<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><div>Good Day!</div><div><br></div><div>We continue to make good progress but there’s lots we need to be speaking up about over the next few weeks:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>1) Province Tables Legislation Cancelling Forced Urban Boundary Expansions - </b></span>On Thursday, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Paul Calandra introduced the legislation that scraps the Official Plan changes that former Minister Steve Clark used to force tens of thousands of acres of unnecessary and unwanted farmland destruction on the Region of Waterloo, Wellington County, Halton Region, Hamilton, Ottawa, and other municipalities. These Ministry orders severely compromised these 30 year future plans with no data, rationale or justification provided by the provincial government and in light of the Greenbelt Scandal it seems that many decisions were made by Conservatives to please developers and donors.</div></div><div><br></div><div>As great as it is to see this reversal legislation - which we will need to review carefully to ensure that it is doing what is intended and doesn’t contain loopholes or other concerns, we have to remember that Minister Calandra is now trying to simultaneously bring back these Forced Boundary Expansions by downloading the decisions and responsibility on lower-tier municipal Mayors who are now facing intense developer pressures to respond to the Minister personally by December 7th to see these lands re-designated back to development lands in Official Plans - still with no study, data, rationale, or proper land needs analysis. </div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - Ford’s Tories Table Law Cancelling Municipal Boundary Changes In Wake Of Greenbelt Scandal:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ford-s-tories-table-law-cancelling-municipal-boundary-changes-in-wake-of-greenbelt-scandal/article_f6b2e90b-d117-5c1b-b512-67397712c10a.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ford-s-tories-table-law-cancelling-municipal-boundary-changes-in-wake-of-greenbelt-scandal/article_f6b2e90b-d117-5c1b-b512-67397712c10a.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - <a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/ford-s-tories-table-law-cancelling-municipal-boundary-changes-in-wake-of-greenbelt-scandal/article_e9950e41-4087-511e-95bf-2544349d5fbb.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/ford-s-tories-table-law-cancelling-municipal-boundary-changes-in-wake-of-greenbelt-scandal/article_e9950e41-4087-511e-95bf-2544349d5fbb.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Forced Urban Boundary Reversal Reversals -</b> It seems that most area Mayors aren’t falling for the unilateral decision-making powers that Minister Calandra gave them on November 2nd but have asked for Staff Report's and are planning to bring this issue before their Councils prior to the December 7th deadline. This is still very troubling as lower-tier municipalities don’t have Planning Authority for upper-tier land use plans (Regional Official Plans) or land needs assessment (LNA) expertise, nor do they have the broader regional perspective considering water sources, sewage capacities, road/transportation networks, hospital, and other significant considerations that need to be taken into account when planning growth over vast areas.</div><div><br></div><div>None of our Mayors or municipalities should be complicit in further the provincial developer scandals when the province still can’t even explain how these parcels were chosen and RCMP investigations are continuing. We need to ensure that our municipalities avoid this provincial corruption, approve our Official Plans intact, and use proper planning processes over the years ahead to determine any additional land needs. All our municipalities have already demonstrated they can meet their housing targets with existing land approvals and we still have decades of additional land supply already approved beyond that. There is no urgency or need to bypass proper planning to further the corruption of this scandal-ridden provincial government.</div><div><br></div><div>Kudo’s to the City of Waterloo for unanimously passing a motion (attached below) raising concerns about the Minister’s approach and expressing strong support to see our Regional Official Plan proceed intact. Please work with your local Council to see if they can pass a similar motion or at the very least don’t seek additional lands from the Minister furthering this corrupt scheme.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Hold The Line Waterloo Region has updated their automatic e-mail machine to include local Municipal Councillors in Waterloo Region so please ensure that you have spoken up to your local Council as well (all area Councillor addresses also attached at the bottom of this e-mail update):</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hold The Line E-mail Machine:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://petition.town/?campaign=restore-our-countryside-reaffirm-ropa-6">https://petition.town/?campaign=restore-our-countryside-reaffirm-ropa-6</a></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Unfortunately, already the Mayor of the Town of Milton has stated that he is falling for developer pressures and will join in the collusion with Queen’s Park by requesting these reversals be restored:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Globe and Mail - Fast-growing Milton Asks Province To Reinstate Urban Boundary Expansions:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-fast-growing-milton-asks-province-to-reinstate-urban-boundary/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-fast-growing-milton-asks-province-to-reinstate-urban-boundary/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">3) Minister Clark Is Now Deeply Remorseful - </b>Thursday’s massive front-page headlines in newspapers across Ontario announced that Former Minister Steve Clark has emerged from months of hiding and is now speaking publicly about being “deeply remorseful” about the Greenbelt scandal that he denied, stonewalled, and ignored our concerns about for months. Apparently he has yet to be contacted by the RCMP for interviews and internal party insiders state they feel that Clark was simply following orders and has been made a scapegoat. We must keep the pressure on the Ford government for better future outcomes and corrections to many outstanding issues.