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padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">At its early November annual general meeting in Red Deer, Alberta’s governing <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbXkZYEhKu4pJ3LUUM0aNJ8Tr6Taynn2HjNIpMpUGlufLfbsR7XmQfF1HKw-yZTR2txE=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134) !important;">United Conservative Party passed a resolution</a> to “recognize the importance of CO2 to life and Alberta’s prosperity” and “recognize that CO2 is a foundational nutrient for all life on Earth.” The party also voted to get rid of critical net-zero emissions targets, among other measures.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">Are they ignorant about climate science, physics and carbon cycles? Are they trolling? Or are they so deep in the fossil fuel industry’s pockets that they’ll do anything to support it? The Alberta government appears to be <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbWBdJ_SBpy2HeC-8sttwUJ0vkdtMpdu5CeYS-y48twpHKUPRQYif5RKVWaBMfACx5Nc=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134) !important;">taking cues from the U.S. MAGA movement</a>, so any or all of that is possible.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">Regardless of their origin, these attacks on everyone and everything from transgender people to important and effective climate measures have dangerous, real-life consequences.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">It’s true that carbon dioxide is “a foundational nutrient for all life on Earth.” We’re carbon-based beings, and the carbon cycle — which circulates carbon through living things, the ocean, minerals and the atmosphere — is a big part of what keeps Earth habitable. And plants do require carbon dioxide.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Content4_Section2ea5fd77-9e47-4dbf-be77-69b06c3b2e73"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="em_ptrbl20 em_dark" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 25px 30px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(209, 227, 240); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 227, 240);"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="em_ptrbl20" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 28px 10px 26px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="em_blueu em_f20 em_white_text" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);"><div id="text248b8b30f9-58bb-4c09-a798-73a113f19c5e" class="mktoText"><blockquote><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Plants and some animals buried millions of years ago get compressed over time, creating super-concentrated stores of carbon as coal, gas and oil.</div></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Only_Body_text01060dca75-4554-459d-909e-98ddb2266141"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="em_ptrbl em_dark" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 30px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="em_blueu" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(3, 39, 46);"><div id="text0602f64ee1-8911-4ddb-a51e-69c975889ec7" class="mktoText"><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">But, as the <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbXdTT1Cf0Y5M-xaMM4JOXCg-HVtVxi2jMeoZwQXuVv3ZapC0_nwBMkjNLcEfuFfPiM8=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);">NASA Earth Observatory states</a>, “Any change in the cycle that shifts carbon out of one reservoir puts more carbon in the other reservoirs. Changes that put carbon gases into the atmosphere result in warmer temperatures on Earth.”</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">Most carbon is stored in rocks, ocean, atmosphere, plants, soil and fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are solar energy that has been super-concentrated over millions of years. In converting sunlight to energy through <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbad50g0al9CSzubDS5cL1cSnz-daDR59LkjlZvWoJrAilir9sSHJ-bP1KMum6QfkKl8=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);">photosynthesis</a>, plants, algae and bacteria absorb and store CO2. Plants and the animals that eat them release it when they die and decompose. Plants and some animals buried millions of years ago get compressed over time, creating super-concentrated stores of carbon as coal, gas and oil.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Burning fossil fuels releases the concentrated carbon into the atmosphere as CO2 — far more than under normal cyclical processes and more than can be reabsorbed through natural processes. It remains for hundreds or thousands of years. Excess atmospheric CO2 — along with other <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbdafjB0B__b0jKcsW7f6lDKz_ks6i60kzI9nJHBt_z-TloGHsJVd9CfHAMY4OCj04TQ=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);">human-generated greenhouse gases</a> such as methane, nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons — allow solar radiation to enter Earth’s atmosphere but prevent increasing amounts from reflecting back into space. This creates a heat-trapping blanket that’s been affecting air, water and land at accelerating rates.<br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Content4_Sectionba42f1ab-e336-4d05-8491-723fa674b00a"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="em_ptrbl20 em_dark" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 25px 30px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(209, 227, 240); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 227, 240);"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="em_ptrbl20" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 28px 10px 26px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="em_blueu em_f20 em_white_text" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);"><div id="text24e0ff9ef2-02d2-4f79-ba54-603e4462d291" class="mktoText"><blockquote><blockquote><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Burning fossil fuels releases the concentrated carbon into the atmosphere as CO2 — far more than under normal cyclical processes and more than can be reabsorbed through natural processes.</div></blockquote></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Only_Body_text010d12254b-4a92-43d8-94c2-f99d45288708"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="em_ptrbl em_dark" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 30px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="em_blueu" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(3, 39, 46);"><div id="text06f0c61a4c-defe-4a45-89b8-cd7a4b9b0a37" class="mktoText"><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">Most of our species’ relatively short time on Earth has been during a slowly changing geological era (by human time scales), in which solar energy absorption and reflection have provided the relatively steady conditions we need to survive and thrive — overall, not too hot or cold, somewhat predictable weather patterns and natural systems capable of renewing and regenerating.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">That’s quickly changing. As we burn fossil fuels and pump massive volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and destroy plants and waters that store carbon, we’re disrupting the carbon cycle and causing the planet to heat at an alarming rate, creating more extreme weather, shifting ocean and air currents, throwing water cycles out of whack, causing droughts, floods and wildfires and making equatorial regions increasingly inhospitable, leading to greater conflict and human migration.