, 24 Church Street West, Elmira

Kudos also to the City of Waterloo that shows successful climate action is possible with a 40% reduction in corporate GHG emissions:

	https://www.waterloo.ca//modules/news/index.aspx?newsId=0198d82e-5c14-4047-9b65-d0e98e4b24cd&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Also showing firsthand how it can be done, Energy Neighbour is a fantastic program in Toronto providing no-cost one-on-one expert advice on clean energy retrofits such as heat pumps and solar panels.  Check it out firsthand at:

	https://energyneighbour.ca/

Action Required - Attend the Woolwich Township Council meeting to show your support for essential climate action and write Woolwich Councillors and Clerk at jsmith at woolwich.ca.  Help to promote success stories happening in our communities.

9) Recent Articles - Include plans for modular housing and Waterloo Regional Environmental Fund winners announced:

	The Globe and Mail - Mattamy Homes Founder Peter Gilgan To Start Prefab Housing Factory In Ontario:
	https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-mattamy-homes-peter-gilgan-prefab-housing-factory-ontario/

	CambridgeToday.com - $90k Awarded To Community-Led Environmental Initiatives Across Waterloo Region:
	https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/90k-awarded-to-community-led-environmental-initiatives-across-waterloo-region-10782853

10) Huron Natural Area - A new grassroots group has formed to respond to the recent approval by Kitchener City Council to allow development next to the Huron Natural Area and in the amazing natural Hidden Valley area.  Join the thousands of people who have signed their online petition at:

	https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-development-surrounding-the-huron-natural-area-in-kitchener

And learn more about the group Protect Huron Natural Area, check out their Facebook page at:

	https://www.facebook.com/share/16D2yYTqAD/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Action Required - Speak up and help to protect these amazing natural areas in Kitchener.

11) New OGA Webinar - The Ontario Greenbelt Alliance and Municipal Leaders for Stronger Communities have announced a new webinar on how to protect food and water security in the midst of so many major legislative changes in Ontario and growing federal concern about Canadian sovereignty.  Learn from housing & planning expert Victor Doyle, Ontario Nature Campaign Co-ordinator Sarah Hasenack, and OFA Director Mark Reusser.

Please share this opportunity with local elected officials and municipal staff as we need leadership that understands how to support resilient, thriving communities and this is a great opportunity for them to get questions answered by experts.

Details are as follows:

	Date/Time: Thursday, June 19th, 2025 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
	Register Online In Advance At: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_Q30FiflQLmmoUQKe9h7bw#/registration

Action Required - Sign up, share, and learn what we need to do in the months ahead.  More details below in the poster in Appendix H).

12) Osprey Valley Pit - Caledon residents are facing another massive blasting quarry near the Forks of the Credit Provincial Park that includes the horrific proposal to pump 500 million litres of water per year for at least 50 years.  This water would drain into the Credit River endangering local drinking water and some of the last remaining brook trout populations.

Sign an online petition from The Forks of the Credit Preservation Group at:

	https://www.fcpreservation.ca/osprey_petition

Action Required - Please sign the petition and speak up to protect this amazing natural area.

13) Wildland Firefighting Cuts - It seems absurd when the sun has been blocked for days by massive amounts of wildfire smoke and people cannot even safely venture outdoors for all the massive forest fires raging in Canada that Doug Ford and the provincial government would cut $42 million from the Wildland Firefighting Budget and a further $4 million from Emergency Preparedness.  The NDP has launched a campaign to raise awareness and pushback.  Send a letter the Premier and provincial government with one-click at:

	https://ontariondp.ca/reverse-the-cuts

Action Required - Demand more government action - not less to address our climate crisis and resilience.

14) Water Watchers Coffee Break - Recent weeks have been exhausting and depressing.  It’s a challenging time and we need to support each other.  Join the Water Watchers for a virtual mid-day coffee break to support each other and take time to be seen and heard.  Details are as follows:

	Date/Time: Wednesday, June 18th from 12:15pm to 1:15pm
	RSVP at: https://www.waterwatchers.ca/coffee_break_june_18_2025

Action Required - Take a break and enjoy good company.

