<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;">Good Day,<div><br></div><div>An important update regarding Bill 185 final submissions and amendments. </div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Bill 185 Final Submissions -</b> It appears that once again, the provincial government doesn’t seem to be well co-ordinated and people who have made submissions on Bill 185 recently have been receiving notices stating that submission deadlines have passed, comments are no longer being received, and that late submissions cannot be accepted which is absurd and is clearly not the intention of MPP Mike Harris Jr’s motion last week for an extension to address issues or even ensuing discussions with Standing Committee Chair Ernie Hardeman.</div><div><br></div><div>Thus, if you have already sent comments or are planning to today, we recommend that you e-mail both the official committee addresses as well as the Standing Committee Members directly as they will each have the opportunity to make any desired amendments this Wednesday, May 29th when the Standing Committee will be spending the day starting at 9:00am on a line by line review of Bill 185.</div><div><br></div><div>E-mail addresses are as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><b>Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Ernie Hardeman, Chair (PC, Oxford) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:Ernie.Hardeman@pc.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Ernie.Hardeman@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Catherine Fife, Vice Chair (NDP, Waterloo) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:CFife-QP@ndp.on.ca" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">CFife-QP@ndp.on.ca</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Deepak Anand (PC, Mississauga-Malton) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:Deepak.anandco@pc.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Deepak.anandco@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Patrice Barnes (PC, Ajax) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:Patrice.Barnes@pc.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Patrice.Barnes@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Stephen Crawford (PC, Oakville) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:Stephen.Crawford@pc.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Stephen.Crawford@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Mike Harris (PC, Kitchener-Conestoga) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:Mike.Harris@pc.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Mike.Harris@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Andrea Hazell (Lib, Scarborough-Guildwood) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:AHazell.mpp.co@Liberal.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">AHazell.mpp.co@Liberal.ola.org</a> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Christine Hogarth (PC, Etobicoke-Lakeshore) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:Christine.Hogarth@pc.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Christine.Hogarth@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Terence Kernaghan (NDP, London North Centre) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:TKernaghan-QP@ndp.on.ca" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">TKernaghan-QP@ndp.on.ca</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Effie J. Triantafilopoulos (PC, Oakville North-Burlington) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:Effie.Triantafilopoulos@pc.ola.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 76, 32); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Effie.Triantafilopoulos@pc.ola.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Here’s the list in a format that is easy to cut and paste into your e-mail message To: field: <a href="mailto:Ernie.Hardeman@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Ernie.Hardeman@pc.ola.org</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:CFife-QP@ndp.on.ca" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">CFife-</a><a href="mailto:CFife-QP@ndp.on.ca" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">QP@ndp.on.ca</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:Deepak.anandco@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Deepak.anandco@pc.ola.org</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:Patrice.Barnes@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Patrice.Barnes@pc.ola.org</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:Stephen.Crawford@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Stephen.Crawford@pc.ola.org</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:Mike.Harris@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Mike.Harris@pc.ola.org</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:AHazell.mpp.co@Liberal.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">AHazell.mpp.co@Liberal.ola.org</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:Christine.Hogarth@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Christine.Hogarth@pc.ola.org</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:TKernaghan-QP@ndp.on.ca" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">TKernaghan-QP@ndp.on.ca</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:Effie.Triantafilopoulos@pc.ola.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 32); box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif;">Effie.Triantafilopoulos@pc.ola.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please also e-mail directly: </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing - planningconsultation@ontario.ca</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and The Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs (SCFEA) - scfea@ola.org</div><div><br></div><div>And don’t be discouraged by any confirmation message received back by them stating deadlines have passed. We need to speak up loudly and clearly for the needed revisions to retain Regional Planning Authority, ensure Third Party Appeal Rights, and prevent Settlement Boundary changes.