<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>Headlines and many new media stories continue on the Greenbelt and forced urban boundary expansions as the media and opposition parties continue to demand answers from the provincial government. Here’s the latest:</div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">1) Another Conservative Staffer Gone in Greenbelt Scandal </span>-</b> Amin Massoudi, Ford’s former Principal Secretary and an aide so respect the Premier described him as “like family” was another casualty of the Greenbelt Scandal late last week:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - Doug Ford’s Office Says Its Severing Formal Ties with Key Aide Amid Greenbelt Scandal:</div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-s-office-says-it-is-severing-formal-ties-with-key-aide-amid-greenbelt/article_5f63b450-267c-5a45-bdbc-e228c6ffa3e4.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-s-office-says-it-is-severing-formal-ties-with-key-aide-amid-greenbelt/article_5f63b450-267c-5a45-bdbc-e228c6ffa3e4.html</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Local, Provincial and National Media Coverage -</b> Here's some of the news articles from the past week as the Greenbelt scandal and concerns with the Ford government corruption dominate the headlines. Issues include Greenbelt developer compensation, the Newmarket Greenbelt hospital cancellation, the Greenbelt dominating the Liberal leadership race, investigations into many outstanding questions/issues on forced boundary expansions that parallel the Greenbelt scandal, and much more:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Won’t Compensate Developers For Greenbelt Flip-Flop:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-won-t-compensate-developers-for-greenbelt-flip-flop/article_4e8ce00e-23d0-5e36-aaef-3e189b84531a.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-won-t-compensate-developers-for-greenbelt-flip-flop/article_4e8ce00e-23d0-5e36-aaef-3e189b84531a.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>YorkRegion.com - Continue The Fight - Rally Celebrates The Return Of The Greenbelt:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.yorkregion.com/opinion/contributors/continue-the-fight-rally-in-richmond-hill-celebrates-return-of-greenbelt-lands/article_e883a4d5-e725-56f9-ae18-c624d45b23b4.html">https://www.yorkregion.com/opinion/contributors/continue-the-fight-rally-in-richmond-hill-celebrates-return-of-greenbelt-lands/article_e883a4d5-e725-56f9-ae18-c624d45b23b4.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Globe and Mail - Doug Ford Is Very, Very Sorry. But For What?</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-doug-ford-is-very-very-sorry-but-for-what/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-doug-ford-is-very-very-sorry-but-for-what/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Another Doug Ford Aide Ousted Over Greenbelt Scandal:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/morning-digest/another-doug-ford-aide-ousted-over-greenbelt-scandal-uhn-building-affordable-homes-in-parking-lot/article_b1c42ebe-be35-59e3-bf3a-583af686727e.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/morning-digest/another-doug-ford-aide-ousted-over-greenbelt-scandal-uhn-building-affordable-homes-in-parking-lot/article_b1c42ebe-be35-59e3-bf3a-583af686727e.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Great article by ALO member Mark Winfield pointing out many opportunities for us over the months ahead:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TVO - The Greenbelt Is Safe For Now - But Will the Scandal Alter Doug Ford’s Course?:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/the-greenbelt-is-safe-for-now-but-will-the-scandal-alter-doug-fords-course">https://www.tvo.org/article/the-greenbelt-is-safe-for-now-but-will-the-scandal-alter-doug-fords-course</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Newmarket Today - Province Vetoes Proposal For Hospital On Greenbelt:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/province-vetoes-proposal-for-hospital-on-greenbelt-bordering-newmarket-7621342">https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/province-vetoes-proposal-for-hospital-on-greenbelt-bordering-newmarket-7621342</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Greenbelt Dominates Liberal Leadership Debate:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/greenbelt-dominates-ontario-liberal-leadership-debate/article_58565222-7c77-5ed4-ab6c-30930e8d95e8.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/greenbelt-dominates-ontario-liberal-leadership-debate/article_58565222-7c77-5ed4-ab6c-30930e8d95e8.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Globe and Mail - Bonnie Crombie Raises More Than $1 Million for Ontario Liberal Campaign, Defends Developer Donations:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bonnie-crombie-ontario-liberals-campaign-developers/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bonnie-crombie-ontario-liberals-campaign-developers/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Globe and Mail - Proposal To Build Hospital On Protected Greenbelt Land Cancelled:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-proposed-hospital-cancelled-after-ontario-reverses-greenbelt-land/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-proposed-hospital-cancelled-after-ontario-reverses-greenbelt-land/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - The Details Just Don’t Add Up: Greenbelt Ghosts Haunt Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/the-details-just-don-t-add-up-greenbelt-ghosts-haunt-doug-ford-s-progressive-conservatives/article_812d5128-3d1e-5907-abe6-19a339a5ad78.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/the-details-just-don-t-add-up-greenbelt-ghosts-haunt-doug-ford-s-progressive-conservatives/article_812d5128-3d1e-5907-abe6-19a339a5ad78.