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">And while plants need CO2 for photosynthesis, <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbRWMk2BKVWWXSAfGfzPaQ-nr9GW8YznYSdBCCgjoc99k1vW2eGJ7Raus7o0aUEb1isE=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);">more isn’t necessarily better</a>. Increased atmospheric CO2 causes some plants to initially grow faster and bigger but <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbaC70xQanZ6eqoCO9Zqa_mggF4hRSHwouSRnIy5DzTtC57XP9JDEJJzO5LXTW4gqx9I=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);">studies show accelerated growth dilutes nutrients</a> such as phosphorus, iron, zinc and protein. This affects the entire food web.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Content4_Section108277c1-d968-438d-9278-3d4889f623aa"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="em_ptrbl20 em_dark" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 25px 30px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(209, 227, 240); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(209, 227, 240);"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="em_ptrbl20" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 28px 10px 26px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="em_blueu em_f20 em_white_text" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);"><div id="text2449c51c06-58f4-42ca-88e1-dc983dea151e" class="mktoText"><blockquote><blockquote><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">The justifications are blatantly facile and anti-science and serve only to bolster the fossil fuel industry.</div></blockquote></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Only_Body_text017363d27f-d96e-4734-801a-fe0f7de70912"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="em_ptrbl em_dark" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 30px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="em_blueu" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(3, 39, 46);"><div id="text06fe82fb94-5d30-4b72-900d-8a793a9363b0" class="mktoText"><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">Research also shows the overall benefits to plants diminish over time and as CO2 levels rise. Global heating’s impacts — droughts, floods, wildfires, storms and excess heat — also negatively affect plant growth and reproduction. As for agriculture, rising CO2 often helps weeds more than crops.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">It’s all basic science, much of it understood for hundreds of years, with knowledge growing steadily. That’s why the <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbWJPCSUurYaQojbHTnsWUBLdkS8ziVz1HXLnMjJjKMhvysm9j1FKnn7oSpWUgOuGYcA=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);">anti-climate positions</a> of some state, provincial and federal parties and governments in Canada and the U.S., especially Alberta and Saskatchewan, are so bewildering.</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 16px !important;">The justifications are blatantly facile and anti-science and serve only to bolster the fossil fuel industry, which itself is finding it difficult to continue its lies and disinformation around evidence even its own scientists provided <a href="https://go.davidsuzuki.org/MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGXFsRVbRApt_uxqb360Vq-a_HyLFWJKqL7yxmoCE-ar8-G-4ztbgwE_LUOcDJA0HI1IkluA9o=" target="_blank" id="" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 95, 134);">as far back as the 1950s</a>!</div><div style="margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Decisions must be based on knowledge and science — especially when it comes to our survival! We all deserve better from our political leadership.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Only_Body_text012bb46b9a-4ada-4754-8eb7-eb3b788779c1"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="em_ptrbl em_dark" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 25px 30px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="em_blueu" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(3, 39, 46);"><div id="text060334e1d6-7d4b-4621-8b06-938da501172a" class="mktoText"><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><em>By David Suzuki, with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor and Writer Ian Hanington</em></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="mktoModule" id="Single_Middle_CTA5472470d-a84a-4238-8934-a86baf9aace9"><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></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: 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after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><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="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><div style="font-style: italic;"><div style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">----------------------------------</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div 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;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">E) </font></b><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">Speak Up and Ensure Your Voice is Heard:</font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">Wilmot Township Council</font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Natasha Salonen, Mayor, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca</a></span></u> or 519-634-8519 x 9351</div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Stewart Cressman, Councillor Ward 1, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:stewart.cressman@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">stewart.cressman@wilmot.ca</a></span></u><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;"> or 519-807-1496<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></font></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">Kris Wilkinson, Councillor Ward 2, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:kris.wilkinson@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">kris.wilkinson@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div></font></b> or 519-807-4173</div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Harvir Sidhu, Councillor Ward 3, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:harvir.sidhu@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">harvir.sidhu@wilmot.ca</a></span></u><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;"> or 519-807-2521</div></font></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">Lillianne Dunstall, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:lillianne.dunstall@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">lillianne.dunstall@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div></font></b><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;"> or 519-807-4975</div></font></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">Steven Martin, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:steven.martin@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">steven.martin@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div></font></b> <b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">or 519-807-5214</div></font></b></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b>City