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Additional Protest Media Coverage -</b> The good coverage of yesterday's protest in Elmira at MPP Mike Harris’ office regarding the Wilmot Farm Land Assembly continues with the following articles:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC - Advocates Protest Outside MPP Mike Harris’ Office In Response To Region’s Plan To Buy Up Wilmot Farmland:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/advocates-protest-outside-mpp-mike-harris-office-in-response-to-region-s-plan-to-buy-up-wilmot-farmland-1.7213308">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/advocates-protest-outside-mpp-mike-harris-office-in-response-to-region-s-plan-to-buy-up-wilmot-farmland-1.7213308</a></div><div><br></div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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<div><br><div>On May 24, 2024, at 1:13 AM, Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason@mac.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Good Day,</div><div><br></div><div>Today (Friday May 24th) is the deadline for the surprise Bill 185 extension to offer more feedback and amendments to the Standing Committee. As well, it was fantastic to see such as successful protest at MPP Mike Harris’ office on Thursday afternoon. Here’s the latest:</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Bill 185 Reminder for Final Submissions -</b> Today, Friday, May 24th is the extended deadline for suggested amendments and comments on Bill 185 - The wrongly named Cutting Red Tape To Build More Homes Act with very troubling schedules to remove citizen’s rights to appeal at the OLT and remove Regional Planning Authority from upper-tier regions 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.</div><div><div><br></div><div><div>While the Environmental Registry (ERO) is officially closed, we can e-mail the Standing Committee on Finance and Heritage directly to encourage them to adopt amendments to ensure that Waterloo Region can retain Planning Authority and our visionary Regional Official Plan:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> E-mail: <a href="mailto:planningconsultation@ontario.ca">planningconsultation@ontario.ca</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>We need to ensure that Planning Authority is retained by the Region of Waterloo to ensure that our regional environmental protections continue to protect our water, farmland, and ecological areas. This could happen through amendments that could see Waterloo Region separated from other upper-tier regions losing Planning Authority and see a compromise for Waterloo Region that would retain Planning Authority and our visionary, sustainable Regional Official Plan but see a Delegated Approval Authority given to our lower-tier municipalities to allow them to do their own development approvals and planning provided that it is in conformity with the overall Regional Official Plan. </div><div><br></div><div>This could give our municipalities more independence and faster approvals while still ensuring a common regional vision and efficient co-ordination of resources through the expertise and decades of experience of the Region of Waterloo. It would also help to ensure that all of our Regional environmental protections continue to be overseen by the Region and continue to protect our lands and resources.</div><div><br></div><div>On Wednesday, May 29th at 9:00am the Standing Committee will begin a line by line reading of Bill 185 where we hope the Conservatives, NDP, Liberal, and Green Parties will hopefully introduce the needed amendments and changes on Regional Planning Authority, Third Party Appeals at the OLT, and urban settlement area boundaries.</div><div><br></div><div>Kudos to the 65 organizations and 785 citizens who signed onto the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario (ALO) letter on Bill 185 and the PPS, the 150+ people who sent letters through the GREN automated Bill 185 letter tool, the dozens of groups who signed onto the GREN Bill 185 letter specifically expressing concerns about the loss of Planning Authority, as well as the many other organizations such as the Ontario Headwaters Institute who also submitted excellent letters to the provincial government.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Actions Needed on Bill 185:</b></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Please write the Standing Committee as soon as possible at <a href="mailto:planningconsultation@ontario.ca">planningconsultation@ontario.ca</a> and ask that:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Planning Authority be retained by the Region of Waterloo, and our Regional Official Plan remain intact to best protect and co-ordinate our growth, water, and infrastructure,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- The OLT should be required to permit third party appeals,</div><div><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><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Wilmot Industrial Mega-Site Farm Land Assembly - </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">It continues to be impressive that so many lawn signs are going up in Wilmot Township and across Waterloo Region! There are now more than 2,100 lawn signs around our communities stating firsthand that we are unwilling to host this secret mega-industrial site and additional massive development! It was also fantastic to see two great delegations allowed by Regional Council on Wednesday evening. Kudo</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">s to Krista Straus and fifth-generation farmer Stewart Snyder for challenging Regional Councillors to visit this farmland firsthand and making it clear that we are unwilling!</span></font></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-43da0219-7fff-2363-33de-5e81bdf5a4e6"><br><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">Lawn Signs - Fight For Farmland - </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another 400 new signs have just arrived today as we were almost out again! Order yours online, pick them up from local Sign Captains throughout Waterloo Region, and learn more at:</span></span></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.fightforfarmland.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Provincial Liberal Leader To Visit Saturday -</b> Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is coming to Wilmot this weekend to meet with some of the impacted farmers and landowners firsthand as well as to tour the farmland proposed to be destroyed for this absurd industrial mega-site. We’ll keep you posted on how her tour goes as well as plans for Bonnie to return in the weeks ahead for additional meetings and events.