15) Great Lakes Protection - The Great Lakes Executive Committee is raising awareness about the need for radionuclides to be designated as a Chemical of Mutual Concern under the Great Lakes Water Quality Act.  You can learn more in the following report:

	https://www.greatlakesecoregion.org/_files/ugd/d7ed69_ce7300b9e29c49a4bac79348d901b142.pdf

There will be important meetings coming up on June 18th at 1pm and July 14th at 10am.  To learn more or attend please contact:  jjackson at web.ca

16) Hamilton Forced Boundary Expansion - Once again Hamilton is fighting attempts from the provincial government to change rules for developers and opening the door for private urban boundary expansions anytime, anywhere.  On Wednesday, June 25th Hamilton City Council will decide on two private-owner attempts to convert over 3,800 acres of farmland and natural areas to subdivisions.

Hamilton350.org is holding a webinar on how to fight back and help block these development attempts.  Details are as follows:

	Date/Time:  Thursday, June 19th at 7:00pm
	RSVP at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyrpzMiHNaXB7jVwRCnlCykveD1iH_V#/registration

Action Required - Attend the webinar and show your opposition to any boundary expansions to Hamilton elected officials.

17) We Organize With Busy Lives - How To Build Community - Basic Income Waterloo Region’s Youth Engagement Committee invites you to rethink how political action can fit into a busy lifestyle.  Join former Green Party MP Mike Morrice as he moderates a panel of socially and politically engaged young adults (18 to 40 years old).  Reject cynicism, embrace empowerment, and help create a more hopeful future:

	Date/Time: Wednesday, June 18th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
	Register Online:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-organize-with-busy-lives-a-political-panel-for-young-adults-tickets-1311575199729

More details in poster below in Appendix G).

18) No Free Ride For Fossil Fuels Act - Speak up and support this provincial Green Party Act to ensure that Enbridge pays the same municipal rents and fees that other utilities pay and that they aren’t using public lands for free while other utilities pay.  Send a letter using this easy form:

	https://gpo.ca/action_campaign/make-enbridge-pay/

Action Required - Speak up, support this bill, make Enbridge pay their fair share, and help to reduce fossil fuels in our communities.

19) REEP 25th Anniversary Event - Join the great folks at Residential Energy Efficiency Program (REEP) 25th Anniversary Celebration for an inspiring evening of connection, reflection, and vision.  Enjoy live music, great food and celebrate successes:

	Date/Time: Thursday, July 17th from 5pm to 7pm
	Location: Victoria Park Pavilion, Kitchener
	Purchase Tickets At: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reep-green-solutions-25th-anniversary-celebration-tickets-1329969166579

20) Ken Seiling Museum Hosts Climate Quest For Kids - A new exhibition to engage youth in climate action will be at the Waterloo Region Ken Seiling Museum this summer.  There will be a special event day on July 5th from 10:30am to 4pm if your group would like to get involved.   Reach out to Hadeel Biram to learn more: hbiram at regionalofwaterloo.ca <mailto:hbiram at regionalofwaterloo.ca> or check out:

	https://climate.sciencenorth.ca/en/take-tour

21) Additional Articles - Includes concerns about the federal government’s Bill C-2 going too far, and the City of Ottawa learning first hand the unsustainable cost of sprawl by having to take on debt to cover billions of dollars of outstanding infrastructure repairs:

	Bill C-2 -Podcast is Broken - commentary about Bill C2:
	https://open.substack.com/pub/brittlestar/p/building-fortress-canada-bill-c-2

	CBC - Ottawa To Take On Debt To Cover Billions Of Dollars Of Infrastructure Repairs:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-debt-water-1.7551444
	Ottawa learning the true costs of sprawl and it points to an even more unsustainable future….

