<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ae13e88-7fff-f660-2de2-b86c52fc834e"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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;">Good Day,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div>New week, new corruption news as well as the anticipated Wilmot Fight For Farmland Town Hall meetings start on Thursday evening. Here’s the latest:<br><br></span></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Starting Thursday! Wilmot Farm Land Assembly Town Hall Meetings </b>- Come to the New Hamburg Community Centre (251 Jacob Street) to show firsthand we are unwilling and learn about the Wilmot mega-industrial site proposal. It is hoped that there will be strong attendance and to help keep things organized these will be ticketed events, with guaranteed entry until 6:50pm, after which any non-ticketholders will be admitted up to a maximum capacity of 300 people.</div><div><br></div><div>Secure your free ticket at the link below and be sure to arrive a few minutes early. At the time of writing, there are still about 100 tickets available for Thursday and about 150 for Monday night.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Get Free Tickets For Thursday, June 20th at 7:00pm - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-926202565807">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-926202565807</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Get Free Tickets for Monday, June 24th at 7:00pm - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-927008355947">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-927008355947</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Town Hall meeting will include a presentation on information we have learned so far and critical next steps to show we are unwilling, followed by a Question & Answer session. You can send any questions you may have in advance to: wilmotlandowners@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><div>Don’t miss these opportunities to learn critical details about this massive industrial development that could forever change our communities and show that we are an unwilling host.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Wilmot Farm Land Assembly Update -</b> It was fantastic to see dozens of people protesting at last Monday’s Wilmot Township Council meeting and again at this Wednesday’s Regional Council meeting. Join at upcoming Council meetings to show elected officials we are unwilling and make our voices heard. The next Wilmot Council meeting is this coming Monday night:</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre;"> </span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wilmot Township Council - 60 Snyder</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">s Road, West, Baden:</span></font></div></div><div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Monday, June 24th at 6:30pm</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Monday, July 29th at 6:30pm</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Region of Waterloo Council - 150 Fredrick Street, Kitchener:</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wednesday, August 28th at 6:30pm</span></font></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn more at: </span><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.fightforfarmland.com</a> including if the protests may start at an earlier time for any of these meetings if in-camera meetings in advance of regular Council meetings are planned for elected officials.</div></div><div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><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;">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;">There are now over 2,750 signs up in our communities! Order yours online, pick them up from local Sign Captains throughout Waterloo Region, and learn more at:</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 class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Good media coverage continues including the following articles along with radio and news programs:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Follow The Money Says Wilmot Councillor:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/follow-the-money-says-wilmot-councillor/article_12e5f67f-2d8c-5b0b-8424-1dd8542e2b51.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/follow-the-money-says-wilmot-councillor/article_12e5f67f-2d8c-5b0b-8424-1dd8542e2b51.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - “Zero Respect Shown For Our Lives”:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/zero-respect-shown-for-our-lives/article_f932f0dd-8d60-5ebc-bab3-d7122fa10397.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/zero-respect-shown-for-our-lives/article_f932f0dd-8d60-5ebc-bab3-d7122fa10397.html</a></div><div>
</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Please continue to speak up and show firsthand that we are unwilling!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">3) ALO - Five Ways Home Report -</b> The Alliance For A Liveable Ontario (ALO) has launched a new report written by experts providing hope and easy solutions to our housing crisis. Five simple solutions are outlined that can make homes more affordable and create liveable communities while protecting farmland, natural areas, and wetlands.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Read and download the excellent report at: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zx2DmSRLCJHskZmqFSQFcT4E4P1UnWvo/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zx2DmSRLCJHskZmqFSQFcT4E4P1UnWvo/view</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Watch great 1 minute videos at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oI6TfVk4Eo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oI6TfVk4Eo</a></div><div><br></div><div>Take action now by sharing this information with your MPP and other elected officials: <a href="https://www.liveableontario.ca/five-ways-home">https://www.liveableontario.ca/five-ways-home</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can also share these materials on Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/NbWX42ggcniajC7b/">https://www.facebook.com/share/p/NbWX42ggcniajC7b/</a></div><div><br></div><div>And also share on Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Wyd2Xtu5W/">https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Wyd2Xtu5W/</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) New