<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;">Good Day,</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Tonight (Friday) at 11:59pm is the deadline to respond on the ERO on Bill 185, there’s some great tools below to make it fast and easy. Here’s the latest:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><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-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Next Week’s Friday at 5:30pm Zoom Meeting -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> Our bi-weekly meeting next week falls on the Friday of the Victoria Day holiday weekend. Please complete the following short questionnaire to help us figure out how to best to postpone, reschedule, or come up with another plan for the meeting:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sxoJL3GoEUF39naz2yztXJezbB8zqA8oXCbWYMmFONI/edit?ts=663a6a00">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sxoJL3GoEUF39naz2yztXJezbB8zqA8oXCbWYMmFONI/edit?ts=663a6a00</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Bill 185 Deadline Tonight!!!! -</b> We need to speak up about Doug Ford’s Bill 185 - The Cutting Red Tape To Build More Homes Act and his confounding plans to eliminate Smart Growth, abolish the Growth Plan, and remove the Planning Authority that could negatively impact all of our Waterloo Regional environmental protections such as our Countryside Line that we have counted on since not receiving any Greenbelt protection from the province almost 20 years ago. There are easy ways to take action:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">a) Automated E-mail Tools -</span> </b> In order to ensure your message receives the maximum attention, we recommend you customize the subject line and the message to reflect your concerns:</div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>i) Waterloo Climate Collaborative -</b> has created a great letter focussing on the loss of Planning Authority in Waterloo under Bill 185: </div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://act.newmode.net/action/wellington-water-watchers/bill-185">https://act.newmode.net/action/wellington-water-watchers/bill-185</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>ii) Ontario Headwaters Institute </b>- has created a letter with three themes - Bill 185, the PPS, and Conservation Authority changes:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://win.newmode.net/ontarioheadwatersinstitute/emailbill185anditsalignedeffortsshouldbewithdrawnandsignificantlyreworked">https://win.newmode.net/ontarioheadwatersinstitute/emailbill185anditsalignedeffortsshouldbewithdrawnandsignificantlyreworked</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>iii) Water Watchers -</b> has created a letter covering Bill 185 and the PPS with a focus on public and First Nations consultation:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bill_185">https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bill_185</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>b) Community Group Open Letter -</b> The new Waterloo Climate Collaborative has drafted an Open Letter for all Waterloo area community groups and organizations to sign on to:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/107/401/original/Waterloo_Bill_185_Sign_On_Letter_v3.pdf">https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/107/401/original/Waterloo_Bill_185_Sign_On_Letter_v3.pdf</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fill out the following Google Form to have your organization included as a signatory:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjYDinYUtipPQgIyBMU3N7LE2JopjR9WO2zO2Jx4lvrs8f1A/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjYDinYUtipPQgIyBMU3N7LE2JopjR9WO2zO2Jx4lvrs8f1A/viewform</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>E-mail your group logo to Kevin Thomason to be included in the letter at: kevinthomason@mac.com or upload it at:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/127NDIbwyCCmCsHBZkjhEHyTDYkldOudkxtzBRE6ii20/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/127NDIbwyCCmCsHBZkjhEHyTDYkldOudkxtzBRE6ii20/edit</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Deadline is Friday, May 10th at 5pm so we have time to submit the completed Open Letter with all groups listed before the midnight deadline.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>c) Submissions to the Environmental Registry of Ontario -</b></span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape To Build More Homes Act, ERO 019-8369 on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 11:59PM</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8369" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8369</a></span> and/or via e-mail to planningconsultation@ontario.ca</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-99573476-7fff-1f08-da02-8535754ad502"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="white-space: normal;"><b>Summary of Our Recommendations on Bill 185:</b></div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Planning Authority should be retained by the Region of Waterloo, our Countryside Line remain intact, and forced boundary expansions eliminated,</div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- If Planning Authority is removed Greenbelt expansion is required to adequately protect the Waterloo Moraine,</div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Changes to Settlement Area Boundaries should not be permitted outside of regular municipal comprehensive review periods,</div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Planning Act Sections dealing with limiting Third Party Appeals should be rescinded just as they were when Bill 23 attempted to limit eliminate these important citizen rights,</div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Proposed changes to MZO’s could be good but require more understanding,</div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- It is good to see the absurd Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator (CHIA) introduced by Bill 109 rescinded,</div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- The Attorney General should disclose all communications with municipalities and developers requesting changes to third party appeal rights,</div><div style="white-space: normal;"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- The Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) should be required to permit third party appeals,</div><div><br></div><div>You can also learn from the Canadian