<p>Re. Greenbelt, I suppose it could happen anywhere.</p><div class="signature" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial Black;">https://www.facebook.com/neil.e.taylor/</div><br><br>        <br>        <blockquote style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial Black;">              Subject: Hwy 413 is under review, the Greenbelt is under attack and more!<br>  <br>         <center style="width: 100.0%;background-color: rgb(239,239,239);"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="email-container" style="margin: auto;" width="600"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10.0px;background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="stack-column-center" valign="top" width="50%">       <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 2.0px;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 14.0px;line-height: 16.0px;color: rgb(85,85,85);text-align: left;">          <p>Recent Ontario Environmental News</p>          </td></tr></tbody></table>       </td><td class="stack-column-center" valign="top" width="50%">       <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 2.0px;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 14.0px;line-height: 16.0px;color: rgb(85,85,85);text-align: left;">          <p><a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/message/view?ea.campaigner.email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&broadcastId=520599&templateId=499040" target="_blank">Click here</a> to view in your browser</p>          </td></tr></tbody></table>       </td></tr></tbody></table>    </td></tr><tr><td height="20" style="font-size: 0.0px;line-height: 0.0px;background-color: rgb(66,136,199);"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 10.0px;background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="stack-column-center" valign="top" width="50%">       <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="alt_text" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/ED-LOGO-NO-TAGLINE-FINAL.png?v=1579170862000" border="0" width="208" style="width: 100.0%;max-width: 270.0px;height: auto;background: rgb(221,221,221);font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 15.0px;line-height: 15.0px;color: rgb(85,85,85);"></td></tr></tbody></table>       </td><td class="stack-column-center" valign="bottom" width="50%">       <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="123" width="288"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989618?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/YTP+logo.png?v=1631026034000" width="100%" style="height: auto;width: 100.0%;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitter.com/envirodefence" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/WireFrameED-Small-01_06.gif?v=1511457035000" style="height: 32.0px;width: 34.0px;"></a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalDefenceCanada" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/WireFrameED-Small-01_07.gif?v=1511457034000" style="height: 32.0px;width: 35.0px;"></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/environmentaldefence" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/WireFrameED-Small-01_08.gif?v=1511457034000" style="height: 32.0px;width: 35.0px;"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/envirodefence/" target="_blank"><img alt="Pinterest" src="https://environmentaldefence.ca/resources/insta_wh.gif" style="height: 32.0px;width: 33.0px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table>       </td></tr></tbody></table>    </td></tr><tr><td class="tableimage" style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989619?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/Demand+a+FEDERAL+EA+for+Highway+413.jpg?v=1656958981000" width="1200" height="620" style="height: 620.0px;width: 1200.0px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 20.0px;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 15.0px;line-height: 20.0px;color: rgb(85,85,85);">       <h1 style="margin: 0 0 10.0px;font-size: 25.0px;line-height: 30.0px;color: rgb(51,51,51);font-weight: bold;text-align: center;text-transform: uppercase;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-99775503-7fff-e2ba-a296-8a553d75ff70">HIGHWAY 413 is NOT A DONE DEAL</span></h1>        <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-99e16313-7fff-a4d6-8ec2-6d649bdc7f72"><strong>The federal government is currently reviewing highway 413.</strong> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-f3d2f79d-7fff-c7c5-6b18-25b68b19670b">This fall or winter, the Impact Assessment Agency will decide what level of assessment is necessary for the project: a partial one conducted by the Agency or a full review with a panel that will take multiple years to complete. Hwy 413 threatens waterways, Indigenous heritage, farmland, the Greenbelt, endangered species and our climate!</span><span> <strong>Let Steven Guilbeault and your MP know that this project needs a full review.  </strong></span></p>       </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 20.0px 20.0px;">       <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="button-td button-td-primary" style="background-color: red;"><a class="button-a button-a-primary" href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989620?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" style="background: red;border: 1.0px solid red;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 17.0px;line-height: 17.0px;text-decoration: none;text-transform: uppercase;padding: 13.0px 17.0px;color: rgb(255,255,255);display: block;" target="_blank">TAKE ACTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table>       </td></tr></tbody></table>    </td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><td valign="top" width="50%">    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="tableimage" style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989621?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/Greenbelt_sign_close_up_courtesy_of_Friends_of_the_Greenbelt.jpg?v=1657723780000" width="100%" style="height: auto;width: 100.0%;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">       <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 20.0px;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 15.0px;line-height: 20.0px;color: rgb(85,85,85);">          <h1 style="margin: 0 0 10.0px;font-size: 25.0px;line-height: 30.0px;color: rgb(51,51,51);font-weight: bold;text-align: center;text-transform: uppercase;">yORK REgion's OFFICIAL PLAN IS actually ILLEGAL</h1>           <p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-03d1a56a-7fff-0c14-4013-099424b99710"><span id="docs-internal-guid-568500bf-7fff-63e7-3bf8-5be440d0dd93">Although municipalities can't legally assign development to the Greenbelt, York Region council has done just that by adding two properties in the Greenbelt and two properties in the Oak Ridges Moraine to their Official Plan.