Provincial Corruption News - </b>Reporter Charlie Pinkerton at The Trillium has written an excellent article about how party insiders urged the town of Brighton, Ontario to hire a well-connected Conservative lobbying firm in pursuit of a desperately needed provincial wastewater treatment funding and how quickly it all unravelled:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - How A Political Disaster Brewed In Brighton:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/how-a-political-disaster-brewed-in-brighton-9095416">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/how-a-political-disaster-brewed-in-brighton-9095416</a></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Climate ActionWR Presentations -</b> Over the coming weeks ClimateActionWR will be attending local Councils to present the latest 2022 Greenhouse Gas Report (we are indeed half way through 2024 already but apparently these numbers take time to compile and report - only adding to our climate woes). Unfortunately, instead of decreasing, our emissions are actually increasing and we are far off target to meet the 50% required emissions reduction target by 2030. You can download the report at the following link:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://climateactionwr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2022-Waterloo-Region-Community-Greenhouse-Gas-Inventory-Report-Published-June-2024.pdf">https://climateactionwr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2022-Waterloo-Region-Community-Greenhouse-Gas-Inventory-Report-Published-June-2024.pdf</a></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Mon July 8, 6pm - North Dumfries (<a href="https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/township-services/speak-before-council.aspx" target="_blank">delegation form here</a>)</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Tue July 16, 6:30pm - City of Cambridge (<a href="https://forms.cambridge.ca/Delegation-Request-Form" target="_blank">delegation form here</a>)</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Mon August 28, 7pm - City of Kitchener (<a href="https://www.kitchener.ca/en/council-and-city-administration/appear-as-a-delegation.aspx" target="_blank">delegation form here</a>)</li></ul></div><div>We would love to see more delegations and also expressions of support for bold climate action at the upcoming council meetings, as above. Please reach out to <a href="mailto:mats.vankleff@gmail.com">mats.vankleff@gmail.com</a> if you have any questions or are interested to support.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">6) WRCE High Performance Development Standard Meetings - </b>One of the best ways to reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions and be dramatically decreasing GHG like Toronto, rather than seeing GHG's increase, is through the implementation of Green Development Standards and High Performance Building Standards. After years of preparations, it is exciting to finally see the initial public meetings happening on the weeks ahead. Please join the upcoming Waterloo Region Community Energy Education and Design Workshops as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Monday, June 24th 6:00pm at the Cambridge Centre of the Arts - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-cambridge-tickets-924667012927">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-cambridge-tickets-924667012927</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tuesday, June 25th 6:00pm at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-waterloo-tickets-924668226557">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-waterloo-tickets-924668226557</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wednesday, June 26th 3:00pm at the Kitchener Public Library - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915403866607?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915403866607?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wednesday, June 26th 7:00pm at the Kitchener Public Library - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915575660447?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915575660447?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Thursday, June 27th 7:00pm at the New Hamburg Community Centre - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-workshop-new-hamburg-tickets-924660864537">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-workshop-new-hamburg-tickets-924660864537</a></div><div><br></div><div>Learn more at EngageWR at: <a href="https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards">https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><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;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>7) Recent Articles - </b></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;">Include the complete lack of condo sales and record inventory, Doug Ford’s NIMBY costing us millions, even lower home starts, and how British Columbia is building new homes at a rate 2.5 times that of Ontario:</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 - The Condo Market Right Now Is A Ghost Town: Toronto Has A Record Number Of Units For Sale. Here’s Why They Aren’t Selling Despite A Housing Crisis:</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/real-estate/the-condo-market-right-now-is-a-ghost-town-toronto-has-a-record-number-of/article_60f20a98-24e0-11ef-8d75-376ea6f76eaf.html">https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/the-condo-market-right-now-is-a-ghost-town-toronto-has-a-record-number-of/article_60f20a98-24e0-11ef-8d75-376ea6f76eaf.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“The province’s solution to the Ontario housing crisis has been to get rid of planning laws, development fees, the right of the public to have a conversation about the kind of city want and magically it will be fixed…. They were completely wrong.”</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 - Doug Ford Aided A Nimby Battle Over Affordable Housing In Willowdate And Now We Are All Paying For It:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/doug-ford-aided-a-nimby-battle-over-affordable-housing-in-willowdale-and-now-we-re/article_ace094da-2a60-11ef-96f1-f79d5be4c00a.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/doug-ford-aided-a-nimby-battle-over-affordable-housing-in-willowdale-and-now-we-re/article_ace094da-2a60-11ef-96f1-f79d5be4c00a.