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - “ I Feel Deeply Remorseful”: Doug Ford’s Former Housing Minister Says He’ll Talk To RCMP About Greenbelt Land Swap Scandal:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/i-feel-deeply-remorseful-doug-ford-s-former-housing-minister-says-he-ll-talk-to/article_0d915295-99b9-51c9-8dbd-4d7edb6e5ed5.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/i-feel-deeply-remorseful-doug-ford-s-former-housing-minister-says-he-ll-talk-to/article_0d915295-99b9-51c9-8dbd-4d7edb6e5ed5.html</a></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - <a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/i-feel-deeply-remorseful-doug-ford-s-former-housing-minister-says-he-ll-talk-to/article_355cde5d-37c4-553f-af9a-b3b6e9fffd06.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/i-feel-deeply-remorseful-doug-ford-s-former-housing-minister-says-he-ll-talk-to/article_355cde5d-37c4-553f-af9a-b3b6e9fffd06.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) Local, Provincial and National Media Coverage -</b> Here's some news articles from the past week as the federal government announces housing funding, more municipalities turn down Strong Mayor Powers pushing back against Doug Ford’s government, and questions are raised about the Conservatives who’ve consistently placed second in the Kitchener-Centre riding giving up on the current by-election:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC - Business Leaders Warn Turning Employment Lands Into Housing Would Be Silent Killer of GTA Jobs:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/employment-lands-housing-toronto-region-board-of-trade-1.7022800">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/employment-lands-housing-toronto-region-board-of-trade-1.7022800</a></div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Kitchener Offers Up To $5 Million In Grants And Loans To Spur Affordable Housing Units:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/kitchener-offers-up-5m-in-grants-and-loans-to-spur-affordable-housing-units/article_7b5b6400-156f-5ee9-939b-381239d518c7.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/kitchener-offers-up-5m-in-grants-and-loans-to-spur-affordable-housing-units/article_7b5b6400-156f-5ee9-939b-381239d518c7.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC - Housing Minister Vows To Keep Working With Cities Despite Premier’s Threats To Block Him:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sean-fraser-accelerator-fund-provinces-1.7021076">https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sean-fraser-accelerator-fund-provinces-1.7021076</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Ontario Municipalities Turn Down Strong Mayor Powers:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/four-ontario-municipalities-turn-down-strong-mayor-powers/article_c5b219e8-554a-5b30-952f-4938fa2d6c6f.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/four-ontario-municipalities-turn-down-strong-mayor-powers/article_c5b219e8-554a-5b30-952f-4938fa2d6c6f.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Globe and Mail - Four Ontario Municipalities Turn Down Strong Mayor Powers:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-four-ontario-municipalities-turn-down-strong-mayor-powers/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-four-ontario-municipalities-turn-down-strong-mayor-powers/</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Guelph Mercury - Developers, Homebuilders Appealing Downtown Guelph Parking Changes:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.guelphmercury.com/news/developers-homebuilders-appealing-downtown-guelph-parking-changes/article_dc91d42c-1482-5d4a-86de-b8d92677e406.html">https://www.guelphmercury.com/news/developers-homebuilders-appealing-downtown-guelph-parking-changes/article_dc91d42c-1482-5d4a-86de-b8d92677e406.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Don’t Blame Doug Ford - He Says Everything Is Someone Else’s Fault:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/don-t-blame-doug-ford-he-says-everything-is-someone-else-s-fault/article_11b63c8c-c37c-58bb-85f8-f790e0b00b7e.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/don-t-blame-doug-ford-he-says-everything-is-someone-else-s-fault/article_11b63c8c-c37c-58bb-85f8-f790e0b00b7e.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - The Greenbelt Controversy An Issue In Kitchener-Centre By-Election:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/the-greenbelt-controversy-an-issue-in-kitchener-centre-byelection/article_99eb949c-f273-51a9-91e9-c14466cf66e7.html?">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/the-greenbelt-controversy-an-issue-in-kitchener-centre-byelection/article_99eb949c-f273-51a9-91e9-c14466cf66e7.html?</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(Includes a great photo from our FordFest Rally in September)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Conservatives Don’t Seem To Be Playing To Win:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/conservatives-don-t-seem-to-be-playing-to-win/article_b565459c-5faa-5994-93ec-c4d29e6ecc54.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/conservatives-don-t-seem-to-be-playing-to-win/article_b565459c-5faa-5994-93ec-c4d29e6ecc54.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TVO - On Housing The Tories Have Wasted A Whole Year. So What’s Next?</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/on-housing-the-tories-have-wasted-a-whole-year-so-whats-next">https://www.tvo.org/article/on-housing-the-tories-have-wasted-a-whole-year-so-whats-next</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Greenbelt ERO Submissions - </b>Greenbelt Promise is hoping to get 5,000 people to respond to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) calling for full and permanent protection of the Ontario’s Greenbelt. November 30th is the deadline for submissions on this Bill 136 ERO so help spread the word and ensure that we have as many voices as possible speaking up for the full protection of the Greenbelt. There’s an easy to use automatic tool on the Greenbelt Promise website to help draft submissions:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://greenbeltpromise.ca/">https://greenbeltpromise.