<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 class=""><div class="">Good Day,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A reminder of our meeting tomorrow (Friday) February 17th 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 an impressive amount of new developments and news on Bill 23, the Greenbelt, and Regional Planning:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><span class=""><font class=""><span class=""><font size="4" class=""><font class="" style="font-weight: bold;">1) Media Coverage </font></font><font size="4" class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">-</font></span><span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"> The incredible amount of media articles and news coverage continues:</span></font></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A great local call to action by Susan Koswan - Gearing Up for the Next Round:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2023/02/15/gearing-up-for-next-round-in-fight-to-save-greenbelt.html?rf" class="">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2023/02/15/gearing-up-for-next-round-in-fight-to-save-greenbelt.html?rf</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Federal Government Deserves A Say in Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Plans:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2023/02/14/federal-government-deserves-a-say-in-doug-fords-greenbelt-plans.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2023/02/14/federal-government-deserves-a-say-in-doug-fords-greenbelt-plans.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Toronto Star - Martin Regg Cohn:</div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/02/13/john-tory-goes-up-in-flames-as-doug-ford-hides-in-a-smokescreen.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/02/13/john-tory-goes-up-in-flames-as-doug-ford-hides-in-a-smokescreen.html</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Toronto Star - Doug Ford Should Demand Caroline Mulroney Resignation:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/02/15/doug-ford-should-demand-caroline-mulroneys-resignation.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/02/15/doug-ford-should-demand-caroline-mulroneys-resignation.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2023/02/06/its-time-to-cut-our-ties-to-fossil-fuels.html" class="">https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2023/02/06/its-time-to-cut-our-ties-to-fossil-fuels.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><font size="4" class="">2) Doug Ford Defends Wedding Stag & Doe Party -</font></b><span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"> More rot and corruption within Doug Ford’s family and inner circles has been uncovered as extremely troubling details continue to emerge about developers being asked to help fund Doug’s daughter’s wedding:</span></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><br class=""></span></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star </span></font></b></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2023/02/10/ontario-developers-who-benefitted-from-ford-government-decisions-on-greenbelt-and-mzos-dined-with-the-premier-at-his-daughters-wedding.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2023/02/10/ontario-developers-who-benefitted-from-ford-government-decisions-on-greenbelt-and-mzos-dined-with-the-premier-at-his-daughters-wedding.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CTV News - This is Ridiculous as Doug Ford Defends Party</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/this-is-ridiculous-doug-ford-defends-stag-party-attended-by-developers-1.6268733" class="">https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/this-is-ridiculous-doug-ford-defends-stag-party-attended-by-developers-1.6268733</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC News </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-daughter-wedding-developers-stag-doe-1.6744311" class="">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-daughter-wedding-developers-stag-doe-1.6744311</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Ford Denies Wrongdoing</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/around-ontario/ford-denies-wrongdoing-over-developers-attending-daughters-wedding-stag-and-doe-6523381" class="">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/around-ontario/ford-denies-wrongdoing-over-developers-attending-daughters-wedding-stag-and-doe-6523381</a></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/ford-wont-say-who-sent-invites-to-daughters-150-stag-and-doe-event-6559532" class="">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/around-ontario/ford-wont-say-who-sent-invites-to-daughters-150-stag-and-doe-event-6559532</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Really impressive Global News Coverage that doesn’t hesitate to call things out:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9457569/ontario-premier-doug-ford-stag-doe/" class="">https://globalnews.ca/news/9457569/ontario-premier-doug-ford-stag-doe/</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Wow! Leave it to a Western Canadian Globe & Mail Reporter to call things out in Ontario:</div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-no-mr-ford-its-not-okay-to-host-a-party-where-developers-come-with/" class="">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-no-mr-ford-its-not-okay-to-host-a-party-where-developers-come-with/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also here’s some great fodder for political cartoonists:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2023/02/15/theo-moudakis-cordially-invited.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2023/02/15/theo-moudakis-cordially-invited.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorial-cartoon/2023/02/16/feb-16-editorial-cartoon.html" class="">https://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorial-cartoon/2023/02/16/feb-16-editorial-cartoon.