22) Some Positivity - Listen and learn first-hand from globally famous University of Waterloo Economics Professor Larry Smith - now Engineering Professor in this excellent lecture on Canada In A World Without Rules.  See firsthand why Larry has been continually rated the UW students favourite professor for decades:

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve8OnsfAwws

23) Reminder - Next Meeting - Join us next Friday, June 20th at 5:30pm online at the Zoom link below to discuss the latest:

	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, June 13th - 2:30pm - Waterloo Region All-Council Meeting - Regional Council Chambers

Saturday, June 14th - 1:00pm - WilmotCAN Strategic Planning Meeting - www.wilmotcan.com <http://www.wilmotcan.com/>

Wednesday, June 18th - 6:30pm to 8:00pm - Basic Income Youth Empowerment Webinar - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-organize-with-busy-lives-a-political-panel-for-young-adults-tickets-1311575199729?

Thursday, June 19th - 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Ontario Greenbelt Alliance Webinar - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_Q30FiflQLmmoUQKe9h7bw#/registration

Friday, June 20th - 5:30pm - Next group update meeting on Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09

Thursday, June 26th - 11:59pm - Deadline to respond to Bill 17 ERO - https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0462
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Thursday, July 17th from 5pm to 7pm, REEP 25th Anniversary - Victoria Park Pavilion, Kitchener -  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reep-green-solutions-25th-anniversary-celebration-tickets-1329969166579

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Appendix B) Bill 5 

	https://www.facebook.com/groups/4000244733625520

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Appendix C) Bill 17 ERO - Speak up by June 26th:

https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0462

 https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0462

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D) Signed, Seared, and Delivered Postcard Campaign - Climate Emergency Unit:

https://www.signedseareddelivered.com/

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E) Basic Income Waterloo Region - Youth Engagement Webinar - Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30pm:

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F) OGA Webinar - June 19th at 4:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_Q30FiflQLmmoUQKe9h7bw#/registration

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_Q30FiflQLmmoUQKe9h7bw#/registration

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Appendix G) Speak Up On The Blue Box ERO:
https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0009

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H) REEP 25th Anniversary Event - July 17th at 5pm:

Buy Your Tickets Here!

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I) Recent Media - The Resistance By Charile Angus
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	https://www.facebook.com/groups/4000244733625520

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Appendix C) Bill 17 ERO - Speak up by June 26th:

https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0462

 https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0462

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D) Signed, Seared, and Delivered Postcard Campaign - Climate Emergency Unit:

https://www.signedseareddelivered.com/

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E) Basic Income Waterloo Region - Youth Engagement Webinar - Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30pm:

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F) OGA Webinar - June 19th at 4:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_Q30FiflQLmmoUQKe9h7bw#/registration

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_Q30FiflQLmmoUQKe9h7bw#/registration

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Appendix G) Speak Up On The Blue Box ERO:
 <https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-qluiukl-ijfukiijr-y/>
https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0009
 <https://wildlandsleague.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2aa22d40e540243dac540b4a0&id=d9c6f0d184&e=d038e4690f>

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H) REEP 25th Anniversary Event - July 17th at 5pm:

Buy Your Tickets Here!
 <https://reepgreen.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ee2f8edcf629cf4e7ef3c6bcf&id=d72c2caff2&e=145f6501de>

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I) Recent Media - The Resistance By Charile Angus

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here <https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9jaGFybGllYW5ndXMuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91dG1fc291cmNlPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1lbWFpbC1zdWJzY3JpYmUmcj0yaGk1angmbmV4dD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmNoYXJsaWVhbmd1cy5zdWJzdGFjay5jb20lMkZwJTJGYnVybi10aGUtcGxhbmV0LXNhdmUtdGhlLWNvdW50eSIsInAiOjE2NDgzODA2NywicyI6Mjk0NjA5MiwiZiI6ZmFsc2UsInUiOjE1MDMzMjgyOSwiaWF0IjoxNzQ5NTYwNTU0LCJleHAiOjE3NTIxNTI1NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0wIiwic3ViIjoibGluay1yZWRpcmVjdCJ9.lINZEXxhKLNaQ2QPG4Gqf1K7PeUvwf0xgopEMnaW0nE?> for more
Save the Country by Burning the Planet <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2946092&post_id=164838067&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2hi5jx&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNTAzMzI4MjksInBvc3RfaWQiOjE2NDgzODA2NywiaWF0IjoxNzQ5NTYwNTU0LCJleHAiOjE3NTIxNTI1NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTQ2MDkyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.NBx37Z4cCrYqZnAsMaMFaqfDCU0EEaOnpxifiSJIKzE>
Canada's False National "Unity" Debate
CHARLIE ANGUS / THE RESISTANCE <https://substack.com/@charlieangus>
JUN 10
 <https://substack.com/@charlieangus>
Our nation is on fire.