Environmental Law Association's (CELA) excellent submission with a focus on how the loss of public appeal rights disproportionally impact under-resourced communities:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://cela.ca/cela-comments-on-proposed-bill-185-cutting-red-tape-to-build-more-homes-act-2024-ero-019-8369/">https://cela.ca/cela-comments-on-proposed-bill-185-cutting-red-tape-to-build-more-homes-act-2024-ero-019-8369/</a></div></div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 104, 218); color: rgb(0, 104, 218); text-decoration: underline;"></span></div></span></div></span></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;">Please also refer to past GREN e-mail updates from Wednesday and previous weeks for lists of resources you can utilize. A concise online listing of Bill 185 resources is available at: </div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Olde Berlin Town Neighbourhood Association, Kitchener - Bill 185 and PPS Resource List:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://oldeberlintown.ca/bill-185/">https://oldeberlintown.ca/bill-185/</a></div><div><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;"><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;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">3) PPS Deadline Sunday! -</b> The proposed changes to the Provincial Planning Statement (PPS) are just as horrific. It won’t result in more homes being built but will likely reduce density, make transit and active transportation more challenging, result in greater farmland loss and more urban sprawl by making urban boundaries almost non-existent. </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;">We need submissions to the ERO - even if it is just a single sentence, as well as e-mails to MPPs by Sunday at 11:59pm:</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 style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8462" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; text-decoration: none;">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8462</a></span> and/or via e-mail to planningconsultation@ontario.ca and scfea@ola.org</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; 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; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-99573476-7fff-1f08-da02-8535754ad502"><div><b>Summary of Our Recommendations on the Provincial Planning Statement (PPS):</b></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Concerning changes to remove or make greenfield density targets optional need to removed and existing greenfield density targets maintained or increased for all parts of Ontario,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- The elimination of intensification targets need to be removed and existing intensification targets maintained or increased and made mandatory - not optional, </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- 2 additional residences permitted on every farm despite last year’s efforts to prevent the absurd 4 severances per farm needs to be completely removed,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Troubling changes to permit new subdivision developments in rural areas need to be eliminated,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Encouraging development on septic systems and water systems that have proved problematic in the past needs to be eliminated from the proposed PPS changes,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- The Agricultural System and the Natural Heritage System concepts and mapping need to be restored for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) Wilmot Industrial Mega-Site Farm Land Assembly - </b>It is incredible to see so many lawn signs going up in Wilmot Township and across Waterloo Region - even beyond! More than 500 new signs have printed and distributed in the past week alone with now more than 1,600 lawn signs around our communities stating firsthand that we are unwilling to host this secret mega-industrial site and additional massive development!</div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div>Provincial Liberal Agriculture Critic Ted Hsu has made a video of his visit last week with the farmers check it out at: <a href="https://twitter.com/tedhsu/status/1786398239098310824" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">https://twitter.com/tedhsu/status/1786398239098310824</a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><b>Lawn Signs - Fight For Farmland - </b>Yet another 500 lawn signs have just arrived! Order yours online, pick them up from local Sign Captains throughout Waterloo Region, and learn more at:</div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a> </div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><b>Volunteers Needed - Lawn Sign Canvassing and Distribution on Saturday -</b> Lawn signs are one of the most impactful ways of showing firsthand our unwilling community, so this coming Saturday (tomorrow - May 11th) we are looking for volunteers to help with door-to-door canvassing in local Wilmot communities. We plan to form several teams of a few people each to knock on doors and seek support for area farmers in the Fight For Farmland by putting a sign on their lawn. The community support last weekend was incredible! Please let us know if you can help for an hour or two Saturday morning or afternoon by e-mailing the address below and we will provide more details:</div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="mailto:wilmotlandowners@gmail.com">wilmotlandowners@gmail.com</a></div></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div><b>Amazing media coverage -</b> our amazing media coverage continues with supportive articles from as far away as Elliot Lake with a really good northern Ontario perspective on what’s happening in Wilmot:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Elliot Lake Today - Mantha On Mystery Surrounding Farms In Wilmot Township:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/column-mantha-on-mystery-surrounding-farms-in-wilmot-township-8698404">https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/column-mantha-on-mystery-surrounding-farms-in-wilmot-township-8698404</a></div></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-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></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; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b>Overview Video -</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> kudos to Joan Faux for putting together a great video explainer