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Canada Is Building Fewer Homes Today Than During the 2020 Lockdowns - And The Worst Is Yet To Come: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/canada-is-building-fewer-homes-today-than-during-the-2020-lockdowns-and-the-worst-is/article_e5e4218d-418f-5087-88f9-31c1ba75d7f4.html">https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/canada-is-building-fewer-homes-today-than-during-the-2020-lockdowns-and-the-worst-is/article_e5e4218d-418f-5087-88f9-31c1ba75d7f4.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The CBC - Accountability In Greenbelt Controversy Leads Back To Premier Doug Ford, Political Experts Say:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/greenbelt-accountability-ford-1.6985348">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/greenbelt-accountability-ford-1.6985348</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Private Sector Plays Key Role In Boosting Housing Supply But Must Up Its Game CMHC:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/private-sector-plays-key-role-in-boosting-housing-supply-but-must-up-its-game-cmhc/article_58406eef-cda6-5738-90a3-85f8b37675bf.html">https://www.thestar.com/business/private-sector-plays-key-role-in-boosting-housing-supply-but-must-up-its-game-cmhc/article_58406eef-cda6-5738-90a3-85f8b37675bf.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Hamilton Spectator - Haldimand Left Hanging For Over A Year By Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thespec.com/news/council/haldimand-left-hanging-for-over-a-year-by-ministry-of-municipal-affairs-and-housing/article_d617f3d7-0789-5116-8c07-2e2c19479284.htm">https://www.thespec.com/news/council/haldimand-left-hanging-for-over-a-year-by-ministry-of-municipal-affairs-and-housing/article_d617f3d7-0789-5116-8c07-2e2c19479284.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Here’s When Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Land Swap Will Be Formally Reversed:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/here-s-when-doug-ford-s-8-28b-greenbelt-land-swap-will-be-formally-reversed/article_0cdb1a5b-a895-5a39-86d6-540324b912c2.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/here-s-when-doug-ford-s-8-28b-greenbelt-land-swap-will-be-formally-reversed/article_0cdb1a5b-a895-5a39-86d6-540324b912c2.html</a></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">3) Forced Urban Boundary Expansions -</b> It has been great to see more people realizing the parallels between the Greenbelt scandal and the forced urban boundary expansions in Hamilton, Halton, Waterloo, Guelph, Ottawa and elsewhere where thousands of acres of farmland and greenspace have been doomed for development without any study, any rationale, no data, nor any public consultation and often against the advice of local municipalities. Not surprisingly, the chosen lands are often already owned by well-connected developers. </div><div><br></div><div>This unnecessary and unsustainable forced urban sprawl will have far-reach consequences to our communities. We need to continue to send a strong, clear message that we already had the sustainable plans needed for the future. Please speak up to elected officials and send letters to the editor and local media: </div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Greenbelt 2.0? Why Doug Ford’s Boundary Changes in Ottawa and Hamilton Could Make Developers Rich:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ottawa-hamilton-urban-boundaries-greenbelt-1.6984470">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ottawa-hamilton-urban-boundaries-greenbelt-1.6984470</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - The Exact Same Problem As The Greenbelt: Doug Ford Hammered Over Changes To Municipal Boundaries:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/the-exact-same-problem-as-the-greenbelt-doug-ford-hammered-over-changes-to-municipal-boundaries/article_e9875287-9f6e-55f1-9140-a61864d0440d.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/the-exact-same-problem-as-the-greenbelt-doug-ford-hammered-over-changes-to-municipal-boundaries/article_e9875287-9f6e-55f1-9140-a61864d0440d.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record:<a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/the-exact-same-problem-as-the-greenbelt-doug-ford-hammered-over-changes-to-municipal-boundaries/article_3fdee9c8-1794-5626-945d-732e2103d9d2.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/the-exact-same-problem-as-the-greenbelt-doug-ford-hammered-over-changes-to-municipal-boundaries/article_3fdee9c8-1794-5626-945d-732e2103d9d2.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Guelph Today - Leaked Memo: Province Expected Local Opposition To Official Plan Changes:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/leaked-memo-province-anticipated-local-kickback-on-official-plan-changes-7644320">https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/leaked-memo-province-anticipated-local-kickback-on-official-plan-changes-7644320</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Narwhal - Ontario Favoured Unnamed Third Parties Over Experts When Forcing Hamilton To Expand: Court Documents:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/hamilton-urban-boundary-expansion-docs/">https://thenarwhal.ca/hamilton-urban-boundary-expansion-docs/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) Land Speculation Boom Consequences -</b> Doug Ford’s opening of the Greenbelt, MZO’s, rural severances, forced urban boundary expansions, and permitting settlement area boundary expansions at anytime for almost any reason has set off a land speculation gold rush across the province. It remains to be seen if the Greenbelt reversal will slow this alarming trend but the consequences of skyrocketing land prices, unaffordable farms for new farmers, and the positioning of housing at any cost trumping all land protections, floodplains, and conservation efforts is very concerning. </div><div><br></div><div>Below is an article about a rural Wilmot Township property near Kitchener that is on primary groundwater recharge lands, is well beyond the Countryside Line, is part of the Waterloo Moraine, has a Regional Protected Countryside Designation, and has never been contemplated for urbanization at any point but regardless is being marketed by realtors as potential development lands. Apparently our rural Mayors have been experiencing unprecedented amounts of inquiries and pressure from developers and land speculators seeking development on farmland and protected areas. We need to send strong, clear messages that our rural municipalities will remain rural and that development will be focussed within the urban envelope as outlined in our Official Plans.