<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=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Good Day,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A reminder of our meeting tomorrow (Friday) January 20th at 5:30pm on Zoom - <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09" class="">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There’s a bunch of new developments and news on Bill 23, the Greenbelt, and Regional Planning:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">1) Ontario Integrity Commissioner and Auditor General to investigate Minister Clark and Greenbelt transactions -</font></b> it is fantastic to see these much called for investigations launched into the government's decision to open protected Greenbelt lands for development. Kudos to everyone who sent letters and called for these investigations:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/around-ontario/ontario-integrity-commissioner-to-launch-greenbelt-investigation-6395789" class="">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/around-ontario/ontario-integrity-commissioner-to-launch-greenbelt-investigation-6395789</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-integrity-commissioner-investigation-1.6718018" class="">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-integrity-commissioner-investigation-1.6718018</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2611998&binId=1.1147261&playlistPageNum=1" class="">https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2611998&binId=1.1147261&playlistPageNum=1</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">2) Other Recent Media Articles -</font></b> a steady stream of media articles and coverage continues:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/next-ontario-ndp-leader-promises-to-use-every-tool-to-stop-new-development-on-the-greenbelt-6374473" class="">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/next-ontario-ndp-leader-promises-to-use-every-tool-to-stop-new-development-on-the-greenbelt-6374473</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There is an excellent article with a detailed legal examination of the Hamilton Official Plan that could have a lot of relevance for Waterloo Region depending on how things unfold in the weeks ahead: <a href="https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/42711/ecojustice-environmental-defence-take-ontario-to-court-over-changes-to-hamilton-s-official-plan" class="">https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/42711/ecojustice-environmental-defence-take-ontario-to-court-over-changes-to-hamilton-s-official-plan</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/01/17/flooding-soon-in-a-basement-near-you-the-impacts-of-weakening-wetland-protection-in-ontario/" class="">https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/01/17/flooding-soon-in-a-basement-near-you-the-impacts-of-weakening-wetland-protection-in-ontario/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Joan Faux sent the following link to an excellent article on density and other issues that provides lots to think about for the long term: <a href="https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-housing-theory-of-everything/" class="">https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-housing-theory-of-everything/</a></div><div class=""><div class="">
<meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A fantastic job by Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe on TVOntario regarding Bill #23: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAgenda/status/1615454546125365274" class="">https://twitter.com/TheAgenda/status/1615454546125365274</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">3) Save Ontario Wetlands -</font></b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class=""> An excellent website and online resource has been created to explain how the proposed changed to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System will endanger wetlands. It is a fantastic and detailed site: </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://saveontariowetlands.weebly.com/owes-changes.html" class="">https://saveontariowetlands.weebly.com/owes-changes.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">4) NDP Organizing Greenbelt Meeting -</font></b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class=""> Marit Styles, the incoming leader of the NDP is organizing an meeting of Greenbelt leaders and experts along with anyone interested at 11:00am Friday January 20th on Zoom to determine next steps to defend and then eventually expand the Greenbelt. Register to attend by e-mailing your contact information to: <a href="mailto:MStiles-QP@ndp.on.ca" class="">MStiles-QP@ndp.on.ca</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">5) Respect Rural Ontario Rally - </font></b>This coming Monday, January 23rd at 12:00pm noon there is a large rally planned near Nathan Phillips Square at 123 Queen Street West at the Sheraton Centre Hotel where Doug Ford and much of the Conservative Cabinet will be attending the Rural Ontario Municipality Association (ROMA) Annual Meeting and Conference. Please be creative with signs and help to send a strong message to the Premier, Cabinet as well as all of the municipal leaders that will be at the conference.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><b class=""><font size="4" class="">6) Alliance for a Liveable Ontario All Member Meeting - </font></b>Tuesday, January 24th at 4:00pm please join the more than 500 people who have registered to help build the Alliance to stop Ford’s disastrous agenda, share information, and take action. If you haven’t registered there is still time:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nQvWyrV2TVWQvdUWkTPlaA" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nQvWyrV2TVWQvdUWkTPlaA</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">7) Environmental Defence What’s Next Meeting </font></b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class="">- Get updates on the OPP investigation and learn what is next for Bill 23 and the Greenbelt on Wednesday, January 25th at 7:00pm from Environmental Defence and partners. A poster is attached below. Register at:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/120535/petition/1" class="">https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/120535/petition/1</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">8) Rally’s and Protests -</font> </b>Numerous additional rallies and protests are being planned for the weeks ahead in Toronto including a Welcome Back February 21st meeting at Queen’s Park (details below) as well as Owen Sound (Jan 31st), Brockville (Jan 21st), and London (Feb 4th): </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/handsoffthegreenbelt/" class="">https://environmentaldefence.ca/handsoffthegreenbelt/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">We have had several people including Hal Jaeger, Colleen Cooper and Lyndsay Dajka step forward to help plan some more local rallies here starting in February. Please reach out to any of them, Mike, or Kevin if you are interested in helping to see what we can organize locally.