<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>Good Day,</div><div><br></div><div>Ensure you and everyone you know gets out to vote on Thursday, there’s been lots of news about electoral co-operation, Toyota has been named by The Record and The Narwhal as the target for the Wilmot mega-industrial site, Wilmot Township decides on an 18.2% tax increase, the Greenbelt turns 20, and more.</div><div><br></div><div>Here’s the latest:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1) Get Out And Vote! - </b>This is a critical time - some are calling it an emergency. We have the opportunity to hold Doug Ford and the PCs accountable for the harm and damage of their legislation and policies, their wasteful spending and lack of transparency, their inaction on the recommendations of the Auditor General and Integrity Commissioner reports, the ongoing RCMP investigation, disastrous plans such as the Wilmot land assembly, Highway 413 and the ludicrous tunnel under the 401, billions in wasteful spending while making cuts to publicly funded healthcare and education, failing on housing affordability and homelessness, legislation and policy changes that allow the paving over of wetlands and habitat for species at risk, closures and destruction of Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre to benefit private interests, cuts to environmental protections, emission reductions as well as harm reduction programs. The Ford government has taken steps that undermine democracy and our rights - and there is evidence of irregularities in their campaign advertising spending and voter suppression on top of calling this unnecessary snap election in the depths of winter.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It is possible to prevent a Ford majority as Cooperate for Canada has outlined (more below). </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Find your voting location here using your postal code: </span></div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/search?mode=postalCode">https://voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/search?mode=postalCode</a></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-925f2577-7fff-dc4a-c167-244681120eed"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It is not necessary to bring a Voter Information Card with you, but you do need to bring ID with proof of your address. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Acceptable forms of ID include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in-ontario/id-to-vote-in-provincial-elections.html#accordionIDtovote">https://www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in-ontario/id-to-vote-in-provincial-elections.html#accordionIDtovote</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Other election resources include:</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Ontario Nature - Make Your Vote Count: <a href="https://ontarionature.org/voting-in-ontario-election-2025-blog/">https://ontarionature.org/voting-in-ontario-election-2025-blog/</a></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">TriCities Transport Action Group (TriTAG) - Candidate questionnaire responses - <a href="https://tritag.ca/ontario-election-2025/">https://tritag.ca/ontario-election-2025/</a></p><div><br></div><div><div>The Local - 7 Years Of Doug Ford - An analysis of the record of the Premier seeking a third term: <a href="https://thelocal.to/7-years-of-doug-ford/">https://thelocal.to/7-years-of-doug-ford/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Recent Media Includes:</b></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - An Election In Winter Is Helping To Suppress The Vote:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/an-election-in-winter-is-helping-to-suppress-the-vote/article_75d31098-d4e4-50df-9c93-8b4c753da7d1.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/an-election-in-winter-is-helping-to-suppress-the-vote/article_75d31098-d4e4-50df-9c93-8b4c753da7d1.html</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Young People Are Bitter About Not Owning A House. When And How Will They Roar?:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/an-election-in-winter-is-helping-to-suppress-the-vote/article_75d31098-d4e4-50df-9c93-8b4c753da7d1.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/an-election-in-winter-is-helping-to-suppress-the-vote/article_75d31098-d4e4-50df-9c93-8b4c753da7d1.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CBC - "That’s An Unfair Question”, Ford Says As Media Ask About Candidates Lack Of Participation In Debates:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6663421">https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6663421</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“Windsor West PC Candidate Tony Francis has not made a public comment for the duration of the campaign"</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - How To Make A Difference In An Ontario Election That May Change Nothing:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/political-opinion/how-to-make-a-difference-in-an-ontario-election-that-may-change-nothing-my-guide/article_5d76e0b9-2e4a-5bb3-b09c-6747b249b462.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/political-opinion/how-to-make-a-difference-in-an-ontario-election-that-may-change-nothing-my-guide/article_5d76e0b9-2e4a-5bb3-b09c-6747b249b462.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Ontario’s Former Top Economist Would Give One Party An “F” In Fiscal Transparency:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/ontarios-former-top-economist-would-give-one-party-an-f-in-fiscal-transparency-10279339">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/ontarios-former-top-economist-would-give-one-party-an-f-in-fiscal-transparency-10279339</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Corruptario - Why Your Mayor Endorsed Ford:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.corruptario.ca/why-your-mayor-endorsed-ford/">https://www.corruptario.ca/why-your-mayor-endorsed-ford/</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Discusses Strong Mayor Powers and mentions Nina Deeb’s Book 7 Minutes and her delegations on Bill 3 and 39.