</div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Land Outside Kitchener’s Urban Boundary Is Being Sold As A Long-Term Development Project. There’s Only One Problem: It’s Already Protected:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/land-outside-kitchener-s-urban-boundary-is-being-sold-as-a-long-term-development-project/article_e1863d9a-9765-54db-beb9-c4d3d9b5ed5a.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/land-outside-kitchener-s-urban-boundary-is-being-sold-as-a-long-term-development-project/article_e1863d9a-9765-54db-beb9-c4d3d9b5ed5a.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Editorials and Insights -</b> Here’s a great editorial that clearly outlines future challenges:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star Editorial Board - Grim Prediction Of Ontario’s Climate Change Future Should Spur Change:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-won-t-compensate-developers-for-greenbelt-flip-flop/article_4e8ce00e-23d0-5e36-aaef-3e189b84531a.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-won-t-compensate-developers-for-greenbelt-flip-flop/article_4e8ce00e-23d0-5e36-aaef-3e189b84531a.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>6) Additional Greenbelt Sites Targeted - </b></span>Not surprisingly it has been discovered by reporters at the Globe and Mail that the provincial government had targetted additional Greenbelt lands for development beyond the initial 15 parcels. Thankfully, due to the strong public pushback to protect the Greenbelt the Ford government has backed off on development of these additional areas as well:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Globe and Mail - Ontario Government Had Targeted More Greenbelt Sites Without Public’s Notice Documents Show:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-cancelled-greenbelt-land-documents/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-cancelled-greenbelt-land-documents/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">7) Greenbelt Celebration - Wed, Oct 11th - </b>Join the Greenbelt Promise team, Small Change Fund, and other Greenbelt supporters to celebrate the Greenbelt victory at The Pilot, 22 Cumberland Street in Yorkville in Toronto on Wednesday, October 11th at 6:30pm. A poster is attached below. Come out for complimentary snacks and celebrate the Greenbelt. Full details and registration can be found at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOvpXMaC_2Kc6lsj9LW7jDbf6Egzi7qo5G87sOhYwMoGf43w/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOvpXMaC_2Kc6lsj9LW7jDbf6Egzi7qo5G87sOhYwMoGf43w/viewform</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>8) GreenWR West 5 Tours -</b></span> An invitation has been extended to anyone who would like to join GreenWR (<a href="http://www.greenwr.org/">www.greenwr.org</a>), a local grassroots organization promoting Green Development Standards to help ensure we better meet our climate targets, on a tour of West 5 in London. West 5 is an all-solar, net-zero community that has done many innovative things for sustainability.</div><div><div><br></div><div>The tour will be given by the project’s lead engineer Derek Satnik from s2e Technology in St. Jacobs.</div><div><br></div><div>We will be meeting at West 5 (<a href="https://west5.ca/">https://west5.ca/</a>) at 2:00pm on Friday, October 13th and there will be options to carpool down to London if you would like to travel down with others. </div><div><br></div><div>Please let Kevin Thomason (kevinthomason@mac.com) know if you would be interested in joining the citizens, elected officials, developers, and municipal staff on this tour to see what we can learn and how we can bring needed innovations to our local communities.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">9) What’s Next For Us? - </b>Issues that we need to ensure Doug Ford’s provincial government reverses course on include:</div><div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1) Reversing the forced sale of Conservation Authority Lands and restoring the powers/duties of our Conservation Authorities,</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2) Ensuring that Regional Planning Authority is fully returned to Waterloo, Durham, Niagara, Halton, York, Peel, and Simcoe County,</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3) Cancelling the reclassification and downgrading of Provincially Significant Wetlands and the removal of wetland offsetting policies,</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4) Repeal of the unfettered ability to expand Settlement Area Boundaries anytime, for any reason, </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5) Ensuring the cancellation and removal of severances for farmland and rural lands with a strong “No Rural Severances” policy,</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6) Rolling back of forced urban boundary expansions in Hamilton, Waterloo, Halton, Ottawa, and elsewhere against local municipality decisions/official plans - particularly where sufficient new housing was already being accommodated within existing plans.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7) Calling for continued investigations by the RCMP, Auditor General and Integrity Commissioner - not only into this Greenbelt Scandal but also the very similar decisions by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that had no public input or consultation on forced urban boundary expansions, MZO’s, Growth Plan elimination, Regional Planning changes, and the wetland evaluation system changes.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8) Continuing to fight on other key issues such as Highway #413, the Bradford Bypass, Ontario Place, Healthcare, Education, etc.