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">9) Council Watchdogs Needed -</font></b><span class=""> following the excellent idea of other parts of the province we are looking for volunteers across the Grand River Watershed to become a Council Watchdog and review your municipality agendas, council/committee meetings and flag items that relate to unnecessary sprawl and development. Council Watchdogs look out for new threats to Greenbelt/protected areas and farmland, decisions incompatible with climate mitigation policies, tree removal, compromises to safe active transportation networks, unethical behaviour of elected officials and share this information back to us so we can all assist as required.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please reply and let us know if you can be a Watchdog for your municipality. We will also need Watchdogs for our upper tier governments as well as the GRCA. </div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">10) Reminder - <span class=""><font class="">Friday, January 20th at 5:30pm Zoom Update Meeting Dial-in Details:</font></span></font></b></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Topic: Grand River Watershed Bill 23 Weekly Zoom Meeting</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Time: Fridays at 5:30pm EST</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Join Zoom Meeting</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09" class="">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Meeting ID: 826 4469 5701</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Passcode: 713374</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">One tap mobile</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">+17806660144,,82644695701#,,,,*713374# Canada</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">+12042727920,,82644695701#,,,,*713374# Canada</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for all the great efforts so far. Please share any questions or ideas.</div><div class=""><div id="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqtfd24641" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863"><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><span class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000Apple-style-span">Cheers,</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Kevin Thomason and Mike Marcolongo on behalf of all our community groups.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">-----------------------------------</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4" class="">A) Upcoming Events</font></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Friday, January 20th - 11:00am - NDP Call with Marit Stiles on the Greenbelt -<span style="font-family: Helvetica;" class=""> <a href="mailto:MStiles-QP@ndp.on.ca" class="">MStiles-QP@ndp.on.ca</a></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div class=""><div id="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqtfd24641" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Friday, January 20th - 5:30pm - Group Update Zoom Call -</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"> </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09" class="">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Monday, January 23rd - 12:00pm - Rally at ROMA - 123 Queen Street West/Across from Nathan Phillips Square</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tuesday, January 24th - 4:00pm - Alliance for Liveable Ontario All Member Call - <b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div id="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqtfd24641" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div dir="ltr" class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nQvWyrV2TVWQvdUWkTPlaA" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nQvWyrV2TVWQvdUWkTPlaA</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></b></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div dir="ltr" class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></b></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div dir="ltr" class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;">Wednesday, January 25th - 7:00pm - Environmental Defence Webinar - Bill 23 & Greenbelt - What’s Next - </div></div></div></div></div></div></font></b><a href="https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/120535/petition/1" class="">https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/120535/petition/1</a></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div dir="ltr" class="" style="display: inline !important;"><div class="" style="display: inline !important;"><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">Wednesday, January 28th - Enough is Enough Provincial events against Doug Ford - <a href="https://ofl.ca/event/eie-kickoff/" class="">https://ofl.ca/event/eie-kickoff/</a></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">Monday, February 13th - 1:00pm - Planning Meeting for February 21st Queen’s Park Welcome Back Protection Gathering</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">Tuesday, February 21st - MPP Meetings at Queen’s Park, Noon Rally at the Legislature Lawn</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">--------------------------------</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4" class="">B) What’s Next?</font></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="EF762DB0-135A-4979-BD09-7202B121FE74" src="cid:5DE323FF-EAB0-4A64-82A7-3BB7D0D7381F" class=""></font></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img apple-inline="yes" id="4B62F829-86FD-4C71-BA13-FB9D9651AFFE" width="604" height="827" src="cid:4EF34EEE-DCC1-4648-AAA7-08E665E0ADA8" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">-----------------------------</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">C) Welcome Back Gathering February 21st at Queen’s Park</font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></font></b></div></div></div></div></font></b></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="x_x_elementToProof" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0cm;"><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof x_x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">After a nice long 10-week break, the Ontario House of Legislature gets back to the business of burning Ontario's Healthcare, Education, Environment and Democracy to the ground while failing to meet our collective need for affordable housing, transit, decent wages, an anti-poverty strategy, or a sustainable future. (note, this is not an exhaustive list by any means!) </div><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br class="x_x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0"></div><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;">On February 21 Ontarians are invited to a Protection