of Kitchener Council</b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:berryv@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">berryv@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Scott Davey, Councillor Ward 1, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:scott.davey@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">scott.davey@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Dave Schnider, Councillor Ward 2, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:dave.schnider@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">dave.schnider@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Jason Deneault, Councillor Ward 3, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:jason.deneault@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">jason.deneault@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Christine Michaud, Councillor Ward 4, Kitchener, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:christine.michaud@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">christine.michaud@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Ayo Owodunni, Councillor Ward 5, Kitchener, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:ayo.owodunni@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">ayo.owodunni@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Paul Singh, Councillor Ward 6, Kitchener, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:paul.singh@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">paul.singh@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Bil Ioannidis, Councillor Ward 7, Kitchener, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:bil.ioannidis@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">bil.ioannidis@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Margaret Johnston, Councillor Ward 8, Kitchener, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:councillor.johnston@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">councillor.johnston@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Debbie Chapman, Councillor Ward 9, Kitchener, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:debbie.chapman@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">debbie.chapman@kitchener.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;">Stephanie Stretch, Councillor Ward 10, Kitchener, stephanie.stretch@kitchener.ca</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0in;"><br></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">City of Waterloo Council</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Dorothy McCabe, Mayor, City of Waterloo, <a href="mailto:dorothy.mccabe@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">dorothy.mccabe@waterloo.ca</a><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Sandra Hanmer, Councillor Ward 1, City of Waterloo, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:sandra.hanmer@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">sandra.hanmer@waterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Royce Bodally, Councillor Ward 2, City of Waterloo, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:royce.bodally@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">royce.bodally@waterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Hans Roach, Councillor Ward 3, City of Waterloo, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:hans.roach@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">hans.roach@waterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Diane Freeman, Councillor Ward 4, City of Waterloo, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:diane.freeman@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">diane.freeman@waterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Jen Vasic, Councillor Ward 5, City of Waterloo, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:jen.vasic@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">jen.vasic@waterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Mary Lou Roe, Councillor Ward 6, City of Waterloo, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:marylou.roe@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">marylou.roe@waterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Julie Wright, Councillor Ward 7, City of Waterloo, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:julie.wright@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">julie.wright@waterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div></font></b></div></div></div></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">Region of Waterloo Council</font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin: 0in;">Karen Redman, Regional Chair, <a href="mailto:kredman@regionofwaterloo.ca">kredman@regionofwaterloo.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:berryv@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">berryv@kitchener.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Dorothy McCabe, Mayor, City of Waterloo, <a href="mailto:dorothy.mccabe@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">dorothy.mccabe@waterloo.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Jan Liggett, Cambridge Mayor, Cambridge, <a href="mailto:liggettj@cambridge.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">liggettj@cambridge.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Sue Foxton, Mayor, North Dumfries, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:sfoxton@northdumfries.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">sfoxton@northdumfries.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Natasha Salonen, Mayor, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Joe Nowak, Mayor, Wellesley, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:jnowak@wellesley.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">jnowak@wellesley.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Sandy Shantz, Mayor, Woolwich, <a href="mailto:sshantz@woolwich.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">sshantz@woolwich.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Doug Craig, Regional Councillor, Cambridge, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:dougcraig@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">dougcraig@regionofwaterloo.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Pam Wolf, Regional Councillor, Cambridge, <a href="mailto:pwolf@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">pwolf@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Colleen James, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:CJames@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">CJames@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Michael Harris, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:MHarris@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">MHarris@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Kari Williams, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:KariWilliams@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">KariWilliams@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Rob Deutschmann, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:RDeutschmann@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">RDeutschmann@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Jim Erb, Regional Councillor, Waterloo, <a href="mailto:JErb@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">JErb@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Chantal