</div><div><br></div><div><br></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 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><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Concerning Waste, Stormwater Management and Water-Taking Exemptions -</b> The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is raising alarm about proposed changes by the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to exempt waste management systems, stormwater management and water-taking from current licensing requirements. They are strongly urging the Ministry not to proceed with these proposals. CELA is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, Oct 17th at 1pm to learn more. There is also an Action Alert with links for you to submit comments by October 30th:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CELA Oct 17th Webinar Information:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://cela.ca/webinar-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/">https://cela.ca/webinar-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CELA Action Alert:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://cela.ca/action-alert-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/">https://cela.ca/action-alert-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">11) Environmental Defence - Highway #413 Video -</b> Watch this great video on the need to stop Highway #413 from Environmental Defence:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKWiZJmOyA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKWiZJmOyA</a></div><div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">12) OPG Gas Plant Public Consultation -</b> It has been very concerning to see the awful proposals from the provincial government to expand our fossil gas plants. Here’s some information from the NDP MPP Jessica Bell on an upcoming public consultation you may want to speak out at:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ontario Power Generation is holding an online public consultation regarding the Portlands Gas Plant Expansion.</span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 15.75pt; background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 44, 51); font-weight: normal;">Since Doug Ford became Premier, Portland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution has increased by 550%. In 2022, it produced as much GHG pollution as 133,000 cars.</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 44, 51);"> But now Ontario Power Generation (<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">OPG</span></strong>) wants to <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">increase</span></strong> Portland’s gas-fired generating capacity by an additional <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">50 megawatts (MW)</span></strong> to support </span><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(237, 125, 49); font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-y/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);">Premier Ford’s plan to increase the GHG pollution of our gas plants by 700% by 2043</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);">.</span><o:p></o:p></div><p class="xm6121314608509388185size-14" style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 15.75pt; background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 15.75pt; background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);"><a href="https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-j/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);">As the Toronto Star reported this weekend</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 44, 51);">, far from being a “peaker plant” that operates for only a few hours a week at most, Portlands has been running as much as <strong>21 hours a day</strong> all summer. This is not what we were told would happen when the plant was built despite strong community objections, but it is what happens when the provincial government refuses to invest in </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);"><a href="https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-t/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);">lower cost alternatives like solar, wind and energy efficiency</span></a>.</span><span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The public consultation will take place <b>via zoom tomorrow, Thursday, October 5, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. </b>To attend, you must sign up in advance here:</span><span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);"><a href="https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-k/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);">aturapower.com/portlandsupgrade</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">We are in a climate emergency and action on clean energy can’t wait. Whether you’re able to attend the meeting or not, I would also like to encourage you to send a letter to the Premier and your MPP: <span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);"><a href="https://www.jessicabellmpp.ca/stop_portlands_gas_expansion" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 125, 49);">https://www.jessicabellmpp.ca/stop_portlands_gas_expansion</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>13) Indigenous Led Coalition - Pearen Park, Toronto </b></span>- <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Since December 2022, an Indigenous-led coalition has been trying to engage collaboratively with Metrolinx regarding the construction of an above-ground extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which threatens various parks, the Eglinton Flats and Humber River and requires the destruction of 1, 485 trees. On Jan. 30 2023, ENAGB Indigenous Youth lit a Sacred Fire Ceremony, that has been burning continuously 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and entered into ceremony to honour each one of the trees that's going to be destroyed. </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Metrolinx is threatening legal action against the Indigenous youth. Please consider signing the petition, donating what you can, contacting MPP Michael Ford (</span><a href="mailto:Michael.Ford@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Michael.Ford@pc.ola.org</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">) about the issue -- or your MPP -- and spreading the word. If you're in Toronto, you can also go visit the site at Pearen Park. They have Wednesday night socials. You can find more info here: </span><a href="https://www.stopthetrainsinourparks.ca/take-action" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.stopthetrainsinourparks.ca/take-action&source=gmail&ust=1696096629376000&usg=AOvVaw3u4Xfil7XwboSEss7VzcYT" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.