<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Hi folks</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div id="yiv1515958526"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div id="yiv1515958526"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; ">I stayed up all night and completed my presentation. I got all of 2 hours sleep
then I woke up and found a lawyer to sign my affidavit. </div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; " class="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_20_133771065048856"><br></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; " class="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_20_133771065048856">Forms were all submitted on time thank heavens. </div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; ">The presentation is in the attachments if your
curious.</div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1515958526Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_1337680058141194">I've spent over a decade of my life advocating for the Waterloo Moraine, protection of habitats and water supplies and I find nothing gets a point across better than issues of money so that's how I crafted the presentation</font><font class="yiv1515958526Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814183">. It's a tip I got from Oliver Brandis at the Grand River Watershed Forum. </font></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1515958526Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1515958526Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="yiv1515958526Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;">I'm sure folks will raise concern about tar sands impacts etc. but based on the responses I've observed at the Northern Gateway hearing the NEB generally disregard those sorts of issues stating it's out of the scope of this particular study. That's why I crafted my arguments to be extremely site specific to concerns for our Region. </span></font></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I've viewed the aerial photos. This pipe crosses both the Grand and Nith rivers, crossing over wetland areas etc. I'm not certain but it may also cross sections of the Paris Galt and Oakridges Moraine as well. I've tried to include ways we can secure better data to make this a proactive rather than reactive process offering some advice rather than just focusing on problems. </div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Realistically, I doubt anything I say or do personally will
actually stop a pipeline. I'm not an expert so my views generally mean diddly squat at these forums but if by some remote chance, I can at least influence the need to secure better data or the
need to bump up to reasonable insurance coverage to reflect the actual economic risks, than I'm more than happy to do my part to help achieve those objectives. The stronger "stop the pipe" sort of </font>arguments, I'll leave to the bona fide solicitors from<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> Ecojustice, Equiterre etc. but my arguments lends support to their efforts all the better! </font></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Bit by bit. The hearing starts on Wednesday. I've got up to one hour to speak. Wish me luck!</div><div id="yiv1515958526yui_3_2_0_15_133768005814140" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica,
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