</div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">New Fight For Farmland Flyer -</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A PDF is attached below or check it out online at:</span></div><br></div><div><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65fca845277db5669ac677f7/t/66417342be32b57c3e7a229e/1715565383936/Fight+For+Farmland+one+page+flyer+%281%29.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65fca845277db5669ac677f7/t/66417342be32b57c3e7a229e/1715565383936/Fight+For+Farmland+one+page+flyer+%281%29.pdf</span></a></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d17eb58a-7fff-5010-9451-13f5813037a5"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">Volunteers Needed - </span><b>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 25th from 11:00am to 1:00pm) 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 recently has been incredible! Please let us know if you can help for an hour or two Saturday by meeting at the Tim Hortons parking lot in Baden (34 Snyder’s Road West) at 11:00am or by e-mailing the address below and we will provide more details:</div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="mailto:wilmotlandowners@gmail.com">wilmotlandowners@gmail.com</a></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="font-size: 9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">Media coverage -</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Media continues with supportive articles and front page articles including:</span><br><div><br></div></span></div><div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">New Hamburg Land Grab A Strike At The Historic Heart:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/new-hamburg-land-grab-a-strike-at-the-historic-heart/article_3fc9dada-83be-5e07-85d1-35dab3d3f46e.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/new-hamburg-land-grab-a-strike-at-the-historic-heart/article_3fc9dada-83be-5e07-85d1-35dab3d3f46e.html</span></a></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CBC - Canada’s Next EV Supply Chain Plant Landing In Port Colborne, Ontario:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/honda-asahi-kasei-lithium-ion-separator-plant-1.7202458" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/honda-asahi-kasei-lithium-ion-separator-plant-1.7202458</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“The other Ontario municipality that is in line for a cathode active material and precursor (CAM/pCAM) processing plant, as part of a joint venture with South Korea’s PSOCO Future M Co., is expected to be announced by Honda in the coming weeks."<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Record - Waterloo Region Economic Development Corporation Boss Breaks Silence On Wilmot Land Assembly:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/waterloo-region-economic-development-corporation-boss-breaks-silence-on-wilmot-land-assembly/article_f7deed34-6a49-56ed-a86f-4f895a819f3a.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/waterloo-region-economic-development-corporation-boss-breaks-silence-on-wilmot-land-assembly/article_f7deed34-6a49-56ed-a86f-4f895a819f3a.html</span></a></div><br><b>Letters To The Editor </b>- Kudos to so many people for speaking up with Letters to the Editor - here’s three great letters printed on the same day. Keep writing!:</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - </span>Food and Water Matter More Than Vehicle Batteries:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/may-22-food-and-water-matter-more-than-vehicle-batteries-farmland-is-being-lost-and/article_35eb880d-2476-599a-b973-204df189c363.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/may-22-food-and-water-matter-more-than-vehicle-batteries-farmland-is-being-lost-and/article_35eb880d-2476-599a-b973-204df189c363.html</a><div><br></div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">Detailed Blog -</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Melissa Bowman continues her excellent overview with this latest blog article - Hush Hush In Wilmot (Part 3):</span><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://citified.substack.com/p/hush-hush-in-wilmot-pt-3" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://citified.substack.com/p/hush-hush-in-wilmot-pt-3</span></a></div><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>3) Wilmot Farm Land Assembly Protest at MPP Mike Harris Jr’s Office -</b></span> After trying for weeks to meet with MPP Mike Harris Jr regarding the Wilmot Farm Land Assembly situation, the Zion United Church in New Hamburg organized a protest yesterday at Mike Harris’ Office in downtown Elmira against this proposed farmland destruction and the lack of response from MPP Harris for a meeting. It was fantastic to see dozens of people out protesting with signs, banners, and so much support from passing motorists.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite knowing about the protest for some time now, MPP Mike Harris was not present and his office was closed, however a strong message was sent and there has been excellent media coverage:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Record - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We’re No Where Near The 401 - Wilmot Residents Taking Their Message to MPP:</span></div></div><div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></font><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/were-nowhere-near-the-401-wilmot-residents-taking-their-message-to-mpp/article_26e05a3b-3d5e-55f1-8c5c-a4c80458e6fb.