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Provincial Pledges: What Ontario’s Political Parties Are Promising This Election:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/provincial-pledges-what-ontarios-political-parties-are-promising-this-election-10284566">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/provincial-pledges-what-ontarios-political-parties-are-promising-this-election-10284566</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Toronto Star Editorial - Doug Ford Has Fallen Short. Vote For Change:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/doug-ford-has-fallen-short-vote-for-change/article_a47834ea-f3ca-11ef-8a6d-3bce520b97da.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="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://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/doug-ford-has-fallen-short-vote-for-change/article_a47834ea-f3ca-11ef-8a6d-3bce520b97da.html</span></a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required -</b> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Be sure to vote - employers must ensure you have at least 3 hours to vote. Bring your family and friends to vote too. Offer to give rides to people who may have trouble getting to their voting location.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; 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; font-size: 14px;">2) Support Unity Candidates </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">-</span> Cooperate for Canada (C4C) has identified Unity Candidates (UCs) - the person most likely do defeat the Conservative candidate for ridings where Doug Ford’s PCs are vulnerable. The C4C team analyzed polling data, conducted interviews, and considered other factors such as electoral history and campaign strength in the UC selection process. It is critical for progressive voters to unite, prevent vote-splitting, and ensure the UC wins.</span></div><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unity Candidates for Grand River Watershed - plus a few other key ridings include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Brantford-Brant: Harvey Bischof, NDP</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cambridge: Rob Deutschmann, Liberal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Haldimand Norfolk: Bobbi Ann Brady, Independent </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kitchener Centre: Aislinn Clancy, Green Party</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kitchener-Conestoga: Jodi Szimanski, NDP</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kitchener South-Hespeler: Jeff Donkersgoed, NDP</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Waterloo: Catherine Fife, NDP</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Welllington-Halton Hills: Bronwynn Wilton, Green Party</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Parry Sound Muskoka: Matt Richter, Green Party</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Full list of UCs for Ontario with explanation of cooperation: </span><a href="https://cooperateforcanada.ca/heres-how-you-can-help-ontario/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="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://cooperateforcanada.ca/heres-how-you-can-help-ontario/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Note:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> A UC has not been identified when a riding where the progressive candidate is considered ‘Safe’. For example Guelph, the riding for incumbent Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Green Party of Ontario is considered ‘Safe’ for the GPO. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If cooperation is considered ineffective to prevent a PC win (when the support for the PC candidate is very strong), no Unity Candidate has been identified. In ridings where a UC has not been identified, the recommendation is to vote for the party that best aligns with your values.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required -</b> Be sure to vote for the candidate most likely to defeat the Conservative candidate to help ensure better election outcomes. Please pay attention to the Unity Candidates recommended by Cooperate for Canada listed above, in particular if you are in Kitchener Centre please encourage your friends and family in the riding to re-elect UC Green Party MPP Aislinn Clancy as the race is super-tight and there is a misconception that all the Green candidates in the region have bowed out in order not to split the vote - that is not the case in Kitchener-Centre where Aislinn is determined to be re-elected and return to Queen’s Park.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">3) </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unity Heroes!</span></b><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-size: 14px;"> -</b> Cooperate for Canada and Not One Seat (C4C’s partner working in Toronto ridings) are celebrating three candidates who made the courageous choice to step back and endorse the Unity Candidate for their riding to help prevent a PC win as a result of vote splitting:</span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Eglinton Lawrence (Toronto): Natasha Doyle-Merrick, NDP candidate withdrew from the race just before the ballot printing deadline and endorsed the UC Liberal candidate:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Global News Ontario NDP Candidate Withdraws In Egllinton-Lawrence Citing Close PC-Liberal Race: </span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11019469/ontario-ndp-candidate-withdraws-in-eglinton-lawrence-citing-close-pc-liberal-race/" style="white-space: pre-wrap; text-decoration: none;">https://globalnews.ca/news/11019469/ontario-ndp-candidate-withdraws-in-eglinton-lawrence-citing-close-pc-liberal-race/</a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Waterloo: Shefaza Esmail, Green Party candidate endorsed UC Catherine Fife, NDP:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC News - Green Candidate In Waterloo Endorses NDP Rival, Cites Vote-Splitting As A Concern:</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-green-candidate-supports-ndp-ontario-election-1.7466608">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-green-candidate-supports-ndp-ontario-election-1.7466608</a></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kitchener-Conestoga: Brayden Wagenaar, Green Party candidate endorsed UC Jodi Szimanski, NDP:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>CityNews - Green Party Candidates Endorse NDP in Waterloo, Kitchener-Conestoga:</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/02/25/green-party-candidates-endorse-ndp-in-waterloo-kitchener-conestoga/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/02/25/green-party-candidates-endorse-ndp-in-waterloo-kitchener-conestoga/?</a></p><div><br></div><div>Other cooperation media coverage:</div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - With The Election Looming, Two Green Candidates Tell Their Supporters To Vote NDP. What?:</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/with-the-election-looming-two-green-candidates-tell-their-supporters-to-vote-ndp-whats-going/article_e66e8de8-c244-568e-b30e-02c3eae1abcb.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/with-the-election-looming-two-green-candidates-tell-their-supporters-to-vote-ndp-whats-going/article_e66e8de8-c244-568e-b30e-02c3eae1abcb.html</a></p><div><br></div><div><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>The Record - Strange Election Goings-On in Kitchener-Conestoga A Case Study For A United Left:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial-elections/strange-election-goings-on-in-kitchener-conestoga-a-case-study-for-a-united-left/article_53818b26-5f7d-5994-8572-3d10e4a7eb2e.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial-elections/strange-election-goings-on-in-kitchener-conestoga-a-case-study-for-a-united-left/article_53818b26-5f7d-5994-8572-3d10e4a7eb2e.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A great article by Mike Farewell on the need for electoral cooperation in Kitchener-Conestoga.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - It’s Time For The Ontario Liberals And NDP To Get Over Themselves And Stop Fighting For Second Place:</div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/its-time-for-the-ontario-liberals-and-ndp-to-get-over-themselves-and-stop-fighting/article_361b1b7a-eb0a-11ef-ac11-cb8e1cb54b93.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/its-time-for-the-ontario-liberals-and-ndp-to-get-over-themselves-and-stop-fighting/article_361b1b7a-eb0a-11ef-ac11-cb8e1cb54b93.html</a></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><b>Music Votes Ontario - </b>On Monday there was a live event called Music Votes Ontario that featured performances by Sarah Harmer and several other great Ontario musicians. It’s really inspiring. Watch the recording at:</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/vDKokPze348?t=15s">https://www.youtube.com/live/vDKokPze348?t=15s</a></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) Toyota Revealed As Identity Of Potential Customer For Wilmot Mega-Industrial Site - </b>In an impressive joint investigative effort between The Waterloo Region Record newspaper and The Narwhal news magazine, it has been revealed that Toyota is being targeted for the Wilmot industrial mega-site though both the Region of Waterloo and the Province admit that no end user has been lined up for the site.</div><div><br></div><div>This isn’t surprising since from the onset of the expropriation threats last March it has been rumoured that it was for some sort of Toyota EV battery plant. However, even though Toyota is a well-liked, local employer of over 8,000 people it doesn’t change the facts behind the fiasco of this bungled assembly and that this is simply the wrong location with far too many negative impacts for our communities.</div><div><br></div><div>There is little chance that a reputable company such as Toyota that has high ethics and green standards will go anywhere near such a poorly planned, controversial site that will damage so much of our agricultural and food industries. Even with Toyota’s Woodstock location there were far better selection processes and very creative First Nations agreements for solar energy, tree planting, and long-term land usage. The First Nations haven’t even been consulted about this Wilmot mega-industrial site, let alone included in planning.</div><div><br></div><div>If we are going to attract Toyota and compete against Texas and Tennessee we need a better location that meets more than only 7 of 44 criteria, has far less negative impacts, has at least some of the very expensive required infrastructure that this proposed Wilmot site lacks, is financially viable, and has the broad support of the community. This Wilmot site simply comes at too high of a cost to our farms, environment, water, and rural communities. It is contrary to all planning, Official Plans, Master Plans, farmland protection, and stands to disrupt and destroy so much that is integral to the high quality of life we all currently enjoy across Waterloo Region.</div><div><br></div><div>Mega-industrial developments of this scale need to be where there is the infrastructure and thousands of potential employees - not a 50km round trip from our urban centres of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge where there is already the necessary infrastructure and it was always assumed that any industrial developments would be built on the thousands of acres of already approved employment lands.</div><div><br></div><div>Read the articles firsthand at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Wilmot Land Assembly Meant For Future Toyota Site:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wilmot-land-assembly-meant-for-future-toyota-site/article_ede6b2b4-802c-5427-adbb-793b471bf59f.