<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good Day GREN folks;<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Things continue to move forward in the efforts to ensure our essential local protections aren’t at risk from Bill 66. At the meeting of community groups held just before Christmas it was fantastic to see more than 60 delegates from dozens of different community groups come together to see how we can defeat this awful Bill - in particular Section 10 that threatens so much.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There will be another planning meeting Thursday night at CIGI at 7:00pm and we are hoping to finalize delegations to every local municipal Council, Region of Waterloo Council, and local MPP in the next couple of weeks regarding concerns with Bill 66. Please feel free to attend Thursday evening if you would like to help with any of these presentations/meetings (information below).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">The final details and poster for the January 15th community event featuring Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe have been completed. You will see that GREN is one of the sponsors and organizers of the event. I’ve attached a copy of the poster below - please share and promote it with your networks so that we can ensure a strong turnout from across our community at the event. Please also remember to register for free at Eventbrite.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the meantime, we can all continue to take action against Bill 66. I have attached some excellent talking points courtesy of the Blue Dot folks below.</div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""><div class="">Please undertake the following actions if at all possible:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1) E-mail your MPP, regional councillor and municipal councillor (use the handy form the Hold The Line folks have created for local politicians):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://act.holdthelinewr.org/" class="">http://act.holdthelinewr.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/contact-information" class="">https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/contact-information</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2) Call your MPP, regional councillor, and municipal councillor (see talking points below)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3) Meet with your MPP, regional councillor, and municipal councillor (see talking points below)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4) Write a letter to the editor to your local newspaper (see talking points for ideas) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5) Ensure that you make an official comment about your concerns with Bill 66 on the Environmental Registry of Ontario:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4293" class="">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4293</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6) Use provincial tools such as those created by Ontario Nature and Environmental Defence to write the Premier and Ministers:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/35250/action/1" class="">https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/35250/action/1</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ontarionature.good.do/schedule10/sign/" class="">https://ontarionature.good.do/schedule10/sign/</a></div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7) Save the dates - Thursday, January 3rd, 7:00pm CIGI Room A-142 - Second Community Delegate Meeting to Plan Bill 66 Response</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Saturday, January 12th, 10:00am - Ajax, Ontario - Bill 66 Alliance meeting with campaign and protest training, lawn sign distribution and a rally afterwards</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Tuesday, January 15th, 7:00pm - Kitchener City Hall - Dianne Saxe community discussion event co-sponsored by GREN</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The momentum continues to build against Bill 66. Lets do everything that we can to ensure a very strong local community response.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please share any questions or ideas.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Kevin.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">P.S. For those interested in what other organizations across the province are doing against Bill 66 I’ve attached an excellent e-mail below from the Ontario Headwaters Institute.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>