<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div></div><div><br class=""></div><div><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="">-------------------------------</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font size="4" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">B) 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 class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">C) Other Community Issues - Amalgamtion, Municipal Restructuring, and Annexation - Martin De Groot</font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">As the appointment of a provincial facilitator looms over Waterloo Region and the fate of our Regional Government along with our urban cities and rural townships remains uncertain, Martin De Groot has authored and excellent series on municipal reform and what could lay ahead:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://marinus.substack.com/p/town-and-country-prospects-part-2" class="">https://marinus.substack.com/p/town-and-country-prospects-part-2</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">-------------------------------</div></div><div></div></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font size="4" class=""><b class="">D) Other Community Issues - Farmland & Water First - Citizens for Safe Groundwater - Emergency Update</b></font></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">The amazing grassroots community group Citizens for Safe Groundwater that has been fighting aggregate pit applications in Wilmot Township was planning a fundraising Wine & Cheese event this weekend when a surprise announcement from the Township of Wilmot has forced an Emergency Community Meeting instead. Details are below. Please help however you can.</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="templateHeader" data-template-container="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: url("https://mcusercontent.com/6454fd24c4bce52f81e0e225f/images/7b89355f-5d56-d3bb-5e87-1d1f1d438048.jpeg"); background-size: contain; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 89px; padding-bottom: 89px; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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max-width: 196px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="templateBody" data-template-container="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 36px; padding-bottom: 54px; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px !important; width: 600px !important;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="bodyContainer" style="background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><h1 class="null" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 40px; line-height: 60px; text-align: center;">Emergency Update!</h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 0px;"><table class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><u class=""><strong class="">We have been blindsided by Wilmot Council.</strong></u> They have recently decided to no longer fight the Hallman Pit at the upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal. We are taking immediate action and we need your support!</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 9px 18px;"><table class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(224, 224, 224);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;" class="">Changes to Wine & Cheese Event </h3><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class="">For ticket holders and those interested in purchasing tickets at the door, the <strong class="">Wine & Cheese Event will still be held from 2 to 4 PM at Puddicombe House</strong>. However, in light of this recent news, there will be an <u class=""><strong class="">Emergency Community Meeting at 3:30 PM</strong></u>.<br class=""><br class="">In order to efficiently respond to this update, we are replacing the speeches with this Emergency Community Meeting where we will share with the public what has happened. We are anxiously awaiting the agreement the township has made with the Hallman Pit applicant. We anticipate we will be able to share this with attendants this Sunday.<br class=""> </p><h3 class="null" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;">Emergency Community Meeting</h3><br class="">In the adjacent room to the Wine & Cheese Event at Puddicombe House, at 3:30 PM we will meet to organize an action plan. We have a preliminary plan mapped out with help from lawyer, Rod Northey. <strong class="">We need all hands on deck.</strong>We need to show the new Wilmot Council the same pressure we showed the council that came before. We need to show them that we want our vibrant communities, farmland, and water protected. We need to show them that we want to STOP THE HALLMAN PIT.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">There is no cost to attend the Emergency Community Meeting starting at 3:30 PM. We welcome all interested citizens to attend this emergency meeting. Please arrive on time as we are on a tight schedule.</strong><br class=""><br class="">Please see the updated agenda below:</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/6454fd24c4bce52f81e0e225f/images/1fffab91-9ad9-e0e9-b484-15ec0a907699.png" width="564" class="mcnImage" style="border: 1px solid; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 1200px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px 18px 0px;"><table class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><strong class="">We hope to see you this Sunday to protect our vibrant communities and put farmland and water first!</strong><br class=""> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 9px 18px;" class=""><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center; padding: 18px;"><h3 class="null" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">P.S. Save the Date!</span></h3><br class="">On March 6th at 7 PM there will be a Council Meeting. Please join (either virtually or in-person) to show your support and concern.<br class=""> <h3 class="null" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">P.P.S. Parking at Wine & Cheese Event</span></h3><br class="">Please note, there is plenty of public parking available across the road from the Puddicombe House but please try to carpool if you can.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="">-------------------------------</div></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div></div></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font size="4" class=""><b class="">E) Other Community Issues - Waterloo Federation of Agriculture</b></font></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">The Waterloo Federation of Agriculture has been doing it’s annual presentations to all the area municipalities on the importance of farming to the local economy, Bill 23, and the need to better protect farmland. Attached below is a great infographic that they have been presenting showing firsthand the impact of agriculture in our local communities:</div></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br class=""></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>