We went from the coldest and wettest spring I can remember straight into fire season. Summer didn’t even get a chance. The latest fire map shows Canada’s north, from the Atlantic to British Columbia, under an extreme fire threat.

Mass evacuations are underway in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The army has been sent into Northwestern Ontario. Folks in major cities are coughing from the smoke of fires thousands of kilometres away.

Toronto had some of the worst air quality on the planet. People are being told to stay in doors. 

And the hot months are still on their way.

 <https://substack.com/redirect/302c7f4b-d479-4ca9-9f03-d65ad0e74ee3?j=eyJ1IjoiMmhpNWp4In0.mYtoKrthzDDBipfWK-mIOODaVrH2OJQbO2ZRSGW9P8A>	
In the 2023 mass climate fires, Canada released more carbon into the atmosphere than the entire industrial economies of major nations. Soot from the fires covered the ice shields, which hastened their melting.

It's called the feedback effect.

As the fires erupted across our northern landscape, an important story emerged that barely received notice. It was a new report on the accelerated collapse of the ice fields.

The report notes that even if we could limit global temperatures to a 1.5-degree Celsius increase, the world's ice fields will continue to melt, resulting in a massive rise in ocean levels. This will plunge the world into environmental and potential social chaos.

That story only made it to a few science blogs.

As Canada burns there is a massive disconnect in the coverage of the crisis. Weather reports talk about smoky the way they used to talk about rain. They advise whether it is dangerous to go outdoors. There is no talk about what is causing this.

The national news is focused on negotiations between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers about speeding up massive projects that are in the "national interest."

In Canada, "national interest" always means oil pipelines.

With the Trump threat to break up our country, Canada's oil industry has seen a huge opportunity to play hardball. 

Witness the sudden emergence of a militant separatist movement in Alberta trying to play havoc with the new Prime Minister. The threat is clear - unless Canadians are nicer to the oil industry, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will break up our country.

Spoiling for a fight, Premier Danielle Smith has put forward a list of "non-negotiables." One of them is to trash the standards that would improve fuel efficiency in cars. That is like threatening to break up the country to keep lead in gasoline.

Top of her list is building more pipelines.

It's the "if you want to save the country, you have to let us burn the planet" pitch.

The National Post pundits and Astro-turf Alberta separatists present us with a sense of outraged grievance that the dastardly Liberals have tried to destroy Alberta's energy sector. 

They are lying.

Under the Trudeau government, oil production in Canada hit record levels. In fact, over the last ten years, Canada led the world in increased oil production.

While other countries in the G7 moved ahead with clean energy to meet their Net Zero commitments, Canada doubled down on expanding production in the tar sands.

This heavy commitment to oil expansion has meant that Canada has missed every single greenhouse gas emissions target it has set. 

Environment Commissioner Gerry DeMarco says that Canada is an outlier among the G7, allowing increased emissions while other countries have dramatically reduced theirs.

Even as Canada's oil giants made record profits, the Trudeau government spent $34 billion in public money to build the TMX pipeline. This is because there wasn’t a company on the planet willing to take the risk. There was no business case.

So the taxpayers got stuck with the boondoggle to the tune of $1200 per household. And that still wasn't good enough for the oil execs.

They are pissed about the toll rates they have to pay to ship unrefined bitumen down the pipe. Toll rates are how a pipeline pays for itself over the long run.

Right now, every barrel is being subsidized over 50 cents on the dollar, and the oil giants are complaining that they deserve a better deal.

But in the interest of “national unity” better not talk about the sinkhole that is TMX because we’re being called upon to spend much, much more. 

Prime Minister Carney has promised to fast track projects that are deemed in the national interest. He also states that Canada will promote "non-carbonized" oil to the world.