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">3) </font></b><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Queen’s Park Reporters Fired and Quit in Scandal/Protest - </font></b>In a confounding story it seems that a number of reporters have been fired and/or quit in protest over being told to not report on Doug Ford’s opening of the Greenbelt for developers:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>An unusual and unfolding story about the editor-in-chief and reporters quitting and being fired/laid off citing interference in their journalism into the opening up the Greenbelt:</div></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/02/09/qp-briefings-editor-in-chief-reporter-quit-in-protest-after-ford-story-fight.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/02/09/qp-briefings-editor-in-chief-reporter-quit-in-protest-after-ford-story-fight.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">4) New Home Construction Falling Significantly Short -</b></font> It appears that despite Doug Ford and the Conservative Party’s extremely misguided actions to open the Greenbelt, remove Conservation Authority oversight, eliminate development charges, and numerous other troubling issues new home construction continues to plummet along with sales of existing homes - further worsening the housing crisis as data shows the Ford government has Ontario heading in the wrong direction in the excellent article from John Micheal McGrath at TVO:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Housing Falling Short - Plan A is Failing in Ontario. What’s Plan B?</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/plan-a-for-housing-is-failing-in-ontario-whats-plan-b" class="">https://www.tvo.org/article/plan-a-for-housing-is-failing-in-ontario-whats-plan-b</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-weight: bold;">5) Municipal Best Practices for Protecting Farmland and Natural Heritage Event </font></span>- Municipal Leaders for Stronger Communities is a network of community leaders who want to make sure that our municipal staff and elected officials have the information and access to experts needed to best protect farmland and natural areas. Please contact your local Councillors, municipal staff, and community leaders to tell them about this free webinar featuring Dr. Anne Bell from Ontario Nature, Phil Mount from the National Farmers Union, and Susan Robertson from People Plan Community on Thursday, Feb 16th at 4pm.</div><div class=""><span class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">More details are below and you can register at:</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOqgrz8iHdJ6vjHhjYYGmPuW-fXru5ai" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOqgrz8iHdJ6vjHhjYYGmPuW-fXru5ai</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">6) We’re Watching You Queen’s Park Event -</b></font> Join the Ford Watch Party in the Queen’s Park Visitors Gallery on Tuesday, February 21st at 9:45am and welcome Doug Ford back to the Legislature with an appropriate welcome as we pack the Visitor’s Gallery to let hime know that we remain vigilant and are committed to protecting the Greenbelt and our communities. Social media materials are provided below for you to use on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Learn more at: <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.bit.ly/ford-watch" class="">www.bit.ly/ford-watch</a></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">7) Welcome Back Doug Rally -</b></font> Join us on Saturday, February 25th for a large rally on the Queen’s Park Legislature Lawn at 11:00am. There will be buses arranged leaving from this area with more details to be discussed during the call on Friday at 5:30pm:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;"><a href="https://www.welcomebackdoug.com/" class="">https://www.welcomebackdoug.com</a> </div></font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">8) SPR Greenbelt Survey - </font></b><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">A short survey invitation for individuals to provide their views on the protection of Ontario’s Greenbelt and affordable housing. </span></b></div><div class=""><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">SPR*</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> is inviting you to participate in a confidential 10-minute on-line survey on Ontario’s Bill 23 & the Greenbelt. This confidential survey is part of a wide response to government changes removing protections from development from much of Ontario’s Greenbelt lands surrounding our cities. Virtually all of Ontario’s municipalities, hundreds of organizations and thousands of citizens oppose these changes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Why we are inviting you: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> It is important for all Ontarians to “have their say” on such changes. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Main questions</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">: the survey asks about repeal of Bill 23, to better protect the Greenbelt lands around Ontario cities. It also asks whether you think these changes will improve access to affordable housing.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The survey is not sponsored by the Government or private sectors but is undertaken by SPR as a not-for-profit public interest project. SPR’s survey is supported by a wide range of organizations, include most Ontario unions, the Social Planning Network of Ontario, the YWCA Ontario Network for affordable housing, Nature Ontario, and many others. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We ask you to complete the survey and further distribute the invitation to your co-workers, family, and others such as municipal officials. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">To take the survey</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, just click on the following link, which takes about 10 minutes to complete. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 36pt;"><a href="https://secure11.securewebexchange.com/spr.ca/greenbelt/greenbelt.htm" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">https://secure11.securewebexchange.com/spr.ca/greenbelt/greenbelt.htm</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Be sure to complete the survey before <b class="">February 28<sup class="">th</sup>. </b>The results of this survey will be used by SPR to draft a position paper which will be reviewed with supporters and distributed through all supporting organizations, to the media and to the Ontario Legislature by late March.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">* SPR conducts surveys and policy research for the Public and Private Sectors. SPR has a 35+ year track record in research and advocacy on health and safety, housing, and other areas, often with major impacts on legislation and public policy. (See </span><a href="http://www.spr.ca/" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">www.spr.ca</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">)</span></p></font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">9) ALO Website and New Tools - </font></b>The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario has launched a new way to see events and find tools while providing a new venue to share your events/actions/tools. Learn more at:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://mailchi.mp/6597bce5b0eb/new-see-and-share-events-actions-and-tools" class="">https://mailchi.mp/6597bce5b0eb/new-see-and-share-events-actions-and-tools</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.liveableontario.ca" class="">https://www.liveableontario.ca</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">10) Reminder - <span class=""><font class="">Friday, February 17th 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 Bi-Weekly Zoom Meeting</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Time: Every Other Friday 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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">-----------------------------------</div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4" class="">A) Upcoming Events</font></b></div><div class=""><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; display: inline !important;">Thursday, February 16th - 4:00pm - Municipal Best Practices for Protecting Farmland and Natural Heritage - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOqgrz8iHdJ6vjHhjYYGmPuW-fXru5ai" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOqgrz8iHdJ6vjHhjYYGmPuW-fXru5ai</a></div></font></b></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;"><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 - 9:45am - We’re Watching You Event at Queen’s Park Visitors Gallery - <a href="http://www.bit.ly/ford-watch" class="">www.bit.ly/ford-watch</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;">Saturday, February 25th - 11:00am - Welcome Back Doug Rally at the Legislature Lawn - <a href="https://www.welcomebackdoug.com/" class="">https://www.welcomebackdoug.com</a> - in some parts of Guelph buses are being organized due to lack of public transit options on weekends - more details to come.</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></font></b></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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 class="" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">--------------------------------</div></div></div></font></b></font></b></span></div><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">B) Municipal Best Practices for Protecting Farmland and Natural Heritage Event:</font></b></span></div><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br class=""></span></font></b></span></div><div class="x_x_x_x_elementToProof" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;">Municipal governments still have tools available to protect farmland and natural heritage lands, even if they've been removed from the Greenbelt. Now we need to make sure Local Councillors know about them. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;">Please contact your local Councillors and community leaders and tell them about "Municipal Best Practices for Protecting Farmland and Natural Heritage." This event happens on Thursday, February 16th at 4 pm (see attached poster).</div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;">This one hour Zoom panel discussion and Q&A is designed for municipal leaders and community leaders who want to use local powers to protect farmland and natural heritage. It features:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Anne Bell, Ontario Nature<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Phil Mount, National Farmers' Union<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Susan Robertson, People Plan Community<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;">You can <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOqgrz8iHdJ6vjHhjYYGmPuW-fXru5ai" target="_blank" class="" style="color: blue;">register here.</a> - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOqgrz8iHdJ6vjHhjYYGmPuW-fXru5ai" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOqgrz8iHdJ6vjHhjYYGmPuW-fXru5ai</a></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;">This event is organized by the Municipal Leaders for Stronger Communities, a network of community leaders who want to make sure our municipal leaders have access to the tools, experts and networks they need to succeed.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm;"><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></font></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>