<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1289232884"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="yiv1289232884bodyDrftID" class="yiv1289232884"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1289232884drftMsgContent" style="font: inherit; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; ">Hello everyone</font><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"><b>West Side Lands update:</b></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial"
 size="2">The City of Waterloo was trying to break a lease agreement with the Waterloo Golf Academy two years early in order to free up the lands so they could build roads to access the West Side Lands subdivision area. The matter went to court and now the City must pay $22,000 in legal costs to the golf academy and honor the original agreement which lets the golf course stay open until 2017. </font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"></font>Activa and the other developers were planning on building Greyerbiehl this summer, followed by Clair Hills next year and Vista Hills after that but without access to the golf course for the roads that delay is going to seriously cost them. <font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"> </font><span class="Apple-style-span"
 style="font-size: small; ">Here is the KW Record's write up about this:</span></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" size="2" face="arial, helvetica,
 sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/477582--threatened-golf-course-fends-off-city-hall">http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/477582--threatened-golf-course-fends-off-city-hall</a></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><b>Ontario's Anti <span>Slapp</span> law update </b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><b><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; "><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><b><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New
 Roman'; font-weight: normal; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial">Today Ecojustice and CELA released their new Anti Slapp report titled: </font><span class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Breaking the Silence: the need for anti-SLAPP legislation in Ontario</font></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "><font class="yiv1289232884Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ecojustice.ca/publications/breaking-the-silence">http://www.ecojustice.ca/publications/breaking-the-silence</a></font></div></b></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "><br></div></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; ">The Protection of Public Participation Act, 2008  was
 initiated by NDP leader Andrea Horwath. Her motion as presented at Queens Park in 2009 can be viewed here:</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AF7712F1-8E27-4176-90C8-250578ACD0A3/0/Jan28Motion71McCarthyBill138.pdf">http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AF7712F1-8E27-4176-90C8-250578ACD0A3/0/Jan28Motion71McCarthyBill138.pdf</a></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; ">The bill has already passed the first reading (with overwhelming support!) and the next reading is anticipated to occur early this year. To view Bill 138, The Protection for Public Participation Act, 2008 (current) visit here:</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
 href="http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&BillID=2133">http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&BillID=2133</a></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; ">Have a good one everybody!</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; ">Lulu :0)</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table>