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>TVO Today - Want To Understand The Housing Crisis? Look To 175 Cummer Avenue:</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/want-to-understand-the-housing-crisis-look-to-175-cummer-avenue">https://www.tvo.org/article/want-to-understand-the-housing-crisis-look-to-175-cummer-avenue</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Cambridge LRT Expansion Still A Long Way Off: Regional Official:</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://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/06/14/cambridge-lrt-expansion-still-a-long-way-off-regional-official/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/06/14/cambridge-lrt-expansion-still-a-long-way-off-regional-official/?</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Housing Takes Another Hit As Waterloo Region Builders Pour Fewer Foundations:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/housing-takes-another-hit-as-waterloo-region-builders-pour-fewer-foundations/article_6e8022d2-ab67-5ef6-ad54-de7145bf32b6.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/housing-takes-another-hit-as-waterloo-region-builders-pour-fewer-foundations/article_6e8022d2-ab67-5ef6-ad54-de7145bf32b6.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Frank Domenic - Why Is BC Building Homes At A Rate 2.5x Faster Than Ontario?:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-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://twitter.com/maritstiles/status/1802876455602253845?s=61&t=0cO-7_etKgBOlpj5w2070g">https://twitter.com/maritstiles/status/1802876455602253845?s=61&t=0cO-7_etKgBOlpj5w2070g</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">8) Meeting Waterloo Region’s Housing Targets Town Hall Meeting - June 20th, 7pm -</b> An all-star panel is coming together at First United Church in Uptown Waterloo at 16 William Street. Join Liberal MPP Adil Shamji, Housing Expert Cherise Burda, Expert Planner Kevin Eby, Activist Sean Campbell, and Urban Planner/Former Councillor Jeff Henry on a discussion on how Waterloo Region can meet its housing targets. Learn more and register at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/waterloopla/1278974">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/waterloopla/1278974</a></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">9) iON Light Rail Transit Turns 5! - </b>It’s hard to believe that it has been over 5 years now since the extremely controversial iON Light Rail Transit launched in Waterloo Region. Critics claimed it would be a disastrous white elephant with no ridership, endless issues, and billions in cost overruns. Instead it has been a tremendous success with impressive ridership and new developments along the entire route that have transformed our communities as hoped while improving sustainability, lowering our carbon footprint, and protecting farmland through intensification and creating walkable, complete communities.</div><div><br></div><div>Kudo’s to all the citizens, brave Councillors, and others who helped to make it all happen through incredible community engagement, hundreds of meetings, so many delegations, and so much research/planning. Hopefully we will see iON Phase 2 to Cambridge and iON Phase 3 East/West across Waterloo Region in the years ahead:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - The Game Changed Completely - Waterloo Region Celebrates Five Years With Ion:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/the-game-changed-completely-waterloo-region-celebrates-five-years-with-ion/article_38361cd3-5e2e-55df-8106-e28da044705d.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/the-game-changed-completely-waterloo-region-celebrates-five-years-with-ion/article_38361cd3-5e2e-55df-8106-e28da044705d.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Bill 165 Follow-Up -</b> The concerns about Ontarians being forced to pay to expand the methane gas network in Bill 165 when we actually need to be reducing fossil gas and carbon emissions continue. Here are some excellent articles from the past week:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - Stop Gas Expansion For Home Heating Or Risk Leaving Ratepayers On The Hook: Report:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/business/stop-gas-expansion-for-home-heating-or-risk-leaving-ratepayers-on-the-hook-report/article_d0ebc407-65c9-565f-afaa-b687986577fd.html">https://www.therecord.com/business/stop-gas-expansion-for-home-heating-or-risk-leaving-ratepayers-on-the-hook-report/article_d0ebc407-65c9-565f-afaa-b687986577fd.html</a></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><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - Ontario’s New Energy Minister Says Natural Gas Plants Must Stay “To Help Fuel Our Economy”:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ontarios-new-energy-minister-says-natural-gas-plants-must-stay-to-help-fuel-our-economy/article_ff1b7d0e-299e-11ef-827d-a72a301250d5.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ontarios-new-energy-minister-says-natural-gas-plants-must-stay-to-help-fuel-our-economy/article_ff1b7d0e-299e-11ef-827d-a72a301250d5.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></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-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">11) The State Of Environmentalism In Hamilton - </b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Listen to this excellent podcast from the The Environmental Urbanist featuring Lynda Lukasik on the state of environmentalism in Hamilton including really clear comments about the impact Bill 185 will have on the ability for boundary expansions their Official Plan had prevented now being able to happen anytime at the request of developers with little that can be done about it:</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 Environmental Urbanist Podcast - Dr. Lynda Lukasik And The State Of Environmentalism In Hamilton:</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://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/lynda-lukasik-and-the-state-of/id1616538550?i=1000658782701">https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/lynda-lukasik-and-the-state-of/id1616538550?i=1000658782701</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 class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><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;">12) Other Articles -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> Include wildfires, the far right determining our fate, Caledon, and 40% of land already unable to sustain crops:</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-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></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-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>The Hamilton Spectator/The Record - Wildfires Are A Reminder That We Can’t Afford Not To Tackle Climate Change:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/wildfires-are-a-reminder-that-we-can-t-afford-not-to-tackle-climate-change/article_78e628eb-33d0-5ee2-9df1-07d3bbacdc77.