<wbr>stopthetrainsinourparks.ca/<wbr>take-action</a></div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div><div><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; 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-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;">14) Reminder - Meeting Next Friday</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us online next Friday, October 13th at 5:30pm to discuss the latest news and what’s next:</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 - including Hal Jaeger and everyone who helped to get hundreds of signatures on the petition that has gone to MPP Catherine Fife to present in the Legislature. </div><div><br></div><div>Have a great Thanksgiving Weekend and 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></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><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>Friday, October 6th - 8pm to 9pm - Climate Emergency Vigil - Waterloo Public Square <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">- </span></font><a href="https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html">https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, October 11th - 6:30pm - Greenbelt Celebration - Yorkville, Toronto - <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOvpXMaC_2Kc6lsj9LW7jDbf6Egzi7qo5G87sOhYwMoGf43w/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOvpXMaC_2Kc6lsj9LW7jDbf6Egzi7qo5G87sOhYwMoGf43w/viewform</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Friday, October 13th - 2:00pm - West 5 all-solar neighbourhood tour in London - contact kevinthomason@mac.com if you would like to join us.</div><div><br></div><div>Friday, October 13th<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></div><div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></span></div><div><div>Friday, October 13th - 8pm to 9pm - Climate Emergency Vigil - Waterloo Public Square <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">- </span></font><a href="https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html">https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, October 14th - 9am - Harvest Walks - Nashville Conservation Reserve - <a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, October 14th - 10am - Harvest Walks - Bolton Walk South and Bolton Walk North - <a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, October 14th - 1pm - Harvest Walks - King-Vaughan Road Walk - <a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/</a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></span></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 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 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; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>Tuesday, October 17th - 1pm - CELA Webinar on Waste, Stormwater and Water-Taking Exemptions - <a href="https://cela.ca/webinar-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/">https://cela.ca/webinar-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Friday, October 20th - Final day to comment on ERO Deadline to Return Lands to the Greenbelt - <a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>Saturday, October 28th - Already Sold Out! - Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Event with Margaret Atwood and Sarah Harmer - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gather-for-the-greenbelt-tickets-658110374847?aff=scgcaugeml">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gather-for-the-greenbelt-tickets-658110374847?aff=scgcaugeml</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>------------------------------------</div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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-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;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">B) Speak Up On The ERO To Return Greenbelt Lands:</span></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></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><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></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><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562</a></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><img id="<AAB41472-2438-4CF9-B2A4-98C5261DF149>" src="cid:E2A2B04C-56BC-431E-8FA4-D7F63BDAF512" alt="Screenshot 2023-09-08 at 10.16.04 AM.png" type="application/x-apple-msg-attachment" class="Apple-web-attachment Singleton" style="opacity: 1;"><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> </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">C) Greenbelt Celebration:</b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><img src="cid:26D63BCD-0BDB-416F-90EB-25592D504C6D" alt="Greenbelt Celebration Invite.png"></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">D) Harvest Walks - Saturday October 14th:</b></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9am - Nashville Conservation Reserve</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10am - Bolton Walk South</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10am - Bolton Walk North</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1pm - King-Vaughan Road Walk</div><div><br></div><div>Learn more at - <a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img alt="image_6487327.jpeg" src="cid:003CEB76-9FA7-4AAC-83C7-26DC6049FFA0"></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">D) Recent Media</b></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><img