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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Very Interesting! Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lori S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> All <all-bounces@gren.ca> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lanteigne<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 4, 2020 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> GREN > <all@gren.ca><br><b>Subject:</b> [All] Fw: Legal advice states Stratford Council has complete authority to deny Xinyi proposal without legal liability.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fyi <o:p></o:p></p><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1607100495170"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1607100495319"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Lulu <o:p></o:p></p><div id="ymail_android_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt'><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #6D00F6 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>----- Forwarded message -----<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> "Lanteigne" <<a href="mailto:water.lulu@yahoo.ca">water.lulu@yahoo.ca</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>To:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> "Josee" <<a href="mailto:jglennie@wightman.ca">jglennie@wightman.ca</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> Fri., 4 Dec. 2020 at 11:42 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> Fw: Legal advice states Stratford Council has complete authority to deny Xinyi proposal without legal liability.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id=yiv5359895251><div><p class=MsoNormal>Fyi <o:p></o:p></p><div id="yiv5359895251yMail_cursorElementTracker_1607100091641"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="yiv5359895251yMail_cursorElementTracker_1607100091796"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Lulu <o:p></o:p></p><div id="yiv5359895251ymail_android_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt'><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #6D00F6 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>----- Forwarded message -----<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> "Get Concerned Stratford" <<a href="mailto:info@wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca">info@wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>To:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> "Louisette Lanteigne" <<a href="mailto:water.lulu@yahoo.ca">water.lulu@yahoo.ca</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=yiv5359895251yqt37760><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> Fri., 4 Dec. 2020 at 11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'> Legal advice states Stratford Council has complete authority to deny Xinyi proposal without legal liability.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div id=yiv5359895251yqt28635><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:1.0pt'>Learn more … <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt'><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisette --</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>It is the ‘unequivocal opinion’ of environmental lawyer David Donnelly, that “<strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Stratford Council has the complete authority without legal liability to deny Xinyi’s proposal for a $6 million cost sharing agreement</span></strong>”. Donnelly, one of Canada’s leading environmental lawyers, stated this in a letter delivered to Mayor Dan Mathieson and Stratford Council this morning on behalf of Wellington Water Watchers, and a number of citizens of the City of Stratford.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Donnelly reinforced the demand of his community client stating “the City of Stratford must request that the Minister of Municipal Affairs revoke the Minister’s Zoning Order (“MZO”) permitting the Xinyi facility”.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Donnelly law sent a letter to Mayor and Council at the direction of Wellington Water Watchers in advance of the 7pm Tuesday December 8<sup>th</sup>, online community meeting at which David Donnelly is one of the featured speakers. (<a href="https://partner-wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/zoom_community_meeting_for_get_concerned_stratford?e=a63f584a59a0d87ccf92e3e3b4edd7e4&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=xinyi_legal_update&n=2" target="_blank">RSVP here to attend this important community meeting via zoom</a>). The full text of the letter from Donnelly Law to Mayor Mathieson and Stratford Council is <a href="http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/r?u=Y-j3aXp0ylLvsSnO2PHY30i1wKb5l7DRMzbzEeBhzYru-OSWMcWhk86VjikOnQzd3J25yDdrYgnuuExKK_Vfweo5_S2n9Jkj6Q1kInWryww&e=a63f584a59a0d87ccf92e3e3b4edd7e4&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=xinyi_legal_update&n=3" target="_blank">available here</a>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>The integrity of the MZO is now also in question. On December 2, 2020 a complaint was filed by J. Burch MPP urging the Ontario Integrity Commissioner to investigate if the Ford government's MZO forcing Stratford to accept a float glass factory violated the <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Lobbyists Registration Act</span></em>. According to the letter, “Despite evidence of extensive collaboration between Xinyi, GSP Group and the provincial government over the two years prior to the MZO, the province’s lobbyist registry shows no record of registration by either Xinyi or GSP Group.” The integrity of the MZO and scheme to bring Xinyi to Stratford is now very much in question.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>300 people have already RSVP’d!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Momentum is building in the community to say no to Xinyi and to demand Mayor and Council say no to Xinyi. Join with others in the community on <a href="https://partner-wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/zoom_community_meeting_for_get_concerned_stratford?e=a63f584a59a0d87ccf92e3e3b4edd7e4&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=xinyi_legal_update&n=4" target="_blank">Tuesday Dec. 8<sup>th</sup> at 7pm</a> and be heard.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Get Concerned Stratford</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>P.S. - <a href="https://partner-wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/zoom_community_meeting_for_get_concerned_stratford?e=a63f584a59a0d87ccf92e3e3b4edd7e4&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=xinyi_legal_update&n=5" target="_blank">RSVP for community meeting here.</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>GET Concerned Stratford · Canada <br>This email was sent to <a href="mailto:water.lulu@yahoo.ca">water.lulu@yahoo.ca</a>. 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