<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;"><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>Good Day,</div><div><br></div><div>There are lots of things to update on this week:</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Holiday!!!! - </b>We are going to give everyone a holiday this coming Friday at 5:30pm and allow you to celebrate your holiday weekend however you like without having to do our usual everyother Friday Zoom call. We are going to take a break and hold our next Friday at 5:30pm update meeting on Friday, August 18th instead. Please use your time to submit a response to the Environmental Registry of Ontario prior to the 11:59pm Friday deadline.</div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Speak Up By 11:59 pm on Friday, August 4th </b>- Feedback to the government regarding the rural severances, new PPS, natural heritage system changes, and agricultural system update needs to be submitted to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) and our MPPs by August 4th. There has been strong feedback from municipalities and we all need to be responding as well:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Woolwich Observer - Townships Raise Concerns Over Province’s Changes to Planning Process:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.observerxtra.com/townships-raise-concerns-over-provinces-changes-to-planning-process/">https://www.observerxtra.com/townships-raise-concerns-over-provinces-changes-to-planning-process/</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>In the appendix of this e-mail there is a document from Ontario Nature with talking points that you can use for your submission. The Federation of North Toronto Resident’s Association (FoNTRA) has also created a great website and resource for submission to the ERO on the PPS that is attached below as well as an online tool that you can check out at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://ispeakup.ca/petitions">https://ispeakup.ca/petitions</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>It’s fast and easy to submit a comment directly to the ERO - 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 class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">3)</b><b style="font-size: 14px;"> Very Successful Rally Against The Big Sprawl -</b> Thanks to everyone who came out this past Saturday to The Rally Against The Big Sprawl! The rain ended just in time and It was fantastic to see over 150 people from so many different community groups out to speak up against the recent actions of the provincial government. Opposition Leader and Leader of the Ontario NDP Party Marit Stiles joined us and gave a fiery speech about the need for the government to do a far better job on affordable housing and protecting the environment. </div><div><br></div><div>Other speakers included Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife, Maribel Jagorin of ACORN Tenants Union, Sam Nabi of Hold The Line, Kitchener-Centre by-election candidates Aislinn Clancy and Debbie Chapman, along with National Farmers Union President Jennifer Pfenning who fell ill earlier that day but sent written remarks stating that we cannot afford to lose anymore farmland in a climate crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Photos from the event are attached below. In addition to having a lot of fun and getting a chance to visit with link-minded people from across the Grand River watershed, there were numerous reporters present that have written excellent articles about the event (links below) including significant front page coverage with colour photos in several newspapers. Kudos to Dorothy Wilson from the Nith Valley Ecoboosters, Sean Campbell from Hold The Line, and others for their excellent interviews and comments with reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of all the event got the attention of Premier Doug Ford and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark who first thing on Monday morning issued a statement trying to counter our narrative and the concerns we raised at the Rally. Expect additional media coverage on this over the days ahead including an article in today's Record listed below:</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - “It’s Going To Decimate Our Countryside” - Waterloo Rally Calls For End of Urban Sprawl:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/it-s-going-to-decimate-our-countryside-waterloo-rally-calls-for-end-of-urban-sprawl/article_8109ec46-91ce-5826-9169-95eb82b31552.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/it-s-going-to-decimate-our-countryside-waterloo-rally-calls-for-end-of-urban-sprawl/article_8109ec46-91ce-5826-9169-95eb82b31552.html</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The New Hamburg Independent - Proposed Provincial Policy Statement Faces Opposition from Wilmot, Waterloo Region Citizens Groups:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/proposed-provincial-policy-statement-faces-opposition-from-wilmot-waterloo-region-citizens-groups/article_f875bf15-e519-5a88-a2f5-443e5d2f288e.html?">https://www.therecord.com/news/proposed-provincial-policy-statement-faces-opposition-from-wilmot-waterloo-region-citizens-groups/article_f875bf15-e519-5a88-a2f5-443e5d2f288e.html?</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Woolwich Observer - Rally Against Urban Sprawl Draws 100 To Protest:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.observerxtra.com/rally-against-urban-sprawl-draws-100-to-protest/">https://www.observerxtra.com/rally-against-urban-sprawl-draws-100-to-protest/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - More Land Needed For Housing, Even With Intensification Province Says - Ministry Responds After Waterloo Region Protest Over Urban Sprawl:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/more-land-needed-for-housing-even-with-intensification-province-says/article_07d2aa59-0148-5a59-be81-ecc49be86cbb.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/more-land-needed-for-housing-even-with-intensification-province-says/article_07d2aa59-0148-5a59-be81-ecc49be86cbb.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Rally Planning Committee is already talking about our next potential Rally on teaming up with the Labour Council, Healthcare Unions, and Teacher’s Union’s to protest at FordFest at Bingeman’s on Friday, Sept 11th. Please let us know if you are interested in helping to plan the event.</div><div><br></div><div>There is also a Stop Sprawl Waterdown Rally coming up on Tuesday, August 8th at 5:30pm at Dundas Street and Hamilton Street in Waterdown, Ontario for those who would like to show their support.