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/were-nowhere-near-the-401-wilmot-residents-taking-their-message-to-mpp/article_26e05a3b-3d5e-55f1-8c5c-a4c80458e6fb.html</span></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br></span></span></font></div></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CTV News - Protestors Demand Meeting With MPP Over Potential Wilmot Land Acquisition:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/protestors-demand-meeting-with-mpp-over-potential-wilmot-land-acquisition-1.6898590">https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/protestors-demand-meeting-with-mpp-over-potential-wilmot-land-acquisition-1.6898590</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Wilmot Farmland Expropriation Protest Marched In Front Of MPP Harris’ Office:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/05/23/wilmot-farmland-expropriation-protest-will-march-in-front-of-mpp-harris-office/">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/05/23/wilmot-farmland-expropriation-protest-will-march-in-front-of-mpp-harris-office/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Residents Opposed To Wilmot Land Assembly Protest Outside MPP’s Office In Elmira:</div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/residents-opposed-to-wilmot-land-assembly-protest-outside-mpp-s-office-in-elmira/article_c67c69e5-112b-5572-9d5c-0573147b5d09.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/residents-opposed-to-wilmot-land-assembly-protest-outside-mpp-s-office-in-elmira/article_c67c69e5-112b-5572-9d5c-0573147b5d09.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Includes excellent reporting of the Wilmot Farmer delegations to Regional Council on Wednesday evening.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-07631412-7fff-9b65-4fee-0b648b788d16"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">4) Highway #413 Petitions - </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take a minute to sign these Highway #413 petitions regarding the troubling and astoundingly expensive proposal by the provincial government to destroy vast tracts of farmland and Greenbelt while threatening numerous endangered species for a $10 billion highway that would only save less than 1 minute on an average commute. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We don’t need polluting and wasteful highways. Speak up at: </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>David Suzuki Foundation Highway #413 Petition:</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-highway-413/" style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;">https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-highway-413/</a></div><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Leadnow Highway #413 Petition:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://act.leadnow.ca/Highway413-ett-02-05-2024/">https://act.leadnow.ca/Highway413-ett-02-05-2024/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) New ALO Webinar - New Data Refutes Province’s Sprawl Agenda - </b>Join Environics Research Sr. Vice-President of Public Affairs Sarah Roberton and Expert Planner Kevin Eby on Thursday June 6th at 7pm to learn about new polling data that shows people don’t want sprawl suburban homes and how developers are increasingly focussing on new homes within urban boundaries. Please encourage elected officials and staff to attend for the information they need to be making better housing decisions. Register for free at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ALO Webinar - New Data Refutes Province’s Sprawl Agenda:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.liveableontario.ca/event/webinar-new-data-refutes-provinces-sprawl-agenda">https://www.liveableontario.ca/event/webinar-new-data-refutes-provinces-sprawl-agenda</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-c8551eb0-7fff-ec5a-e2a0-b2922550bfd7"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">6) ALO Housing Report Underway - 5 Ways To Make Homes Affordable - </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Alliance For A Liveable Ontario (ALO) has been working on a housing report since January that is now completed and a copy is attached below as PDF. Please review this report titled “Waking Action Together: Five Ways To Make Homes Affordable In Ontario" and if you and/or your organization would like to endorse it please fill out the following online form:</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQQjDY6W_oQAv25LZ9EPGP3soq_cYtc0YuSv_M8f3Pm_hP_A/viewform" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQQjDY6W_oQAv25LZ9EPGP3soq_cYtc0YuSv_M8f3Pm_hP_A/viewform</span></a></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They hope to release the final report in June. In the meantime, please DO NOT share it with media yet.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><br><span id="docs-internal-guid-eef613dc-7fff-f04b-4f34-6a2206a66f3d"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">7) Ontario Place</span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yet another risky step in efforts to push forward with the Ford government’s ‘Therme Spa plan’ at Ontario Place:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Global News - </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ford Government Uses New Powers To Sidestep Toronto’s Say In Ontario Place Plan:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10503475/ontario-place-development-update/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CTo%20ensure%20the%20Ontario%20Place,the%20government's%20original%20statement%20said" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://globalnews.ca/news/10503475/ontario-place-development-update/</span></a></div><div><span><span><br></span></span></div><div><span><span><br></span></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-19b47a12-7fff-48d4-07ad-f6e5af9886f2"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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;">8) Norfolk County Settlement Boundary Expansions</span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span> </span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It has been extremely concerning to see Norfolk County pushing through massive settlement boundary expansions for thousands of new homes despite the protests of citizens and community groups. It looks like the County is taking a really unusual tactic of a “willing host for growth” to approve boundary changes after the fact. It also seems the provincial government is bypassing and blindsiding local MPP Bobbi Ann Brady in the effort to force this destruction of hundreds of acres of farmland - some of it far from existing settlement boundaries and not even contiguous to other development. Please help speak up and support area organizations:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Norfolk County.ca - Minister of Infrastructure Visits Norfolk:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://www.norfolkcounty.ca/news/minister-of-infrastructure-visits-norfolk-county/">https://www.norfolkcounty.ca/news/minister-of-infrastructure-visits-norfolk-county/</a></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Twitter - <a href="https://x.com/kingasurmampp/status/1793651628446523571?