<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2591" dir="ltr">Here is an great document reflecting the Indigenous perspective on the issue of water protection in Ontario. Using these concepts we can help bridge the wisdom of Canada's shared cultures together. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2591" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2591" dir="ltr">The International Indigenous Policy Journal: Traditional Knowledge: Considerations for
Protecting Water in Ontario<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2591" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2591" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2590"><a href="http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=iipj" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2587">http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=iipj</a></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2591" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2591" dir="ltr">Lulu </div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2558"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2557"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2586"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2610"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2585"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2661"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2660">From:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2667"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2666">To:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2663"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2662">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 9, 2015 10:06 AM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2665"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2664">Subject:</span></b> Re: Letter for GREN sign-on<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2556"><br><div id="yiv0162786050"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2555"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2554"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2571"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2570">I do support the document being signed. Absolutely.</span></div><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8637"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2569">Lulu :0)</div><br clear="none"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv0162786050yqt3626033479" id="yiv0162786050yqt02928"><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8635" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8634" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8636"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444400012441_2686"> <font id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8639" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> John Jackson <jjackson@web.ca>; Bob Burtt <bobburtt@gmail.com>; Gregory C. Michalenko <gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca>; Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason@mac.com>; Don Roberts <jandonrob@gmail.com>; Susan Bryant <shbryant@uwaterloo.ca>; Deb Swidrovich <deswid@gmail.com>; S D Lachance <sdlachance@golden.net>; Anne Morgan <annemorgan7@gmail.com>; Susan Koswan <susankoswan@execulink.com>; Jeff Stager <shadynook@golden.net>; Robert Milligan <mill@continuum.org>; S Stubley <scstubley@yahoo.ca>; Theo Negoita <ante712-gren@yahoo.ca>; c deaun Moulton <deaunm@gmail.com> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 9, 2015 10:04 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Letter for GREN sign-on<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv0162786050y_msg_container" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8633"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv0162786050"><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8632"><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_8631" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4829"><span id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4828">We should include mention of vernal pond habitats as well. Although they may not qualify for wetland per say since some are intermittent, it is an important function to facilitate the protection of natural recharge and biodiversity dependent on those features. It is essential to maintain reasonable test times to observe the delta water levels of ponds, wetlands and headwaters because currently too many assessments are being done in months of November rather than after spring thaw. I don't know if we can include test times into the framework but I would advise tucking something like that into the plans at some point. We need to standardize test times and methods. </span></div><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4829"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4829"><span id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_5001">I'd like to see measures made to include First Nation's input if possible too. They know their lands and what needs to be protected to maintain flow and flow rates, water quality and water temperatures beyond the scope of standard academia or a line on a map. Many indigenous folks view current planning as woefully insufficient and lacking in true sophistication and localized knowledge. Sometimes the best way to protect water flow is actually to protect wolves. Without wolves, animals like deer and rabbit eat new growth trees inside forests and along the water's edge. Wolves keep deer in the meadows, rabbits in control and maintains ongoing hydrological cycles protecting water volumes, flow rates, water temperatures and healthy fish. Indigenous people know the balance of things. Often what is deemed sacred in an area may be different from one territory to another but it is always linked directly to protecting the water. It's the most important thing we've got. </span></div><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4829"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4829">Lulu </div><br clear="none"> <div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4796" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4795" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv0162786050qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0162786050yqt5344009146" id="yiv0162786050yqt99850"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4794"> <hr id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4832" size="1"> <font id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4797" size="2" face="Arial"> <b id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4888"><span id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4887" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Jackson <jjackson@web.ca><br clear="none"> <b id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4886"><span id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4885" style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> John Jackson <jjackson@web.ca>; Bob Burtt <bobburtt@gmail.com>; Gregory C. Michalenko <gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca>; Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com>; Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason@mac.com>; Don Roberts <jandonrob@gmail.com>; Susan Bryant <shbryant@uwaterloo.ca>; Deb Swidrovich <deswid@gmail.com>; S D Lachance <sdlachance@golden.net>; Anne Morgan <annemorgan7@gmail.com>; Susan Koswan <susankoswan@execulink.com>; Jeff Stager <shadynook@golden.net>; Robert Milligan <mill@continuum.org>; S Stubley <scstubley@yahoo.ca>; Theo Negoita <ante712-gren@yahoo.ca>; c deaun Moulton <deaunm@gmail.com> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 9, 2015 9:02 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Letter for GREN sign-on<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv0162786050y_msg_container" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4798"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv0162786050"><div id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4799">I am writing to the paid up GREN members for your input on the attached letter put together by the Ontario Headwaters Institute. We have had on-going communication with this group.<div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4800"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050"></div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4801">This is a comment letter on three proposals that the provincial government currently has out for input. OHI has sent this draft letter to us in advance of going out for wide sign-on to see if we have any suggestions or comments on the letter. The comments are at a non-specific level in terms of content because it is a letter for sign-on by groups from across the province. So please look at it in terms of whether the principles etc are ones that would help us deal with issues in our area.</div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_6289"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050"></div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4974">They need to know by Tuesday whether we recommend any changes to the letter so they can make changes before sending it out for sign-on.</div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_6290"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050"></div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4975">So please get back to me by Tuesday to let me know two things:</div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4977"><ol class="yiv0162786050MailOutline" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_6292"><li class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_6291">are there changes that you think need to be made?</li><li class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_6293">do you recommend that we sign-on to the letter?</li></ol><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4976"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050"></div></div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_6294">You will note in the letter that the Great Lakes Protection Act has been removed from the list of items at the top of the letter being discussed. This is because the GLPA was passed by the Ontario legislature on Wednesday of this week.</div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4978"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050"></div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_6295">Please get back to me.</div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4990"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050"></div><div class="yiv0162786050" id="yiv0162786050yui_3_16_0_1_1444397170639_4979">John</div><div class="yiv0162786050"><div class="yiv0162786050"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="yiv0162786050"><br clear="none" class="yiv0162786050webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="yiv0162786050">
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