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">4) OHBA Suddenly Fires CEO Luca Bucci -</span> </b>Here’s some breaking news that could have implications on many fronts - The Ontario Home Builder’s Association has just suddenly fired their President (and Former MMAH Chief of Staff to Steve Clark) Luca Bucci with no reasons provided and not even an thank you for his service. Luca is a Conservative insider who faced significant criticism when he left the Minister’s Office and almost immediately began lobbying the government as the OHBA CEO despite there supposedly being a 1 year cooling-off period. There have been numerous complaints filed and investigations are underway by the Integrity Commissioner and Auditor General.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, developers involved with the Greenbelt takeouts are apparently scrambling to hire crisis management firms this week so there could be interesting things happening with the Auditor General’s investigation and other investigations underway. Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk has said in the past that her investigations will be concluded prior to the end of her term on Sept 3rd.</div><div><br></div><div>We’ll have to see what continues to unfold in the days ahead:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>OHBA Suddenly Fires CEO Luca Bucci:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Gasp4Change/status/1686711125545451520?s=20">https://twitter.com/Gasp4Change/status/1686711125545451520?s=20</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Luca Bucci Out at OHBA:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/housing/luca-bucci-housing-ministers-former-chief-out-as-ceo-of-homebuilders-association-7355580">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/housing/luca-bucci-housing-ministers-former-chief-out-as-ceo-of-homebuilders-association-7355580</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Toronto Star - Doug Ford Gets Greenbelt Draft Report Amid Predictions “The Walls Are Closing In" on His Tories:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-gets-greenbelt-draft-report-amid-predictions-the-walls-are-closing-in-on-his/article_4f97451c-3bdd-5a11-9a82-008489263cd1.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-gets-greenbelt-draft-report-amid-predictions-the-walls-are-closing-in-on-his/article_4f97451c-3bdd-5a11-9a82-008489263cd1.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Draft of Audit General’s Report Shared With Premier:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-gets-greenbelt-draft-report-amid-predictions-the-walls-are-closing-in-on-his/article_867b3848-4159-53e9-b5d0-14564eb0774c.html?">https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-gets-greenbelt-draft-report-amid-predictions-the-walls-are-closing-in-on-his/article_867b3848-4159-53e9-b5d0-14564eb0774c.html?</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Latest Media Coverage - </b>Significant media coverage continues with new polling, articles questioning the ethics and actions of Doug Ford’s provincial government, developers obstructing the Auditor General, and many other issues:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - A Bad Sign for Doug Ford’s Future? Majority of Ontarians Think His Decisions Benefit Friends and Supporters Poll Finds:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/a-bad-sign-for-doug-ford-s-future-majority-of-ontarians-think-his-decisions-benefit/article_9343bf58-642b-53fe-8962-d46a055b10a4.html?">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/a-bad-sign-for-doug-ford-s-future-majority-of-ontarians-think-his-decisions-benefit/article_9343bf58-642b-53fe-8962-d46a055b10a4.html?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Greenbelt Gold Rush - Developers Are Scooping Up Land After Doug Ford Backtracked On His Promise:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/greenbelt-gold-rush-developers-are-scooping-up-land-after-doug-ford-backtracked-on-his-promise/article_4e85e727-5546-503f-8bb1-25997fe37497.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/greenbelt-gold-rush-developers-are-scooping-up-land-after-doug-ford-backtracked-on-his-promise/article_4e85e727-5546-503f-8bb1-25997fe37497.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Hires Auditors to Probe Finances in Select Cities:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-hires-auditors-to-probe-finances-in-toronto-mississauga-brampton-and-other-cities/article_cb086194-e462-56d8-b16b-8e7e231ef206.html?">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-hires-auditors-to-probe-finances-in-toronto-mississauga-brampton-and-other-cities/article_cb086194-e462-56d8-b16b-8e7e231ef206.html?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Globe and Mail - Centrepiece of Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Housing Plan Faces Multiple Roadblocks:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-doug-ford-greenbelt-duffins-rouge/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-doug-ford-greenbelt-duffins-rouge/</a></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 dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The National Observer - We Should Not Negotiate With A Facilitator Sent by Bullies:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/07/21/news/hamilton-ford-greenbelt-protest">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/07/21/news/hamilton-ford-greenbelt-protest</a></div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Liberals Win Pair of Seats in Ontario Provincial Byelections:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/07/27/scarborough-byelection-liberals-win-andrea-hazell/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/07/27/scarborough-byelection-liberals-win-andrea-hazell/?</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - Insiders Say Doug Ford is Frustrated by Two By-election Defeats:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/insiders-say-doug-ford-is-frustrated-by-two-byelection-defeats-here-s-where-he-thinks/article_4d71c588-5b60-570b-af9d-db4e54a13208.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a05&utm_source=ml_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=2DF5A405D6082D2C0C4FDB5202BCAE69&utm_campaign=wrha_157947">https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/insiders-say-doug-ford-is-frustrated-by-two-byelection-defeats-here-s-where-he-thinks/article_4d71c588-5b60-570b-af9d-db4e54a13208.html</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Waterloo Trims Public Meetings Aiming to Slash Up To 10 Months Off Housing Approvals:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-trims-public-meetings-and-hires-two-new-planners-aiming-to-slash-up-to-10/article_71fb1e12-0fcb-5624-8f6f-14d83993ab47.