<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>Good Day,</div><div><br></div><div>A reminder of our regular update meeting tomorrow - Friday, July 7th at 5:30pm on Zoom where we hope that you will join us to discuss recent events and plan for the upcoming rally: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a> Hopefully you will be able to join us.</div><div><br></div><div>Here’s the latest:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Speak Up By August 4th </b>- Feedback to the government regarding the rural severances, new PPS, natural heritage system changes, and agricultural system update need to be submitted to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) and our MPPs by August 4th. There has been strong feedback from municipalities and our groups need to be responding as well. </div><div><br></div><div><div>It’s easy to submit a comment to the ERO. Please do so right now even if it is only a couple of sentences at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6813">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6813</a></div></div><div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">Proposed Rally and Picnic - Saturday, July 29th -</b> Our Rally Committee continues planning our next rally for Saturday, July 29th in advance of the August 4th PPS ERO deadline. It is fantastic to see a wide variety of community groups - including ACORN, Hold The Line, The Council of Canadians, and others joining with us for this fun summer event. </div><div><br></div><div>An initial draft of the poster is attached below with the plan to rally along University Avenue West adjacent to the University of Waterloo starting at 2:00pm and then move to the bandshell in Waterloo Park a few hundred metres away for speeches and a social picnic. The location is right on the iON Light Rail Transit Line (Laurier/Waterloo Park Station), easily reached by bus from Westmount or University Avenue and there is nearby parking available to the south in Waterloo Park and to the northwest in the University of Waterloo parking lots.</div><div><br></div><div>We are hoping for a strong turnout and fun afternoon visiting with friends and groups from across the Grand River Watershed while sending a strong message to the provincial government and working to ensure as many ERO submissions as possible.</div><div><br></div></div><div>Our Rally Committee has grown substantially under guidance and hard work of Hal Jaeger and Laura New. Lindsay Dajka will be the Rally Co-ordinator while others including David Lubell, Dorothy and Andy Wilson, Jenna Quinn, Anne Moore, Barb Hogg, Brooklin Wallis, and Sam Nabi are providing a wide variety of assistance.</div><div><br></div><div>Please share any questions or ideas and be sure to join us Saturday, July 29th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">3) Latest Media Coverage - </b>The onslaught of media coverage continues with numerous articles questioning the ethics and actions of Doug Ford’s provincial government, strong mayor powers, climate change, and many other issues:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Doug Ford’s Right Hand Man, PC MPP went to Las Vegas with Greenbelt Developer:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-trillium-investigations/doug-fords-right-hand-man-pc-mpp-went-to-las-vegas-with-greenbelt-developer-in-2020-sources-7212244">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-trillium-investigations/doug-fords-right-hand-man-pc-mpp-went-to-las-vegas-with-greenbelt-developer-in-2020-sources-7212244</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Integrity Commissioner Looking Into Lobbying Firm Run By Doug Ford’s Long Time Right Hand Man:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-trillium-investigations/integrity-commissioner-looking-into-lobbying-firm-run-by-doug-fords-longtime-right-hand-man-7138199">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-trillium-investigations/integrity-commissioner-looking-into-lobbying-firm-run-by-doug-fords-longtime-right-hand-man-7138199</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Narwhal - More Evidence of the Opening the Greenbelt Months Earlier:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-email-june-2022/">https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-email-june-2022/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Toronto Star - Why Is This Real Estate Brokerage Pushing for 15 Minute Neighbourhoods:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/2023/06/26/why-is-this-real-estate-brokerage-pushing-for-15-minute-neighbourhoods.html">https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/2023/06/26/why-is-this-real-estate-brokerage-pushing-for-15-minute-neighbourhoods.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>City - News - Cambridge Mayor Responds to Strong Mayor Powers:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/06/26/cambridge-mayor-responds-to-strong-mayor-powers/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/06/26/cambridge-mayor-responds-to-strong-mayor-powers/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>City News - Guelph Residents Have Their Say on Strong Mayor Powers:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/06/29/guelph-residents-have-their-say-on-strong-mayor-powers/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/06/29/guelph-residents-have-their-say-on-strong-mayor-powers/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>City News - Ford Weighs In On Regional Mayors Turning Down Strong Mayor Powers:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/06/27/ford-weighs-in-on-regional-mayors-turning-down-strong-mayor-powers/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/06/27/ford-weighs-in-on-regional-mayors-turning-down-strong-mayor-powers/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Climate Change Denial Ensures This Isn’t The Last of Our Smoky Summers:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/climate-change-denial-ensures-this-is-not-the-last-of-our-smoky-summers/article_08d74f98-ff27-5d0c-8228-7775879ee1d5.html?">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/climate-change-denial-ensures-this-is-not-the-last-of-our-smoky-summers/article_08d74f98-ff27-5d0c-8228-7775879ee1d5.html?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Narwhal - 30,000 homes proposed for Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, Former Crown Jewel of Ontario’s Greenbelt:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-duffins-rouge-greenbelt/?">https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-duffins-rouge-greenbelt/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) In-depth Reading - </b>there has been some recent longer articles that provide an more detailed reporting of what is happening to Canada’s farmland and clean energy reaching a tipping point that is worth reading:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC - What’s happening to Canada’s Farmland?</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-prime-farmland-1.6877661">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-prime-farmland-1.6877661</a></div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><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></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>The Narwhal - Hope and Fear:</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 href="https://thenarwhal.ca/climate-change-clean-energy-tipping-point/">https://thenarwhal.ca/climate-change-clean-energy-tipping-point/</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></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><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Greenbelt Promise Fundraising Event - July 20th in Guelph - </b>The old-fashioned barn party at the historic Beattie-Blair Barn (circa 1870) in Guelph on July 20th from 6:30pm to 9:30pm is unfortunately being postponed. </div><div><br></div><div>The event will be rescheduled for 2024 so watch for details in the coming months.