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wilmot-land-assembly-meant-for-future-toyota-site/article_ede6b2b4-802c-5427-adbb-793b471bf59f.html</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Narwhal - Ontario Assembling Farmland In Waterloo Meant For Possible Toyota Site:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilmot-land-assembly-toyota/">https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilmot-land-assembly-toyota/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Action Required -</b> Call or write elected officials at Wilmot Township, the Region of Waterloo and the provincial government and tell them to finally abandon this absurd Wilmot industrial mega-site location - that we are an UNWILLING community, the landowners have made it clear they are UNWILLING, and a better plan is needed.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Wilmot Land Assembly Defining The Provincial Election - </b>There is little doubt the Wilmot mega-industrial site has been the defining issue of the provincial election in much of the Grand River watershed. We have seen every party leader questioned and speaking out about it and all opposition parties are promising to end it, further protect farmland, and strengthen the Greenbelt.</div><div><br></div><div>Read recent coverage of the election and the bungled land assembly includes:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Woolwich Observer - Wilmot Land-Grab Scheme An Issue In Kitchener-Conestoga Election:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.observerxtra.com/wilmot-land-grab-scheme-an-issue-in-kitchener-conestoga-election/">https://www.observerxtra.com/wilmot-land-grab-scheme-an-issue-in-kitchener-conestoga-election/</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Kitchener-Conestoga Riding Profile:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/ontario-election-2025-kitchener-conestoga-riding-profile/article_5b19b3a7-1b8a-56c0-8cdf-311f122f9b83.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/ontario-election-2025-kitchener-conestoga-riding-profile/article_5b19b3a7-1b8a-56c0-8cdf-311f122f9b83.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>New Hamburg Board of Trade Debate - </b>The proposed industrial mega-site was also the first issue raised at Monday’s debate. Watch MPP Mike Harris Jr. attempt to defend this absurd location and cruel process that has yet to even have a single public meeting at:</div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?mibextid=wwXIfr&ref=watch_permalink&v=1709304873353243&rdid=ZMGgFnnGft0sTEtJ">https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?mibextid=wwXIfr&ref=watch_permalink&v=1709304873353243&rdid=ZMGgFnnGft0sTEtJ</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>We Are Not Willing Letters -</b> Thanks to everyone who has been writing letters to our elected officials. It has been great to see letters in recent Council packages. If you haven’t written yet, learn how simple it can be using the Communication Guide on the WilmotCAN website:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://wilmotcan.com/communication-guide/">https://wilmotcan.com/communication-guide/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Fundraising -</b> WilmotCAN wants to thank the all of the people who have donated so far to protecting Waterloo farmland. This fundraising will help to organize future events, help with communication costs, produce additional videos, and undertake legal action. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation. Learn more at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://smallchangefund.ca/project/protect-waterloo-farmland-now/">https://smallchangefund.ca/project/protect-waterloo-farmland-now/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required -</b> Ensure you vote on Thursday, write elected officials, and make it clear that we are not a willing host.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">6) Greenbelt 20th Anniversary! - </b>The provincial Greenbelt has just turned 20! If you missed the Greenbelt 20th Celebration Webinar "20 Years Strong: Strengthening, Protecting and Growing the Greenbelt for Future Generations”, watch the webinar video at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwhDbqXBKUY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwhDbqXBKUY</a></div><div><br></div><div>And watch the highlight reel (with clips perfect for sharing on social media) at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGudaUnLps">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGudaUnLps</a></div><div><br></div><div>We anticipate a second 10 year review of the Greenbelt later this year. Let’s make sure the importance and benefits of the Greenbelt along with calls for Greenbelt expansion across the Grand River Watershed is heard loud and clear.</div><div><br></div><div>The Greenbelt continues to be in the news with a Conservative candidate claiming Doug Ford’s Greenbelt carve up video is fake and how the Greenbelt continues to be a key election issue:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Global News - Heard About AI? PC Candidate Claims Doug Ford Greenbelt Video Is Fake:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11034342/ontario-election-todd-mccarthy-greenbelt-comments/">https://globalnews.ca/news/11034342/ontario-election-todd-mccarthy-greenbelt-comments/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Global News - Where Do Ontario Parties Stand On The Greenbelt As The 10 Year Review Approaches:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11049317/ontario-election-2025-greenbelt/">https://globalnews.ca/news/11049317/ontario-election-2025-greenbelt/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Learn, engage, and take meaningful action in protecting and growing the Greenbelt for future generations.