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/wildfires-are-a-reminder-that-we-can-t-afford-not-to-tackle-climate-change/article_78e628eb-33d0-5ee2-9df1-07d3bbacdc77.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Walrus - The Far Right Will Decide The Environment’s Fate:</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://thewalrus.ca/far-right-environment/">https://thewalrus.ca/far-right-environment/</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Pointer - Staff Comments Suggest Caledon Mayor Annette Groves’ Plan For 35,000 Homes May Not Be Viable: She Doubles Down:</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://thepointer.com/article/2024-06-14/staff-comments-suggest-caledon-mayor-annette-groves-plan-for-35k-units-may-not-be-viable-she-doubles-down">https://thepointer.com/article/2024-06-14/staff-comments-suggest-caledon-mayor-annette-groves-plan-for-35k-units-may-not-be-viable-she-doubles-down</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The BBC - The UN Says 40% Of The World’s Land Is Already Unable To Sustain Crops:</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.bbc.com/news/articles/c977r51e1z0o.amp">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977r51e1z0o.amp</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;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">13) Ontario Nature Blog -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> Take a minute to read this excellent recent blog post from Ontario Nature explaining how scapegoating immigration for our housing crisis and environmental degradation is unjustified:</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>Ontario Nature - Scapegoating Immigration For Environmental Degradation And The Housing Crisis is Unjustified:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://ontarionature.org/scapegoating-immigration-env-degradation-housing-crisis-unjust-blog/">https://ontarionature.org/scapegoating-immigration-env-degradation-housing-crisis-unjust-blog/</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-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;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 14px;">14) Hope -</b> This Globe and Mail article is one of the best and most inspiring articles in a long time basically stating that the energy transition to cheaper, cleaner energy is inevitable and coming faster than expected because the developing world can’t afford fossil fuels but can afford cheap, abundant renewable energy. So we are going to have to convert simply to remain competitive and not lose out to China, India, and so many other rapidly developing nations:</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 Globe and Mail - The Energy Transition Comes In 2 Ways: First Slowly, Then Suddenly:</div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-the-energy-transition-comes-in-two-ways-first-slowly-then-suddenly/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-the-energy-transition-comes-in-two-ways-first-slowly-then-suddenly/</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><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>15) Show Your Stripes - Friday June 21st - </b></span>Climate Stripes were created </span></font><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Professor Ed Hawkins, Climate Scientist from University of Reading as a representation of how temperatures have increased around the world since the industrial revolution. Everyone is asked to share their stripes with their networks. Learn more:</span></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.reading.ac.uk/planet/events/show-your-stripes-day" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.reading.ac.uk/planet/events/show-your-stripes-day</span></a></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-cccc1ed0-7fff-b1e2-d287-374569605974"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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>Get your stripes here:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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://showyourstripes.info/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://showyourstripes.info/</span></a></div><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In related news Environment Canada expects that most of Canada will experience above average temperatures in summer 2024. The map is very alarming: </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://x.com/environmentca/status/1800592581249966532?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://x.com/environmentca/status/1800592581249966532?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw</span></a></div><div><br><br></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>16) Heat Pump Event Hosted By Guelph Climate Action Network -</b></span> Join the Guelph Climate Action Network on Tuesday, June 25 at 7pm at 42 Carden Street to learn about heat pumps. Learn more by e-mailing Anne Moore at: <a href="mailto:guelphclimateactionnetwork@gmail.com">guelphclimateactionnetwork@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>17) Heat Pump 101 Hosted by Woolwich Township Citizens -</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"> Join citizens from across Woolwich Township on Wednesday, July 17th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm for Heat Pumps 101 and talk to an expert at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, Elmira.