width="567" alt="Screenshot 2023-09-28 at 10.24.03 AM.png" src="cid:FA697A68-FA62-478E-8AD6-9BAB918B7FE9"></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(231, 19, 26); text-decoration: none;">OPINION</a></li><li aria-hidden="true" class="MuiBreadcrumbs-separator-516 jss19" style="display: flex; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; color: rgb(231, 19, 26); font-size: 44px; margin-bottom: 2px;">·</li><li class="MuiBreadcrumbs-li-515"><a class="MuiTypography-root-517 jss20 MuiTypography-overline-530 MuiTypography-colorPrimary-540" href="https://www.tvo.org/current-affairs/tag/environment" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(231, 19, 26); text-decoration: none;">ENVIRONMENT</a></li></ol></nav><h1 class="MuiTypography-root-517 jss22 MuiTypography-h1-522" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px; font-size: 2.75rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 3.625rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">The Greenbelt is safe for now — but will the scandal alter Doug Ford’s course?</h1><p class="MuiTypography-root-517 jss22 MuiTypography-body2-518" style="margin: 0px 0px 32px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">OPINION: With the protected area seemingly safe from housing development, the government needs to focus on how it redevelops existing urban areas</p><div class="jss54" style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: row; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="MuiPaper-root-382 MuiCard-root-574 jss551 jss554 jss29 jss30 MuiPaper-elevation0-385 MuiPaper-rounded-383" style="color: rgb(22, 23, 37); transition: box-shadow 300ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0ms; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: none; overflow: visible; display: flex; position: relative; max-width: 855px; flex-direction: row; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 32px; margin-right: 16px;"><a class="MuiTypography-root-517 MuiLink-root-576 MuiLink-underlineHover-578 jss575 MuiTypography-overline-530 MuiTypography-colorPrimary-540" href="https://www.tvo.org/author/mark-winfield" style="margin: 0px; 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font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">Written by <a class="MuiTypography-root-517 MuiLink-root-576 MuiLink-underlineHover-578 jss575 jss552 MuiTypography-colorPrimary-540" href="https://www.tvo.org/author/mark-winfield" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 91, 228); text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Mark Winfield</a></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(114, 118, 133);">Sep 27, 2023</div></div></div><div class="jss586 jss55" style="display: flex; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 32px;"><div style="margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">Share</div><button aria-label="share this page on facebook, opens in a new window" class="react-share__ShareButton jss587" style="margin-right: 24px; 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(Nathan Denette/CP)</div></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-410 jss28 MuiGrid-item-412 MuiGrid-grid-md-1-473" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 8.333333%; flex-basis: 8.333333%;"></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-410 jss28 MuiGrid-item-412 MuiGrid-grid-xs-1-445" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 8.333333%; flex-basis: 8.333333%;"></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-410 jss44 MuiGrid-item-412 MuiGrid-grid-xs-10-454" style="margin: 0px 0px 36px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 83.333%; flex-basis: 100%;"><hr class="MuiDivider-root-589 jss43" style="border: medium; height: 1px; margin: 0px; flex-shrink: 0; background-color: rgb(221, 225, 242);"></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-410 jss28 MuiGrid-item-412 MuiGrid-grid-xs-1-445" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 8.333333%; flex-basis: 8.333333%;"></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-410 jss28 MuiGrid-item-412 MuiGrid-grid-md-2-474" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 16.666668%; flex-basis: 16.666668%;"></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-410 MuiGrid-item-412 MuiGrid-grid-xs-12-456 MuiGrid-grid-md-8-480" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 66.666664%; flex-basis: 66.666664%;"><div class="jss37 jss45 jss46" style="margin-bottom: 68px; padding: 0px 40px; caret-color: rgb(22, 23, 37); color: rgb(22, 23, 37);"><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">Premier Doug Ford’s extraordinary reversal of his decision to open the Greenbelt for housing development flows from two colossal political miscalculations.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The first was failing to recognize that the Greenbelt, established by the previous Liberal government in 2005, had acquired an iconic status in the minds of residents of the region.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The Greenbelt was based on earlier Niagara Escarpment and Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plans, both adopted by Progressive Conservative governments. It was deeply embedded in municipal plans throughout the region.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">Over time, the Greenbelt became a symbol in Ontario of efforts to protect prime farmland and key natural-heritage sites from the region’s sprawling urban growth.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The government, however, refused to let go of the idea of opening the Greenbelt to development despite a complete lack of evidence that the land was required to meet the region’s housing needs.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">According to the province’s integrity commissioner, it then allowed a “madcap process” to unfold around the actual removal of lands, which turned out to offer the potential for billions in profits to well-connected developers.