Gathering where we will sing, chant and dance and work together for a better future. This peaceful and powerful event will tell the Progressive Conservative Party that Ontario demands better. <span class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted1 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted4 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important;">Help us</span><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted1 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted4 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span title="" class="x_x_x_ContentPasted1 x_x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;">welcome</span><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted1 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted4 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important;"> Doug back from his cottage with a cross-sectional gathering of friends. </span></span><br class="x_x_ContentPasted4 x_x_Apple-interchange-newline ContentPasted0"></span></div><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted1 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted4 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important;"><br class=""></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">--------------------------------</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">D) Speak Up and Ensure Your Voice is Heard:</font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Premier Doug Ford - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:doug.fordco@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">doug.fordco@pc.ola.org</a> or 416-325-1941</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Steve Clark - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:steve.clark@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">steve.clark@pc.ola.org</a> or 416-585-7214</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">David Piccini - Minster of Environment, Conservation and Parks - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:david.paccini@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">david.piccini@pc.ola.org</a> or 905-372-4000</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Todd Smith - Minister of Energy - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:todd.smith@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">todd.smith@pc.ola.org</a> or 613-962-1144</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Michael Parsa - Associate Minister of Housing - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:michael.parsaco@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">michael.parsaco@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Conservative MPPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Mike Harris Jr - MPP Kitchener-Conestoga - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:mike.harris@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mike.harris@pc.ola.org</a> or 519-669-2090</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Brian Riddell - MPP Cambridge - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:brian.riddell@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">brian.riddell@pc.ola.org</a> or 519-650-2770</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Jess Dixon - MPP Kitchener South - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:jess.dixon@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jess.dixon@pc.ola.org</a> or 519-650-9413</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local NDP MPPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Catherine Fife - MPP Waterloo - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:cfife-qp@ndp.on.ca" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cfife-qp@ndp.on.ca</a> or 519-725-3477</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Laura Mae Lindo - MPP Kitchener Centre - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:llindo-qp@ndp.on.ca" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">llindo-qp@ndp.on.ca</a> or 519-579-5460</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Or use the Hold The Line Waterloo Region engagement engine to automatically address and send an e-mail you help to draft: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.holdthelinewr.org/" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.holdthelinewr.org</a></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div></div><div class="">-------------------------------------</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">Other Events of Possible Interest:</b></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) Princess Twin Cinema Waterloo - two Land Back films at the Princess Twin on Friday, Jan 20th.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2) Knox Church Lecture - Mon, Jan 23, 7:30-9:30pm, 50 Erb St W, Waterloo:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><h1 class="gmail-tribe-events-single-event-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font size="2" class="">The Niagara Escarpment: A Natural Masterpiece 450 million years in the making</font></h1><div class=""> <a href="https://waterlooregionnature.ca/event/niagara-escarpment-geology/?fbclid=IwAR1yJGV5s5dhvbzHiD3R8D6pIbwsYy8IeLgJlQQYUl7AbP5J24Py18NpDic" class="">https://waterlooregionnature.ca/event/niagara-escarpment-geology/?fbclid=IwAR1yJGV5s5dhvbzHiD3R8D6pIbwsYy8IeLgJlQQYUl7AbP5J24Py18NpDic</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;" class="">Through the use of images plus samples of rocks, fossils and minerals, Beth Gilhespy will take us on a journey to explore the rich and varied geology of the Niagara Escarpment. Come learn more about this natural masterpiece 450 million years in the making.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;" class="">This will be a</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"> </span><strong style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" class="">hybrid meeting</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;" class="">and you can choose to attend either in-person or via Zoom.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><p style="border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" class="">To attend via Zoom, register at:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElf-mprzwjGN2vr1_X6blMpvDF5FnmDFpn" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); box-sizing: border-box;" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElf-mprzwjGN2vr1_X6blMpvDF5FnmDFpn</a></span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;" class="">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p></div><div class=""></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">-------------------------------------</div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div class="">Kevin Thomason</div><div class="">Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class="">E-mail: <a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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