</span><span> <strong>Now the ball is in the province's court.</strong> Will the Minister of Municipalities and Housing send them back to the drawing board or use provincial powers to remove Greenbelt protections? If you're concerned about this, you can call your MPP or send a personal email reminding them of their promise to protect the Greenbelt. All the facts you'll need are in <a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989622?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank">our press release</a> and <a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989623?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank">contact information is available here</a>. </span></p>          </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 20.0px 20.0px;">          <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="button-td button-td-primary" style="background-color: red;"><a class="button-a button-a-primary" href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989621?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" style="background: red;border: 1.0px solid red;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 17.0px;line-height: 17.0px;text-decoration: none;text-transform: uppercase;padding: 12.0px 15.0px;color: rgb(255,255,255);display: block;" target="_blank">Learn moRE</a></td></tr></tbody></table>          </td></tr></tbody></table>       </td></tr></tbody></table>    </td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><td valign="top" width="50%">    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="tableimage" style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989624?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/torontocrop2.jpg?v=1657826091000" width="1735" height="790" style="height: 790.0px;width: 1735.0px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">       <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 20.0px;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 15.0px;line-height: 20.0px;color: rgb(85,85,85);">          <h1 style="margin: 0 0 10.0px;font-size: 25.0px;line-height: 30.0px;color: rgb(51,51,51);font-weight: bold;text-align: center;text-transform: uppercase;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-11d3f1eb-7fff-bf01-d391-3dc3067b54a1">TORONTO NEEDS TO STEP UP FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT</span></h1>           <p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b9e9d86f-7fff-0daf-fd88-fdada0d9980a"><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-7e392687-7fff-1b49-37d2-e7772fe7f480">Municipal elections are coming up on October 24th.</span></strong> It isn’t time to vote yet, but it is time to start thinking about what makes good and bad environmental policy at the municipal level. <strong>When it comes to sprawl, transportation and many other issues, city councils have a big impact on Ontario’s environment.</strong> We’ve just released <a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989625?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank">a guide to what makes a strong environment plan for Toronto</a>. Stay tuned for updates about municipal elections province-wide.</p>          </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 20.0px 20.0px;">          <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="button-td button-td-primary" style="background-color: red;"><a class="button-a button-a-primary" href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989626?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" style="background: red;border: 1.0px solid red;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 17.0px;line-height: 17.0px;text-decoration: none;text-transform: uppercase;padding: 12.0px 15.0px;color: rgb(255,255,255);display: block;" target="_blank">Read more</a></td></tr></tbody></table>          </td></tr></tbody></table>       </td></tr></tbody></table>    </td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><td valign="top" width="50%">    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="tableimage" style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><img alt="" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/2098/walkinthepark.jpg?v=1655322078000" width="500" height="288" style="height: 288.0px;width: 500.0px;"></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">       <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 20.0px;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 15.0px;line-height: 20.0px;color: rgb(85,85,85);">          <h1 style="margin: 0 0 10.0px;font-size: 25.0px;line-height: 30.0px;color: rgb(51,51,51);font-weight: bold;text-align: center;text-transform: uppercase;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-80cdf2d2-7fff-08c1-4c38-008b5638e575">ONTARIO IS 'YOURS TO PROTECT' THIS SUMMER</span></h1>           <p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5a020e88-7fff-de83-89db-fc4940c469f2"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a0c097f5-7fff-99b8-8064-be3ac3ec207e">In case you missed it, here’s </span>our <a href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989627?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" target="_blank">recent blog listing 5 things you can do to protect Ontario’s environment</a> this summer. The blog lays out the path ahead for fighting the 413 and two ways we can push back against urban sprawl and get more homes built in existing neighbourhoods. It also discusses municipal elections and makes a suggestion about how you can recharge your batteries and get inspired for the year ahead.</p>          </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 20.0px 20.0px;">          <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="button-td button-td-primary" style="background-color: red;"><a class="button-a button-a-primary" href="http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5989628?email=6FF%2BcN1K0JrJkXB8T%2BWZ3OtwhRFYFpmPmZAK81VjEpg=&campid=mcJVhzxcGcq%2FgO2vkuoghg==" style="background: red;border: 1.0px solid red;font-family: verdana , arial , sans-serif;font-size: 17.0px;line-height: 17.0px;text-decoration: none;text-transform: uppercase;padding: 12.0px 15.0px;color: rgb(255,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