Non-carbonized oil is the ultimate industry lie.

It is based on the premise that the public (not the companies) should invest billions in unproven carbon capture technology, so that the oil giants can massively increase oil production and this will somehow diminish emissions.

There are two huge problems with this claim.

First, Canada's tar sands are the dirtiest source of fuel on the planet. There is simply no way the fields can be developed without massive impacts on the atmosphere.

And the second part of the lie is that oil being produced will be burned. 

Hence emissions. 

Duh.

Climate scientist James Hansen, writing in the New York Times, says that if Canada goes in big on the tar sands, it is "game over" for the planet. 

What is most striking is that under Canada's "Net Zero" global promises, big oil was never factored to take a hit. The Liberal government accepted the premise that Big Oil could continue increasing production while bureaucrats fiddled with the numbers to somehow meet our international commitments. 

I know this from hearings in Ottawa where I asked straightforward questions to regulators about how we planned to meet Net Zero.

It was an endless array of people promising that they could drink their way to sobriety.

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The Real National Interest

It has been said that Canada is three giant monopolies in a trench coat. And so Big Oil just might get their way.

As thousands are being evacuated from their homes, no one asked the obvious question about what increased fuel burning means for Canada or our fragile planet.

Isn’t saving our country from climate disaster a nation-building project? 

 <https://substack.com/redirect/154cbb8e-3170-493c-bde6-4e48981c1e53?j=eyJ1IjoiMmhpNWp4In0.mYtoKrthzDDBipfWK-mIOODaVrH2OJQbO2ZRSGW9P8A>	
Every year, 34,000 people die prematurely in Canada from fossil fuel pollution. Around the world, the deaths from air pollution are 8.7 million people – more than deaths from smoking.

Canada has the third highest childhood asthma rates linked to pollution in the world. We are just behind fellow oil giants Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in this category. And we are dramatically changing the planet for those who will live with the disastrous consequences of today's decisions.

In Fire Weather, John Vaillant writes:

"By almost any measure, anyone born after 1990 is finding themselves in a new geological era, navigating a world fundamentally different from the one Baby Boomers and Gen Xers inherited. The chances of anyone alive today experiencing a year as relatively cool as 1996 are effectively nil." 

The eight years leading up to 2021 were the eight hottest ever recorded. Then, 2023 blew all those previous records away. And by 2024, climate scientists were warning that global temperatures were "off the charts." 

In 2025 we blew past the 1.5 degree red line.

Canada still has a chance to slow the rate of the coming disaster. But it will mean standing up to the MAGA/Big Oil disinformation scheme.

Could Alberta Hold the Solution?

The world is moving rapidly in the direction of clean energy. The technology on battery storage and improved solar is improving by leaps and bounds. One has only to look at states like California and Texas, which have transformed their grid into clean energy powerhouses.

There isn't a location in the world with better opportunities for clean energy than Alberta. They have the energy know-how, skilled workforce and geography, that could transform them into the clean energy capital of North America.

I worked with many labour unions in Alberta on the push to create clean energy investments to diversify the economy. A study by Calgary Economic Development determined that clean energy investments in Alberta could create 170,000 jobs and generate $61 billion annually for the provincial economy by 2050.

 <https://substack.com/redirect/cbdc0cfa-8744-42b7-a625-698f0a021d4e?j=eyJ1IjoiMmhpNWp4In0.mYtoKrthzDDBipfWK-mIOODaVrH2OJQbO2ZRSGW9P8A>	Charlie Angus with workers at the IBEW clean energy training centre in Edmonton
But all that was stopped dead in its tracks by Premier Smith, who put a moratorium on clean energy projects and chased out $33 billion in planned clean energy investments because of ideological opposition to non-fossil fuel energy.

And we would let this woman break up our country?

Prime Minister Carney needs to put a plan on the table that is more credible than trying to keep the oil lobby happy. We need to bring in the skills of the energy workers and make the most of our abundant natural advantages. 

But to do so means taking on the ideology of MAGA Alberta. The window for action on a planetary crisis is rapidly closing.