</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;"><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;">18) GreenDrinks KW -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> Green drinks is a casual gathering of environmentally conscious folks come together to chat and network. Join on Wednesday, June 26th at 7:00pm at Arabella Park on the patio at 740 Belmont Ave. West, Kitchener. Learn more at: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/KWGreenDrinks/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/KWGreenDrinks/</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="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><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;">19) Reminder - Next Meeting</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us next <span dir="ltr">Friday, June 28th</span> at 5:30pm online at the Zoom link below:</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div 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; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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Get out and get involved!</font></span></div><div><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 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, June 20th at 7:00pm - Fight For Farmland Town Hall Meeting - </span>New Hamburg Community Centre Hall, 251 Jacob Street, Downtown New Hamburg - <a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Thursday, June 20th at 7:00pm - Housing Town Hall: Reaching Waterloo Region’s Housing Targets, First United Church, 16 William St. Waterloo - <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/waterloopla/1278974">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/waterloopla/1278974</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, June 24th at 6:30pm - Fight For Farmland Rally at </span></font><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wilmot Township Council - 60 Snyder</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">s Road, West, Baden - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><div>Monday, June 24th 6:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Cambridge Centre of the Arts - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-cambridge-tickets-924667012927">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-cambridge-tickets-924667012927</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, June 24th at 7:00pm - Fight For Farmland Town Hall Meeting #2 - </span>New Hamburg Community Centre Hall, 251 Jacob Street, Downtown New Hamburg - <a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, June 25th 6:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-waterloo-tickets-924668226557">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-waterloo-tickets-924668226557</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, June 25th - 7pm - Guelph Climate Action Network - Heat Pump Event - 42 Carden Street</div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, June 26th 3:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Kitchener Public Library - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915403866607?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915403866607?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, June 26th 7:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Kitchener Public Library - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915575660447?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915575660447?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, June 26th - 7:00pm - GreenDrinks KW at Arabella Park, 740 Belmont Ave. West, Kitchener - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/KWGreenDrinks/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/KWGreenDrinks/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, June 27th 7:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - New Hamburg Community Centre - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-workshop-new-hamburg-tickets-924660864537">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-workshop-new-hamburg-tickets-924660864537</a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friday, June 28th at 5:30pm -<font color="#26282a"> Next group update meeting on Zoom -</font><font color="#0056d6"> </font></span><font color="#0056d6" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 400;">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></font></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><b><br></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Monday, July 8th - 6pm - North Dumfries Township ClimateActionWR/Waterloo Climate Collaborative Council Delegation - <a href="https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/township-services/speak-before-council.aspx">https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/township-services/speak-before-council.aspx</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Tuesday, July 16th, 6:30pm - City of Cambridge - ClimateActionWR/Waterloo Climate Collaborative Council Delegation - <a href="https://forms.cambridge.ca/Delegation-Request-Form">https://forms.cambridge.ca/Delegation-Request-Form</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><div>Wednesday, July 17th - 7:00pm to 8:30pm - Heat Pumps 101 - Talk to an expert - Woolwich Memorial Centre, Elmira</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, July 29th at 6:30pm </span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Fight For Farmland Rally at </span></font><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wilmot Township Council - 60 Snyder</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">s Road, West, Baden - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><div><div>Monday, August 26th - 7pm - City of Kitchener ClimateActionWR/Waterloo Climate Collaborative Council Delegation - <a href="https://www.kitchener.ca/en/council-and-city-administration/appear-as-a-delegation.aspx">https://www.kitchener.ca/en/council-and-city-administration/appear-as-a-delegation.aspx</a></div><div></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, August 28th at 6:30pm -</span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Fight For Farmland Rally at </span></font><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Region of Waterloo Council - 150 Fredrick Street, Kitchener - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></span></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">-----------------------------</b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>B) Fight For Farmland Town Hall Meetings - Thursday, June 20th at 7pm and/or Monday, June 24th at 7pm:</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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