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Gren should join in.<div><br></div><div>Lulu<br><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0"><span style="color: #AAAAAA;">Begin forwarded message:</span><br><br>On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 05:19, Ontario Headwaters Institute <andrew@ontarioheadwaters.ca> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv7875399369"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv7875399369WordSection1"><p class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;">With apologies for duplicates</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span></p><p class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><img width="206" height="59" style="width:2.1458in;min-height:.6145in;" id="yiv7875399369Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:VmKT8AHSWFmS1EoPdFfl" yahoo_partid="2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;"></span></p><p class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F4E79;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" name="_Hlk101423226"></a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" name="_Hlk101351679"><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;">We are pleased to announce the formation of the Coalition of Ontario Watershed Alliances, COWA, whose mission is </span></strong></span></a><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;">T<span style="background:white;">o make watershed planning the basis of further land use development in Ontario, whether urban, rural, or remote, in order to protect our waters, natural heritage, and agricultural lands for a sustainable future</span></span></strong></span></span><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;font-weight:normal;">. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;font-weight:normal;"></span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;font-weight:normal;"> </span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;font-weight:normal;">The creation of the Coalition comes at a key time, as Ontario faces continued provincial trends toward rampant development, reduced environmental safeguards, and diminished public engagement. The OHI is convinced that as long as we oppose these trends through a narrow land use planning lens we will continue to inherit degraded water quality and lose both the natural heritage that sustains us and the agricultural lands that feed us. </span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;"> </span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;">Instead, we think it is time for Ontario to abide by its vision in numerous initiatives such as the Planning Act’s commitment </span></strong></span></span><span style=""><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060;">to “promote <span style="background:white;">sustainable economic development in a healthy natural environment within a provincial policy framework” and the P</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;">rovincial Policy Statement’s c<span style="background:white;">harge to planning authorities to “protect, improve or restore the </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;">quality and quantity of water</span></em><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;font-weight:normal;"> by: a) using the </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;">watershed</span></em><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;font-weight:normal;"> as the ecologically meaningful scale for integrated and long-term planning, which can be a foundation for considering cumulative impacts of development.”</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;"></span></strong></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;"> </span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;">We will be announcing a more efforts soon. In the meantime, we thank the seven pre-announcement members and invite you to our visit the website at </span></strong></span></span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.cowa.ca"><span style=""><span style=""><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;">www.cowa.ca</span></b></span></span><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></a><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;">, and consider joining the Coalition.</span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=""><span style=""><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;"> </span></strong></span></span></p><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><p style="background:white;" class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#1F497D;">Andrew McCammon</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";"></span></b></p><p style="background:white;" class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Executive Director</span></p><p style="background:white;" class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;">416 231 9484 </span></p><p style="background:white;" class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></b></p><p class="yiv7875399369MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060;"> </span></p></div></div></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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