When I was a kid, I lived for summer. I didn't live in fear of fire season. Our grandchildren deserve the same right.

Some of the research for this essay came from my recent book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed <https://substack.com/redirect/d25e35a1-4c87-4ea9-9a63-633797b1ea62?j=eyJ1IjoiMmhpNWp4In0.mYtoKrthzDDBipfWK-mIOODaVrH2OJQbO2ZRSGW9P8A>.

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M) 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> or 519-634-8519 x 9351
Stewart Cressman, Councillor Ward 1, Wilmot, stewart.cressman at wilmot.ca <mailto:stewart.cressman at wilmot.ca> or 519-807-1496	
Kris Wilkinson, Councillor Ward 2, Wilmot, kris.wilkinson at wilmot.ca <mailto:kris.wilkinson at wilmot.ca> or 519-807-4173
Harvir Sidhu, Councillor Ward 3, Wilmot, harvir.sidhu at wilmot.ca <mailto:harvir.sidhu at wilmot.ca> or 519-807-2521
Lillianne Dunstall, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, lillianne.dunstall at wilmot.ca <mailto:lillianne.dunstall at wilmot.ca> or 519-807-4975
Steven Martin, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, steven.martin at wilmot.ca <mailto:steven.martin at wilmot.ca> or 519-807-5214

All Wilmot Councillors can be reached at a single simple address:  council at wilmot.ca <mailto:council at wilmot.ca>  
Letters should also be sent to: clerks at wilmot.ca <mailto:clerks at wilmot.ca> to be included as part of the public record.

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>

All Regional Councillors and Mayors can be reached at a single simple address:  regionalcouncillors at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:regionalcouncillors at regionofwaterloo.ca>
Letters should also be sent to: regionalclerk at regionofwaterloo.ca <mailto:regionalclerk at regionofwaterloo.ca> to be included as part of the public record.

County of Brant Contact list:

Mayor David Bailey  david.bailey at brant.ca <mailto:david.bailey at brant.ca>   226-387-2490
Councillor Ward 1 Jennifer Kyle jennifer.kyle at brant.ca <mailto:jennifer.kyle at brant.ca> 519-242-0898
Councillor Ward 1 John MacAlpine john.macalpine at brant.ca <mailto:john.macalpine at brant.ca> 519-757-9359
Councillor Ward 2 Steve Howes steve.howes at brant.ca <mailto:steve.howes at brant.ca> 519-442-4955
Councillor Ward 2 Lukas Oakley lukas.oakley at brant.ca <mailto:lukas.oakley at brant.ca>  226-216-3037
Councillor Ward 3 John Bell john.bell at brant.ca <mailto:john.bell at brant.ca> 519-209-2277
Councillor Ward 3 John Peirce john.peirce at brant.ca <mailto:john.peirce at brant.ca> 519-442-7134
Councillor Ward 4 Robert Chambers robert.chambers at brant.ca <mailto:robert.chambers at brant.ca> 519-449-2633
Councillor Ward 4 David Miller jedamiller at sympatico.ca <mailto:jedamiller at sympatico.ca> 519-449-1240
Councillor Ward 5 Brian Coleman brianatbridgeview at gmail.com <mailto:brianatbridgeview at gmail.com> 519-753-2798
Councillor Ward 5 Christine Garneau christinegarneau at brant.ca <mailto:christinegarneau at brant.ca> 226-802-1217

Province of Ontario

Premier Doug Ford - doug.fordco at pc.ola.org <mailto:doug.fordco at pc.ola.org> or 416-325-1941 - available 24/7 - all calls confidential
	Or cal or text Doug Ford’s Personal Cell Phone - 647-612-3673
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
Vic Fedeli - Minister of Economic Development- vic.fedeli at pc.ola.org <mailto:vic.fedeli at pc.ola.org> or 416-326-8475
Rob Flack -  Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing- rob.flack at pc.ola.org <mailto:rob.flack at pc.ola.org> or 416-326-3074
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 - Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, 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
Joseph Racinsky- MPP Wellington-Halton Hills - joseph.racinsky 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
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 Brock - 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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