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Key points to emphasize on Bill 136, the Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act include:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- legislating that the 10 year Greenbelt Reviews can only add lands to the Greenbelt with no land removals or land swaps,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- ensure meaningful First Nations consultation,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- prohibit “Pay to Slay” that enables habitat destruction of species at risk in the Greenbelt,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- prohibit the licensing of new aggregate extraction permits in the Greenbelt,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- protect all Prime Agricultural lands in the Greenbelt through Conservation Easements,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- end the grandfathering of previous zoning for development applications within the Greenbelt.</div><div><br></div>You can also submit your support for the Greenbelt, feedback, and ideas directly on the ERO at:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7739">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7739</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>6) Local Greenbelt Celebrations - Guelph Area - Thursday, November 23rd at 7pm - </b></span>Join us at the Opus Lounge (just above Bobby O’Brien’s on Macdonell Street). Complimentary food, fun people, good conversation, and remarks at 8pm! Please RSVP to Anne Moore at <a href="mailto:amoore083@gmail.com">amoore083@gmail.com</a> if you can attend this Guelph event or use the Eventbrite link to RSVP:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-won-the-greenbelt-back-lets-celebrate-tickets-753570899847">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-won-the-greenbelt-back-lets-celebrate-tickets-753570899847</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Waterloo Region - Thursday, Dec 7th at 7pm -</b></span> Please save the date of Thursday, December 7th for an evening of celebration on our our victories of getting the Greenbelt takeouts, rural severances, and forced boundary expansions cancelled/repealed. Please let us know any ideas for the event and possible locations. We are hoping for something fun, creative, and memorable for folks in the Waterloo Region and anyone who would like to travel here to join us!</div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">7) Ford Government To Take Control Of More Properties -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> It seems like Ontario Place is just the start as the Ford government is now planning to take control of the properties of a whole collection of organizations and institutions including the Royal Ontario Museum, The McMichael Gallery, the Ontario Science Centre, Science North, the Niagara Escarpment Commission, Ontario Health, The Algonquin Forest Authority and more. As usual the new legislation has been given a misleading name: Improving Real Estate Management Act, 2023:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Stories posted a brief about it:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://storeys.com/ontario-government-real-estate-control-legislation/">https://storeys.com/ontario-government-real-estate-control-legislation/</a></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Province’s Information about the Act:</div><div dir="auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1003830/the-improving-real-estate-management-act-2023">https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1003830/the-improving-real-estate-management-act-2023</a></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">8) ALO Building Hope Webinar - Helping Secure Your Financial Future By Building Missing Middle Housing -</b> Continuing the very successful Alliance for a Liveable Ontario (ALO) Building Hope Webinar Series, on Monday, December 4th at 7pm the next webinar on helping to secure your financial future by building an addition, laneway house or garden suite will be held. Register online and encourage others to attend at:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GIbaEsfuQ12uQa_Vva_TFg#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GIbaEsfuQ12uQa_Vva_TFg#/registration</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">9) ALO Releases New Housing FAQs -</b> Learn more about the housing crisis and how to solve it with either the short FAQ or long FAQ document from the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Understanding Ontario’s Housing Crisis - Short Version:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.liveableontario.ca/alliance-resources/housing-short-faq">https://www.liveableontario.ca/alliance-resources/housing-short-faq</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Understanding Ontario’s Housing Crisis - Long Version:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ol1ykFpGskoShpNjBThWs_GrqOa4c4M7/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ol1ykFpGskoShpNjBThWs_GrqOa4c4M7/view</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">10) Ontario Nature Webinar - </span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Wetland Conservation Resources For Community Advocates -</b></span> If you missed the webinar, a recording has been posted online of Dr. Anne Bell and others from Ontario Nature discussing new resources developed to help citizens protect Ontario’s wetlands that are under tremendous threats as wetland protections are eliminated by the provincial government:</div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ontario Nature Wetland Conservation Resources for Community Advocates Webinar Video:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXhFzcu0D1s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXhFzcu0D1s</a></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">There are also four new excellent Tip Sheets that Ontario Nature has created - Influencing Decision Makers, Letter Writing, Delegations, and Media Outreach. Check them out at:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://ontarionature.org/tips-to-flex-democratic-muscle-for-nature-blog/">https://ontarionature.org/tips-to-flex-democratic-muscle-for-nature-blog/</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>11) Stop New Gravel Mines And Highways In The Greenbelt - </b></span>The Reform Gravel Mining Coalition has a great new one-click tool to send an ERO comment to help protect the Greenbelt by prohibiting new gravel pits, quarries, and 400 series highways in the Greenbelt:</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/ero_comment_greenbelt?">https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/ero_comment_greenbelt?