Huinink, Regional Councillor, Waterloo, <a href="mailto:CHuinink@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">CHuinink@regionofwaterloo.ca</a></div></div></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b style="font-size: 14px;">Province of Ontario</b></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Premier Doug Ford - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:doug.fordco@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">doug.fordco@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">416-325-1941 - available 24/7 - all calls confidential</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Paul Calandra - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:steve.clark@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paul.calandra@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">416-585-7000</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Andrea Khanjin - Minster of Environment, Conservation and Parks - <a href="mailto:andrea.khanjin@pc.ola.org">andrea.khanjin@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">705-722-0575</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span dir="ltr">Vic Fedeli - Minister of Economic Development- <a href="mailto:vic.fedeli@pc.ola.org">vic.fedeli@pc.ola.org</a> or 416-326-8475</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span dir="ltr">Rob Flack - Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness - <a href="mailto:rob.flack@pc.ola.org">rob.flack@pc.ola.org</a> or 416-326-3074</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Michael Parsa - Associate Minister of Housing - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:michael.parsaco@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">michael.parsaco@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Conservative MPPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Mike Harris Jr - Minister of Red Tape Reduction, MPP Kitchener-Conestoga - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:mike.harris@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mike.harris@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-669-2090</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Brian Riddell - MPP Cambridge - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:brian.riddell@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">brian.riddell@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-650-2770</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Jess Dixon - MPP Kitchener South - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:jess.dixon@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jess.dixon@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-650-9413</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Will Bouma - MPP Brantford-Brant - <a href="mailto:will.bouma@pc.ola.org">will.bouma@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 759-0361</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Ted Arnott - MPP Wellington-Halton Hills - <a href="mailto:ted.arnott@pc.ola.org">ted.arnott@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 787-5247</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Ernie Hardeman - MPP Oxford - <a href="mailto:ernie.hardeman@pc.ola.org">ernie.hardeman@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 537-5222</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Matthew Rae - MPP Perth-Wellington - <a href="mailto:matthew.rae@pc.ola.org">matthew.rae@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 272-0660</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local NDP MPPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Catherine Fife - MPP Waterloo - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:cfife-qp@ndp.on.ca" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cfife-qp@ndp.on.ca</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-725-3477</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Green Party MPPs:</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mike Schreiner - MPP Guelph - <a href="mailto:mschreiner@ola.org" style="text-decoration: none;">mschreiner@ola.or</a>g or <span dir="ltr">(519) 836-4190</span></div><div>Aislinn Clancy - MPP Kitchener Centre - <a href="mailto:aclancy-co@ola.org">aclancy-co@ola.org</a> or 519-579-5460</div><div><br></div><div>Independent MPPs:</div><div>Bobbi Ann Brady - MPP Haldimand-Norfolk - <a href="mailto:babrady-co@ola.org">babrady-co@ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 428-0446</span></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></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><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; white-space: nowrap;">Federal Members of Parliament</span></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 style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Liberal MPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Bryan May - MP Cambridge - <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:bryan.may@parl.gc.ca">bryan.may@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 624-7440</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Tim Louis - MP Kitchener-Conestoga - </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:tim.louis@parl.gc.ca">tim.louis@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 578-3777</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Valerie Bradford - MP Kitchener-South Hespeler - </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:valerie.bradford@parl.gc.ca">valerie.bradford@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 571-5509</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Bardish Chagger - MP Waterloo - <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:bardish.chagger@parl.gc.ca">bardish.chagger@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 746-1573</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Lloyd Longfield - MP Guelph - </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:lloyd.longfield@parl.gc.ca">lloyd.longfield@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 837-8276</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Conservative MPs:</div><div>Michael Chong - MP Wellington-Halton Hills - <a href="mailto:michael.chong@parl.gc.ca">michael.chong@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 843-7344</div><div>Larry Brock - MP Brantford-Brant - <a href="mailto:larry.brock@parl.gc.ca">larry.brock@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 754-4300</div></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">John Nater - MP Perth-Wellington - <a href="mailto:john.nater@parl.gc.ca">john.nater@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 273-1400</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Green Party MPs:</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mike Morrice - MP Kitchener - <a href="mailto:mike.morrice@parl.gc.ca">mike.morrice@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 741-2001</div><div><br></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><div><br></div><div><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Kevin Thomason</div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><a href="http://www.gren.ca/">www.gren.ca</a><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div>Phone: <span dir="ltr">(519) 888-0519</span></div></div></div></div></div></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: 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