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw">https://x.com/kingasurmampp/status/1793651628446523571?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw</a></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></div></span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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; font-size: 14px;">9) Demanding Participation and Transparency -</span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> There have been some excellent articles recently on transparency and the importance of civic engagement. Check them out at:</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Policy Options - Demanding Participation and Transparent Policymaking In Urban Ontario:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQQjDY6W_oQAv25LZ9EPGP3soq_cYtc0YuSv_M8f3Pm_hP_A/viewform" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQQjDY6W_oQAv25LZ9EPGP3soq_cYtc0YuSv_M8f3Pm_hP_A/viewform</span></a></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Tyee - Pierre Poilievre And The Politics Of Intimidation:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/10/Pierre-Poilievre-Politics-Intimidation/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/10/Pierre-Poilievre-Politics-Intimidation/</span></a></div><br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Recent Media - </b>Articles this week include the federal government calling out Doug Ford for bungling housing, Liberals seeking an update on RCMP Greenbelt investigation, MZO’s being revoked, and a great article by GREN’s Susan Koswan on the absurdity of Doug Ford’s approach to energy policy:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Has Bungled Affordable Housing and Now Ottawa Is Rubbing His Nose In It:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/doug-ford-has-bungled-affordable-housing-and-now-ottawa-is-rubbing-his-nose-in-it/article_b1ce35b2-1168-11ef-9d38-fbe0a9d95092.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/doug-ford-has-bungled-affordable-housing-and-now-ottawa-is-rubbing-his-nose-in-it/article_b1ce35b2-1168-11ef-9d38-fbe0a9d95092.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Spacing.ca - <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Disturbing Clearcutting Takes Place In Don Valley For Construction Of Ontario Line In Toronto:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2024/05/17/clearcutting-in-the-don-valley/">https://spacing.ca/toronto/2024/05/17/clearcutting-in-the-don-valley/</a></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“So far Metrolinx says it has cut down 2,712 trees, including old-growth oak and maple, in three sections of the Don Valley”</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-2d98f6f8-7fff-1351-db21-311228807926"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"></p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Hamilton Spectator - <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pickering Mayor Asks Ford Government To Revoke MZO To Build Housing Near Airport Lands, But Some Are On The Greenbelt:</span></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://www.thespec.com/politics/provincial/pickering-mayor-asks-ford-government-to-revoke-mzo-to-build-housing-near-airport-lands-but/article_2bf6b10a-0712-57b6-b5ad-7310fd0fa4d6.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.thespec.com/politics/provincial/pickering-mayor-asks-ford-government-to-revoke-mzo-to-build-housing-near-airport-lands-but/article_2bf6b10a-0712-57b6-b5ad-7310fd0fa4d6.html</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><br></span></span><span><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Haldimand Press - Nanticoke MZO Back At Square One?:</span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://haldimandpress.com/nanticoke-mzo-back-at-square-one/">https://haldimandpress.com/nanticoke-mzo-back-at-square-one/</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hotly contested MZO for Nanticoke in Haldimand County that has the potential to see 15,000 homes constructed directly adjacent to Stelco. Indications are the</span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">County MZO application is no longer valid. </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); 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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Global News - Ontario <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie Writes To The RCMP For An Update On The Greenbelt Investigation:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://x.com/colindmello/status/1793631910637494457?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw">https://x.com/colindmello/status/1793631910637494457?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw</a></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>Toronto Star - Unpredictability Has Been The Key to Doug Ford’s Popularity But Won’t Carry Him Forever:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/unpredictability-has-been-the-key-to-doug-fords-popularity-but-it-wont-carry-him-forever/article_86b2ad98-1877-11ef-8265-b7a36ef7eadb.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/unpredictability-has-been-the-key-to-doug-fords-popularity-but-it-wont-carry-him-forever/article_86b2ad98-1877-11ef-8265-b7a36ef7eadb.html</a></div><div><div><div><br></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CMHC - What Is Canada’s Potential For Housing Construction?:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/blog/2024/what-canada-potential-capacity-housing-construction">https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/blog/2024/what-canada-potential-capacity-housing-construction</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Twitter - <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In an interview Laura Babcock with former Premier Kathleen Wynne, Wynne commented on the ongoing RCMP investigation related to the Greenbelt Scandal:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://x.com/LauraBabcock/status/1790050861890093340">https://x.com/LauraBabcock/status/1790050861890093340</a></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Record - Ontario</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">s Woeful Energy Policies Create A Triple Whammy:</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/ontario-s-woeful-energy-policies-create-a-triple-whammy/article_b84abd00-7102-5369-872e-ae064cc56b63.