</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><b>12) Other Relevant News:</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"> Healthcare privatization disasters, new Gas Plant construction, and the Liberal leadership race making bold announcements about the Greenbelt are all things that we need to be paying attention to:</span></p></div></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC - Doug Ford government paying for-profit clinic more than hospitals for OHIP-covered surgeries:</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-doug-ford-private-clinic-surgeries-fees-hospitals-1.7026926">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-doug-ford-private-clinic-surgeries-fees-hospitals-1.7026926</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"’I don't really understand the decision-making process [the province] used for setting these particular rates,’ said a senior hospital executive. There is ‘no point’ in the government outsourcing surgeries to for-profit clinics if they can't perform surgeries more cost-effectively than hospitals can, the executive said. ‘You would be wasting taxpayers' dollars.’"</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - The World Is On Fire And The Last Thing That We Should Do Is Build Gas Plants: OPG Offers Napanee $4.8 Million To Host Plant:</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/the-world-is-on-fire-and-the-last-thing-we-should-do-is-build-gas/article_b2f16898-7267-5ea5-a4cf-d8cfa0823f3d.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/the-world-is-on-fire-and-the-last-thing-we-should-do-is-build-gas/article_b2f16898-7267-5ea5-a4cf-d8cfa0823f3d.html</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Stratford Today - Bonnie Crombie’s Plan Includes Provincial Target Of Net Zero Emissions By 2050:</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.stratfordtoday.ca/local-news/bonnie-crombies-climate-plan-includes-provincial-target-of-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-7837112">https://www.stratfordtoday.ca/local-news/bonnie-crombies-climate-plan-includes-provincial-target-of-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-7837112</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Includes commitments to expand a “Food and Water Belt”, protect the Greenbelt and farmland, and matching federal green development standards/rebates.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">13) CELA Water Conversations Webinar - Line 5 Pipeline: A Disaster In The Making -</b> <a href="https://cela.ca/water-conversations/" target="_blank">Episode 7.0 of Water Conversations</a> about the Great Lakes and the Line 5 pipeline<b> will take place </b>on<b> Wednesday, November 29th from 10:00am-12:00pm (ET).</b> </div><div><br></div>The Line 5 pipeline crosses through the heart of the Great Lakes, putting 84% of North America/Turtle Island’s freshwater at imminent risk. It has already spilled at least 4.5 million litres of oil; it’s not a matter of if another spill will occur, but when and how devastating it will be. Anishinaabeg Tribes and First Nations across the Great Lakes are fighting to shut it down in the name of protecting water and life. Great Lakes environmental advocacy groups, grassroots groups, and human rights lawyers have joined Indigenous nations in the call for the closure of the pipeline.<br><br>Join Environmental Defence and CELA for this in-depth conversation about the Line 5 pipeline. Following a series of presentations, there will be time for discussion amongst participants about opportunities for action. <br><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuceGhrzgsHdORoB4SjnSieulwijOLSuNn#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuceGhrzgsHdORoB4SjnSieulwijOLSuNn#/registration</a></div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><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 dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div 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><b style="font-size: 14px;">14) Reminder - Meeting Next Friday</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us next week - Friday, November 24th 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 - 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 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; 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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><div>Friday, November 17th - 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. November 22rd - 7pm to 8:30pm - Kitchener-Centre Election All-Candidates Meeting - St. John’s Church - 23 Water Street, Kitchener</div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, November 23rd - 7pm - Guelph Greenbelt Success Celebration Event - Opus Lounge - RSVP to Anne Moore at <a href="mailto:amoore083@gmail.com">amoore083@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Friday, November 24th<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 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 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></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></div><div>Wednesday, November 29th - 7pm - CELA Water Conversations Line 5 Pipeline - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuceGhrzgsHdORoB4SjnSieulwijOLSuNn#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuceGhrzgsHdORoB4SjnSieulwijOLSuNn#/registration</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, November 30th - Final day to comment on ERO Deadline to the Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act - <a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7739">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7739</a></div><div><br></div><div>Monday, December 4th - 7pm - ALO Building Hope Webinar - Laneway Houses, Garden Suites and Additions - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GIbaEsfuQ12uQa_Vva_TFg#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GIbaEsfuQ12uQa_Vva_TFg#/registration</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, December 7th - Save the Date! - Local Waterloo Region Celebration for Our Successes - Help us plan the location and event details.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>------------------------------------</div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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