</div><div style="font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(114, 118, 133); text-align: center; padding-top: 24px; padding-bottom: 32px;">Article continues below</div></div><div class="jss57" style="font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: -20px; margin-right: -20px; margin-bottom: 68px;"><div class="jss607" style="display: flex; padding: 0px 24px; flex-direction: row; justify-content: center;"><div class="jss608 jss609 jss59" style="width: 580px; border-radius: 8px; background-color: rgb(30, 34, 46); max-width: 835px !important;"><div class="jss36" style="padding: 0px 40px;"><div data-banner-campaign="Year round Campaign" data-banner-position="1" data-banner-position-paragraph="6" class="jss612 inpageBanner" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen62544245_115="64229" style="margin: 40px 0px; display: grid; row-gap: 40px; column-gap: 40px; grid-template-columns: 5fr 5fr;"><div><h2 class="MuiTypography-root-517 jss614 jss622 MuiTypography-h3-524 MuiTypography-colorTextPrimary-542" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline-block;">Enjoying this article?</h2><p class="MuiTypography-root-517 jss585 jss615 MuiTypography-body1-519" style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We rely on the generosity of readers like you to support our journalism—including articles like this one. 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border-radius: 4px; width: 230px;" src="cid:C8A3870E-3300-40CD-96D8-F9CA6CD4C075"></div></div></div></div></div></div><h2 class="MuiTypography-root-517 MuiTypography-h2-523" style="margin: 0px 0px 44px; font-size: 1.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 2.625rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">Is Ford’s future now in doubt?</h2><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The second blunder was to try to double down on the Greenbelt removal decision in the aftermath of harshly critical reports from both the auditor general and the integrity commissioner.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">Even after the resignations of the housing minister and his chief of staff at the height of the scandal, Ford wouldn’t back down.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">It took more than a month of a series of damning and embarrassing news reports — leading to the resignation of yet another cabinet minister, Public and Business Service Delivery Minister Kaleed Rasheed — for Ford to relent.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">But the political damage suffered by the government through this period is starting to seem profound, and the fallout is certain to continue:</div><ol class="jss38" style="font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.75rem; margin-left: 36px; margin-bottom: 44px; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-inline-start: 16px;"><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">The RCMP is considering an investigation into the Greenbelt deal-making;</li><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Rasheed has admitted to misleading the integrity commissioner under oath during inquiries into the Greenbelt decision; </li><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">The auditor general is planning a follow-up audit on the whole episode.</li><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Freedom-of-information requests from the media and leaks from other sources are likely to lead to further revelations in the weeks and months to come.</li></ol><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">Although the next provincial election is nearly three years away, the Greenbelt scandal has raised serious questions about the viability of Ford’s own future as premier.</div><h2 class="MuiTypography-root-517 MuiTypography-h2-523" style="margin: 0px 0px 44px; font-size: 1.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 2.625rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">The Greenbelt is out of the woods</h2><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">Ironically, one almost-certain outcome of the entire episode is that it’s probably ended any possibility of Ford’s intention to dismantle the Greenbelt.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The political fallout so far almost ensures no politician in Ontario will make similar moves against the Greenbelt for a generation or more.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The Greenbelt scandal has also vividly illustrated how badly the province has mishandled housing and development issues.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The province’s land-use planning system — including the Greenbelt and growth plans for the Greater Toronto Area — was once the subject of international acclaim for how it managed intense growth pressures while protecting farmland, housing affordability, and natural-heritage areas.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The Greenbelt debacle has demonstrated how that system had degenerated into an instrument wielded by the province to serve the wishes of well-connected developers.</div><div class="jss49" style="font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: -40px; margin-right: -40px; margin-bottom: 44px;"><div class="jss596" style="position: relative; padding-top: 375.75px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 668px; height: 375.75px;"><div style="width: 668px; height: 375.75px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" title="What is the Greenbelt?" width="100%" height="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K9u4QlW5Cxo?autoplay=0&mute=0&controls=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvo.org&playsinline=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&enablejsapi=1&widgetid=1" id="widget2" data-gtm-yt-inspected-19="true"></iframe></div></div></div></div><h2 class="MuiTypography-root-517 MuiTypography-h2-523" style="margin: 0px 0px 44px; font-size: 1.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 2.625rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">Undoing the damage</h2><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">A complete overhaul of the land-use planning system is now needed to undo the damage done by the Ford government, restore the system’s credibility, and address the province’s housing needs effectively. Evidence backed by expert research, reason, and basic democratic principles of transparency and accountability all need to be returned to the system.