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/ontario-s-woeful-energy-policies-create-a-triple-whammy/article_b84abd00-7102-5369-872e-ae064cc56b63.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“We must push back against Ontario’s regressive and expensive energy policies.”</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>11) Reform Gravel Mining - Provincial Day of Action, June 8th </b></span>- In about a few weeks, communities across the province will participate in the first-ever Day of Action To Protect Ontario From Gravel Mining. Learn more at:</div><div><br></div><div><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><br></div><div>And mark your calendars for June 8th.</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">12) 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>Watch the new video about momentum building for a new National Urban Park in Guelph at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE6K6-t_uy4&t=7s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE6K6-t_uy4&t=7s</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">13) Bill 165 - Keeping Energy Costs Down Act - </b>Bill 165 has now been rammed through the Legislature and approved by the provincial government despite widespread concerns about forcing citizens across the province to subsidize the expansion of natural gas (methane gas) at a time that we need to be reducing - not expanding fossil fuels. Policy Options has written an excellent article calling for the Ford government to immediately withdraw this Bill:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Policy Options - Ontario’s Keeping Energy Costs Down Act Will Do The Exact Opposite:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2024/clean-energy-barriers-ontario/">https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2024/clean-energy-barriers-ontario/</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">14) GRCA Scholarships -</b> Apply for scholarships through the Grand River Conservation Foundation. Post-secondary students who are planning a career in an environmental field may be eligible to apply for one of two scholarships offered by the Grand River Conservation Foundation (GRCF). The two scholarships, each worth $4,000, will support students attending a Grand River watershed university or college and are enrolled in programs that focus on environmental science, resource management or engineering.</div><div><p>The <strong>SC Johnson Environmental Scholarship</strong> will support a full-time student who has completed their third year or sixth semester of an honours program at a university or college in the Grand River watershed (Waterloo, Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier) or second year of engineering at Conestoga College. The scholarship is funded by SC Johnson & Son Limited of Brantford, a long-time GRCF supporter.</p><p>The <strong>Allan Holmes Scholarship</strong> will support a graduate-level student focused on applied research in the field of resource management. The scholarship was developed in honour of Allan Holmes, who served as CAO of the Grand River Conservation Authority from 1991 to 2000. Applicants must be registered at a university within the Grand River watershed. Eligible fields of study could include environmental science, engineering, emerging technologies, governance and/or education.</p><p>The application deadline for each scholarship is Friday, July 19, 2024. Applications and additional details are available online at: <a href="http://www.grcf.ca/scholarships" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">www.grcf.ca/scholarships</a>.</p></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">15) Reminder - Next Meeting</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us next <span dir="ltr">Friday, May 31st</span> at 5:30pm online at the Zoom link below:</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 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; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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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 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 dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><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, May 24th</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span dir="ltr"> </span>- Extended deadline for comments and amendments on Bill 185 - e-mail to: </span></b><a href="mailto:planningconsultation@ontario.ca">planningconsultation@ontario.ca</a></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><div><br></div><div><div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friday, May 31st at 5:30pm -<font color="#26282a"> Next group update meeting on Zoom -</font><font color="#0056d6"> </font></span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 400;"><font color="#0056d6">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</font></a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><br></div><div><div>Thursday June 6th at 7pm - ALO Webinar - New Data Refutes Province’s Sprawl Agenda - for more information and to register - <a href="https://www.liveableontario.ca/event/webinar-new-data-refutes-provinces-sprawl-agenda">https://www.liveableontario.ca/event/webinar-new-data-refutes-provinces-sprawl-agenda</a></div><div><br></div></div></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>Saturday, June 15th - 6pm to 8pm - Council of Canadians Pub Night - The Duke Of Wellington Pub, Waterloo - See poster below.</div><div><br></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;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>-----------------------------</b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>B) New Fight For Farmland Flyer:</b></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>