of this Wilmot mega-industrial site and massive development being proposed by Wilmot Township based on the NDP Town Hall Meeting on April 19th in New Hamburg:</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;"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVv9iuWjxwU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVv9iuWjxwU</a></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;"><div><div><b>Action Needed -</b> Please continue to show firsthand that we are unwilling to host this mega-industrial site and massive growth of tens of thousands of new residents in Wilmot Township by:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Signing petitions and sending letters, e-mails, and phone calls to elected officials,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Putting up a lawn sign encouraging others to Fight For Farmland too,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Volunteering to help engage the public and build support canvassing door-to-door this Saturday,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Signing up for updates on the <a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a> website.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) New Greenbelt Scandal Revelations - </b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">A new article from investigative reporters at the Toronto Star states newly released documents continue to show direct links between the Premier’s Office and the efforts to carve up and sell off the Greenbelt:</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>The Toronto Star - “These Documents Tell A Different Story:” Newly Released Records Reignite Questions About Premier Ford’s Office Involvement In The Greenbelt Scandal:</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/these-documents-tell-a-different-story-newly-released-records-reignite-questions-about-premier-ford-s/article_cf10aa78-0c9b-11ef-bfb3-6376f2f37604.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/these-documents-tell-a-different-story-newly-released-records-reignite-questions-about-premier-ford-s/article_cf10aa78-0c9b-11ef-bfb3-6376f2f37604.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;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">6) Caledon Chaos Continues - </b> It was fantastic to have Debbe Crandall from Democracy Caledon join us on our 5:30pm Zoom call last Friday to talk about how Caledon Mayor Annette Groves has backed down for now and cancelled plans to use Strong Mayor Powers to fast-track development of 35,000 new homes - doubling the population of Caledon by cutting out the public and Council, and undertaking a number of questionable activities to try to force development. </div><div><br></div><div>There is tremendous concern, questionable tactics, and much to be learned for protecting other communities from such developer-lead antics. Learn more in this week's articles:</div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></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;"><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>The Toronto Star - Caledon’s Mayor Tried To Fast-Track A Massive Development. Then The Province Stepped In:</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/gta/caledons-mayor-tried-to-fast-track-a-massive-development-then-the-province-stepped-in/article_44b68064-07eb-11ef-b618-870c9b857b9d.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/caledons-mayor-tried-to-fast-track-a-massive-development-then-the-province-stepped-in/article_44b68064-07eb-11ef-b618-870c9b857b9d.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 id="docs-internal-guid-1da736cc-7fff-21df-0a93-8ba017e8699b"><div><br></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>David Suzuki Foundation - Say Yes To Caledon Green Development Standards:</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;"><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://davidsuzuki.org/action/say-yes-to-green-development-in-caledon/">https://davidsuzuki.org/action/say-yes-to-green-development-in-caledon/</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;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>7) Odd Things In Brighton - Questionable Conservative Lobbyists -</b></span> It appears that it’s okay for developers to pay tens of thousands of dollars to ex-Ford aides such as Amin Massoudi now working as a lobbyist but not for municipalities to spend tens of thousands of dollars hiring them:</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 style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Lobbying Firm Bails On Town After Council Touted Its Backroom Ties To The Ford Government:</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/lobbying-firm-bails-on-town-after-council-touted-its-backroom-ties-to-the-ford-government-8719320">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/lobbying-firm-bails-on-town-after-council-touted-its-backroom-ties-to-the-ford-government-8719320</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>The Trillium - Municipalities Wasting Money By Hiring Lobbyists, Calandra Says After Brighton Snafu:</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/">https://www.thetrillium.ca/</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br></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-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">8) Important Articles - </b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">This week there are excellent articles about the Ford Gravy Train, amalgamation, the Region of Waterloo setting a new record with billions of dollars of new construction, ambitious tree planting in Woolwich, and more:</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="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TVO - Doug Ford’s New Ottawa “Regional Office” Reeks Of Gravy Train Politics:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/doug-fords-new-ottawa-regional-office-reeks-of-gravy-train-politics">https://www.tvo.org/article/doug-fords-new-ottawa-regional-office-reeks-of-gravy-train-politics</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Why Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe Stands Alone:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/why-dorothy-mccabe-mayor-of-waterloo-stands-alone/article_534b61d8-cb5d-58af-b68e-17708d0834fb.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/why-dorothy-mccabe-mayor-of-waterloo-stands-alone/article_534b61d8-cb5d-58af-b68e-17708d0834fb.html</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Whether you agree or disagree with amalgamation this article is asking all the right questions - particularly on the need to focus on our water and environmental protections.