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a02&utm_source=ml_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=2DF5A405D6082D2C0C4FDB5202BCAE69&utm_campaign=wrha_157947">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-trims-public-meetings-and-hires-two-new-planners-aiming-to-slash-up-to-10/article_71fb1e12-0fcb-5624-8f6f-14d83993ab47.html</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC - We’re Dangerously Near Some Climate Tipping Points:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-tipping-points-1.6918795">https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-tipping-points-1.6918795</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Premier Bringing Ford Fest To Kitchener This Summer:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/premier-bringing-ford-fest-to-kitchener-this-summer/article_69e8a7d2-957a-51b4-950b-68c3c7358319.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/premier-bringing-ford-fest-to-kitchener-this-summer/article_69e8a7d2-957a-51b4-950b-68c3c7358319.html</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Ambitious Plan Promises 10,000 New Homes in Waterloo Region At Half The Cost They Sell For Now:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/ambitious-plan-promises-10-000-new-homes-for-families-in-waterloo-region-at-half-the/article_3d53993d-fae6-5a61-88c0-6ed97009602a.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/ambitious-plan-promises-10-000-new-homes-for-families-in-waterloo-region-at-half-the/article_3d53993d-fae6-5a61-88c0-6ed97009602a.html</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Mayor of Waterloo Responds to Pressure from Provincial Government on Housing:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/08/03/mayor-of-waterloo-responds-to-pressure-from-provincial-government-on-housing/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/08/03/mayor-of-waterloo-responds-to-pressure-from-provincial-government-on-housing/?</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Corporate Knights - Here We Go Again - Ontario’s Reckless Nuclear Gamble:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/ontario-reckless-nuclear-expansion-gamble/">https://www.corporateknights.com/energy/ontario-reckless-nuclear-expansion-gamble/</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div></div></div></div><b style="font-size: 14px;">6) Supercharged Sprawl -</b> Environmental Defence has a great new article and information on the proposed provincial changes that will worsen Ontario’s housing crisis and destroy more farms, forests and wetlands. Learn more at:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/07/14/changes-that-will-worsen-ontarios-housing-crisis-and-destroy-more-farms-forests-and-wetlands/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/07/14/changes-that-will-worsen-ontarios-housing-crisis-and-destroy-more-farms-forests-and-wetlands/</a></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">The proposed changes include:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Reverting back to low-density sprawl</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Encouraging development outside of existing cities and towns</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Discouraging redevelopment inside cities</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Removing requirements for urban boundary approvals</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Building subdivisions in the middle of farm country</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Removing protection for cultural and archaeological values</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Take action and speak up.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>7) ALO Building Hope Webinar - </b></span>The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario held their webinar “Getting it Right: Building the Housing We Need” this past week. Speakers included Professor Carolyn Whitzman and developer Leith Moore. It was a fantastic, informative webinar. Already more than 200 people have watched the video online:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt3fd_UpWPs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt3fd_UpWPs</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>If you aren’t yet a member of ALO you are encouraged to join and help work towards a more liveable Ontario:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.liveableontario.ca/">https://www.liveableontario.ca/</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></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 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><b style="font-size: 14px;">8) Reminder - No Meeting this Friday</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Please enjoy the long weekend holiday this Friday and join us next on Friday, August 18th 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><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><br></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 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><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, August 4th - 11:59pm - 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><br></div><div><div>Tuesday, August 8th - 5:30pm - Waterdown Stop Sprawl Rally - <a href="https://mailchi.mp/e1064593bf1c/we-need-you-now?e=b18693aa6f">https://mailchi.mp/e1064593bf1c/we-need-you-now?e=b18693aa6f</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Friday, August 18th<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><div><br></div><div>Friday, September 11th - Ford Fest At Bingeman’s Kitchener - Details to be determined.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">B) </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">Speak up on the Provincial Policy Statement and proposed rural severances for farmland: </b></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 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><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 12px 24px;"><div style="width: 612px;"><p><span style="font-size: 12px;">Please comment by August 4th on the PPS<b>: </b></span><a href="https://gasp4change.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f78129ba7eabe097015221d5d&id=840c2d168c&e=8a629d034f" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px;">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6813</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 12px 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></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></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></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></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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>