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">Although the Greenbelt appears to be safe for the time being, attention now needs to turn to the government’s handling of the redevelopment of existing urban areas, a theme Ford highlighted in his speech reversing the Greenbelt removals.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">So far the government’s approach to “transit-oriented communities” — ideally, communities developed within a short distance of transit lines — has been to declare these areas free-for-all zones where the development industry can do as it wishes.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">Predictably, the results of that approach in midtown and downtown Toronto, Richmond Hill, Markham, and Mississauga have been an overwhelming focus on high-rise condominium developments, a lack of infrastructure and services of all forms, no mixing of uses (for example, significant new employment locations) or housing types, no attention paid to affordability, and significant losses of existing affordable rental housing to “redevelopment.”</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">This is the polar opposite of the “complete communities” and urban-development centres envisioned in the 2006 growth plan to guide urban redevelopment that accompanied the announcement of the Greenbelt.</div><h2 class="MuiTypography-root-517 MuiTypography-h2-523" style="margin: 0px 0px 44px; font-size: 1.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 2.625rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">The challenges ahead</h2><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The province has trampled on efforts by municipalities and communities to support more development along transit lines. The Ford government has apparently been intent on dismantling the growth plan as well as the Greenbelt.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The challenges facing the GTA are multi-dimensional and complex, including:</div><ul class="jss38" style="font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.75rem; margin-left: 36px; margin-bottom: 44px; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-inline-start: 16px;"><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Housing needs, particularly at the lower end of the income scale;</li><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Structural economic transitions and increasingly polarized labour markets;</li><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">The impacts of a changing climate;</li><li style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 40px; letter-spacing: 0px;">A fiscal crisis, particularly for Toronto, driven in large part by provincial downloading.</li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">The Greenbelt fiasco has been an enormous distraction from these challenges — and it remains doubtful that the Ford government can significantly change its approach to governance to address them effectively.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;"><em style="font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">This article was first published in </em><a href="https://theconversation.com/ca" aria-label="The Conversation opens in a new window" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 91, 228);">The Conversation</a><em style="font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">. Read the </em><em style="font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/ontarios-greenbelt-is-safe-for-now-but-will-the-scandal-alter-doug-fords-course-214178" aria-label="original version opens in a new window" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 91, 228);">original version</a></em><em style="font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px;">.</em></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><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 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 class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">------------------------------</span></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">F) 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">Will Bouma - MPP Brantford-Brant - <a href="mailto:will.bouma@pc.ola.org">will.bouma@pc.ola.org</a> or (519) 759-0361</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Ted Arnott - MPP Wellington-Halton Hills - <a href="mailto:ted.arnott@pc.ola.org">ted.arnott@pc.ola.org</a> or (519) 787-5247</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Ernie Hardeman - MPP Oxford - <a href="mailto:ernie.hardeman@pc.ola.org">ernie.hardeman@pc.ola.org</a> or (519) 537-5222</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Matthew Rae - MPP Perth-Wellington - <a href="mailto:matthew.rae@pc.ola.org">matthew.rae@pc.ola.org</a> or (519) 272-0660</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></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Green Party MPPs:</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mike Schreiner - MPP Guelph - <a href="mailto:mschreiner@ola.org">mschreiner@ola.org</a> or (519) 836-4190</div><div><br></div><div>Independent MPPs:</div><div>Bobbi Ann Brady - MPP Haldimand-Norfolk - <a href="mailto:babrady-co@ola.org">babrady-co@ola.org</a> or (519) 428-0446</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></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 size="4"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div><div><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>Kevin Thomason</div><div>Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network<br><br>Phone: (519) 888-0519<br>Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br>Twitter: @kthomason<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com">kevinthomason@mac.com</a></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></font></b></div>
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