</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Region Of Waterloo Sees Record-Setting 2023 With Billions In New Construction:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/05/07/region-of-waterloo-sees-record-setting-2023-with-almost-2b-in-new-construction/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/05/07/region-of-waterloo-sees-record-setting-2023-with-almost-2b-in-new-construction/?</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Is Canada On Course To Meet Our Clean Electricity Goals By 2035?:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/is-canada-on-course-to-meet-our-clean-electricity-goals-by-2035/article_60460cca-095b-11ef-aeac-03fc553e5455.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/is-canada-on-course-to-meet-our-clean-electricity-goals-by-2035/article_60460cca-095b-11ef-aeac-03fc553e5455.html</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - VegFest Celebrates Plant-Based Foods In Waterloo This Weekend:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/things-to-do/food-and-drink/vegfest-celebrates-plant-based-foods-in-waterloo-this-weekend/article_51b3ecfb-8112-5bbf-b35e-338f9b68aa49.html">https://www.therecord.com/things-to-do/food-and-drink/vegfest-celebrates-plant-based-foods-in-waterloo-this-weekend/article_51b3ecfb-8112-5bbf-b35e-338f9b68aa49.html</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - The Plan Is 22,000 Trees: Ambitious Roadside Planting Project Underway In Woolwich:</div><div style="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-plan-is-22-000-trees-ambitious-roadside-planting-project-underway-in-woolwich/article_f99bc00d-4963-5f2a-8c73-7afba2f91542.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/the-plan-is-22-000-trees-ambitious-roadside-planting-project-underway-in-woolwich/article_f99bc00d-4963-5f2a-8c73-7afba2f91542.html</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Oil Industry Barons Profit While The Rest Of Us Pay For Their Sins:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/oil-industry-barons-profit-while-the-rest-of-us-pay-for-their-sins/article_3a898b94-0bc0-11ef-9f54-aba181660bdd.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/oil-industry-barons-profit-while-the-rest-of-us-pay-for-their-sins/article_3a898b94-0bc0-11ef-9f54-aba181660bdd.html</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>9) Reform Gravel Mining - Provincial Day of Action, June 8th </b></span>- In about a month’s time, communities across the province will participate in the first-ever Day of Action To Protect Ontario From Gravel Mining. Learn more by attending the online planning meeting on Wedensday, May 22nd at 7pm:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/provincial-day-of-action">https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/provincial-day-of-action</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">And mark your calendars for June 8th.</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Urban Park Guelph -</b> There is a new lawn sign campaign launching for the campaign to create a new National Urban Park in Guelph. Join their #ParkYourselfinGuelph campaign and get a lawnsign at the UPG website:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.urbanparkguelph.com/lawn-signs">https://www.urbanparkguelph.com/lawn-signs</a></div><div><br></div></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><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><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div 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 dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="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 <span dir="ltr">Friday at 5:30pm EST</span></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: <span dir="ltr">826 4469 5701</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span dir="ltr">Passcode: 713374</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></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, Mike Marcolongo, and Joan Faux on behalf of all our community groups.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">-----------------------------------</b></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><span dir="ltr">Friday, May10th</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Today!)<span dir="ltr">- 11:59pm</span> - Deadline for ERO comments on Bill 185 - </span></b><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8369">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8369</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Saturday, May 11th - 11:00am - Volunteer to canvass and help distribute Fight For Farmland flyers & lawnsigns - meet at Baden Tim Hortons - e-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Sunday, May 12th - 11:59pm - Deadline for ERO comments on proposed changes to Provincial Planning Statement (PPS) - <a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8462">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8462</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, May 15th - 2:00pm, 3:00pm - Community delegations at Bill 185 Standing Committee Queens Park - Room 151 - <a href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video/committees-room-151">https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video/committees-room-151</a></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">To Be Determined <font color="#26282a"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">- Next group update meeting on Zoom - </span></font></span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 400;">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></b></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><br></div><div><div>Wednesday, May 22nd at 7pm - Reform Gravel Mining Planning Meeting for June 8th Day of Action - <a href="https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/provincial-day-of-action">https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/provincial-day-of-action</a></div></div><div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, June 8th - Provincial Day of Action Against Gravel Mining - <a href="https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/provincial-day-of-action">https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/provincial-day-of-action</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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