</div><div><br></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></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: 14px;"><b>6) Save Ontario’s Farms, Forests & Wetlands Campaign - </b></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;">Environmental Defence has launched a new campaign to encourage people to speak up and send letters to the provincial government to save Ontario’s Farms, Forests and Wetlands. It only takes one click to send letters to a wide variety of MPP’s, Ministers and the Premier. Take action 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-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></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 href="https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/125823/action/1">https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/125823/action/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></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></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 style="font-size: 14px;">7) Leadnow Greenbelt Petition -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> Leadnow is using their massive reach and lists to encourage people to speak up and ask the Federal Government to step in and better protect the Greenbelt. Take a minute to speak up and take action 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-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></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 href="https://act.leadnow.ca/block-development-greenbelt/?">https://act.leadnow.ca/block-development-greenbelt/?</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></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></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: 14px;"><b>8) ALO Building Hope Webinar - </b></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;">The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario is holding their next webinar “Getting it Right: Building the Housing We Need” on Tuesday, July 25th at 4pm. Speakers include Professor Carolyn Whitzman and Leith Moore. Join elected officials, municipal staff, and citizens from across Ontario to learn what you can do to help build liveable neighbourhoods - not just more houses. 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-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></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-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M3qSOEBAS9CWQ-lKRm_xqQ#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M3qSOEBAS9CWQ-lKRm_xqQ#/registration</a></div><div><br></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;">ALO also just also held a provincial strategy planning meeting last week with leaders from across Ontario discussing goals and ambitions for the next two years. If you aren’t yet a member of ALO you are encouraged to join and help work towards a more liveable Ontario:</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></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 href="https://www.liveableontario.ca/">https://www.liveableontario.ca/</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></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></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 style="font-size: 14px;">9) Survey Results Are In! -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to our survey about the optimal meeting time for our group. Our Friday at 5:30pm was originally chosen in a panic back in October when Bill 23 was released and we knew we had to inform and mobilize a broad collective of citizens and groups from across the Grand River Watershed. Friday at 5:30pm was decided upon because we felt that nobody would ever be foolish enough to schedule a meeting for 5:30pm on a Friday so therefore most people should be available to meet on Zoom and deal with the issues on such short notice.</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></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;">It turns out that the Friday at 5:30pm time while not always convenient has worked well for the past 9 months and the vast majority of survey respondents felt that we should keep the Friday at 5:30pm time with there being no other proposed time that even came close to the same level of support.</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></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;">Thus, despite busy summer weekends, we will continue to meet every other Friday at 5:30pm on Zoom. Feel free to join us from your deck, pool, dock, favourite pub, or wherever and if you can’t make it we will still endeavour to send out these e-mail updates as well. We continue to add several new people each week to the mailing lists. Please let us know if there are others that we should be sending this update to and inviting to join our Friday at 5:30pm meetings.</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></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;"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Reminder - Meeting this Friday</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us this Friday, July 7th at 5:30pm:</div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Topic: Grand River Watershed Bill 23 Bi-Weekly Zoom Meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Time: Every Other Friday at 5:30pm EST</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Join Zoom Meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Meeting ID: 826 4469 5701</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Passcode: 713374</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Thanks for all the great efforts so far. Please share any questions or ideas.</div><div><div id="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqtfd24641" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><div style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><span class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000Apple-style-span">Cheers,</span></div><div 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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">-----------------------------------</div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><div><b 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 style="font-size: 14px;">A) Upcoming Events</font></b></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Friday, July 7th<b style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - 5:30pm - Next update meeting on Zoom - </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09" style="font-weight: 400;">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></b></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, July 25th - ALO Webinar - Getting it Right: Building the Housing We Need - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M3qSOEBAS9CWQ-lKRm_xqQ#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M3qSOEBAS9CWQ-lKRm_xqQ#/registration</a></div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, July 29th - 2:00pm - Rally and Picnic at Waterloo Park - details on Rally Poster below</div><div><br></div><div>Friday, August 4th - last day to comment on the Provincial Policy Statement - <a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6813">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6813</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">------------------------------------</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></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-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">B) Draft Rally and Picnic Poster - Saturday, July 29th at 2:00pm</b></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></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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>