<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good Day,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp190ec17eyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">By now we've all likely heard the terrible news over the last few days about Bill 23 and other proposals being forced through by Doug Ford’s Conservative government under the guise of building more houses. We are all trying to figure things out and understand all the implications for the environment, climate change, and the future of our province. Here are some excellent articles that can help to provide information including: </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 104, 218); color: rgb(0, 104, 218); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Ford’s Bill 23 is ‘ecological insanity’, implodes sustainable urban planning in unhinged give over to sprawl developers | The Pointer</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class=""><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-greenbelt-proposal-to-cut-land-for-homes-1.6641278" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">Ontario wants to cut Greenbelt land to build homes, contradicting prior pledge | CBC News</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/province-ford-orders-urban-boundary-expansion-greenbelt-1.6641947" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">Province orders Hamilton to expand its urban boundary | CBC News</a></span><div class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And from a broader provincial context:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><a href="https://www.amo.on.ca/advocacy/health-human-services/unpacking-bill-23-more-homes-built-faster-act-2022#.Y2ZgEkRD83o.twitter" class="">https://www.amo.on.ca/advocacy/health-human-services/unpacking-bill-23-more-homes-built-faster-act-2022#.Y2ZgEkRD83o.twitter</a></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">And an likely indicator of what could happen here in Waterloo based on Ottawa’s Official Plan approval this week:</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawas-new-official-plan-has-finally-been-approved-with-the-urban-boundary-pushed-further-out-by-the-provincial-government?s=09" class="">https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawas-new-official-plan-has-finally-been-approved-with-the-urban-boundary-pushed-further-out-by-the-provincial-government?s=09</a></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Waterloo Regional Staff have written a report that will be coming to the final Regional Council meeting tomorrow (Tuesday at 1:15pm) for the 2018-2022 Council. Myself, Kevin Eby, Mark Reusser, and Sam Nabi will be delegating on it. It lists many dire outcomes and consequences for our region including the complete gutting of our visionary Regional Official Plan that was just completed:</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>