<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi GREN folks,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Over the past week I have attended a significant number of conference calls, Zoom video meetings, and webinars regarding the pending provincial election. While GREN has is non-partisan, we have always worked to ensure that citizens are engaged in our civic processes and that we have candidates aware of the environmental issues that we work on and helping towards the needed solutions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To say that it has been a very challenging four years for the environment with our current provincial government is an understatement. Never before I have seen so many different groups or initiatives outside of the usual political parties with efforts underway to try to ensure better future government.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Below is a list of organizations and resources that are being assembled by citizens, community groups, and environmental groups across the province. I urge you to spend a bit of time to review these materials. Find groups or resources that resonate with you and get involved in reaching out to those around you to engage people in the June 2nd provincial election.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">1) Green Prosperity -</b> 15 large environmental groups banding together to ensure environmental issues are prominent in the Ontario election. This booklet by them is an excellent overview of key issues that I have walked a number of candidates from several different political parties through to ensure that they have a plan to address these issues.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>