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p></span></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">7) Recent Articles </b>- Include Doug Ford starving universities, Ontario needing to transition to clean energy, high speed rail, a Waterloo church to become new housing, and new calls to release regional reform report:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Walrus - Inside Doug Ford’s Plan To Starve Ontario’s Universities:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/inside-doug-fords-plan-to-starve-ontarios-universities/">https://thewalrus.ca/inside-doug-fords-plan-to-starve-ontarios-universities/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Canada’s National Observer - Ontario Government Must Transition To Clean Energy:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/news/ontario-government-transition-clean-energy-report?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/news/ontario-government-transition-clean-energy-report?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</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>Canada’s National Observer - Trudeau Pitches High Speed Rail, Putting Surprising New Decarbonization Options On The Table:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/20/news/trudeau-pitches-high-speed-rail-new-decarbonization-options">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/20/news/trudeau-pitches-high-speed-rail-new-decarbonization-options</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Waterloo Council Buys A Church, Aims To Replace It With Housing:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-council-buys-a-church-aims-to-replace-it-with-housing/article_7ed27bc1-c441-5a26-83f7-b3ca80f64f3b.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-council-buys-a-church-aims-to-replace-it-with-housing/article_7ed27bc1-c441-5a26-83f7-b3ca80f64f3b.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“Not one new home was started in Waterloo last month…"</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Provincial Candidates Seek Release Of Secret Report On Municipal Reform:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/provincial-candidates-seek-release-of-secret-report-on-municipal-reform/article_6bb83b2c-6040-5220-842b-c00f836603f7.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/provincial-candidates-seek-release-of-secret-report-on-municipal-reform/article_6bb83b2c-6040-5220-842b-c00f836603f7.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">8) Wilmot Tax Increase -</b> Grand River watershed residents living in Wilmot Township may be horrified by Council finally approving this week a staggering 18.2% property tax hike - well beyond inflation or any increase seen in other municipalities however it is well below the unfathomable 51% tax increase originally proposed. Learn more in these articles:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Wilmot Council Pass 2025 Budget, Residents Facing 18.2 Per Cent Hike:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/02/25/wilmot-township-council-pass-2025-budget-residents-facing-18-2-per-cent-tax-hike/">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/02/25/wilmot-township-council-pass-2025-budget-residents-facing-18-2-per-cent-tax-hike/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Wilmot Council Approves 18.2 % Tax Hike:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wilmot-council-approves-18-2-tax-hike/article_45f99c1b-bdb1-5cd9-a920-4490481ab64f.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wilmot-council-approves-18-2-tax-hike/article_45f99c1b-bdb1-5cd9-a920-4490481ab64f.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">9) Highway #413 -</b> Kudos’s to everyone who came out to this past Saturday’s rally in Orangeville! It was great to see citizens continuing to stand up and send a strong message against this unnecessary highway to the province.</div><div><br></div><div> Environmental Defence has released an online post about Highway #413 - The destructive, expensive and unnecessary highway. Check it out at:</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/01/29/highway-413-the-destructive-expensive-and-unnecessary-highway/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/01/29/highway-413-the-destructive-expensive-and-unnecessary-highway/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Upcoming Highway #413 Strategic Planning Session - </b>The fight against Highway #413 continues with a planning session on Friday, March 14th from 10am to 2pm near the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. Please register at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRB_goO-XHtohKAaBqdDqyb5hMdT8uxt_7HL_oGEjUovc-aw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRB_goO-XHtohKAaBqdDqyb5hMdT8uxt_7HL_oGEjUovc-aw/viewform</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Great Rally in Orangeville - </b>A big thank you to Sharon Sommerville from Headwaters Against The 413 for organizing a successful rally against Highway #413. For a very cold, damp day there was a great turnout of about 45 people that occupied all four corners across from Deputy Leader Syliva Jones constituency office. Speakers included Dan O’Reilly whose family farm will be impacted by the highway, a teacher whose student’s family will have their home expropriated, Mike Marcolongo with Environmental Defence who gave an overview of the significant environmental impacts of the highway, and Sharon Sommerville who got the crowd moving to the sounds of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”. Between “Highway to Hell” and “Thunderstruck” it was a most memorable rally!</div><div><br></div><div><b>Recent Access To Information and Privacy (ATIP) Request -</b> Environmental Defence with assistance from Ecojustice recently received more documents from the Impact Agency of Canada on the Highway #413 project. Included in the memo were timelines for environmental assessment consultation, federal permit applications, duty to consult timelines, and anticipated construction start times. It was revealed that in November, 2024, Ontario expects to start construction at the earliest three years from now. Given what we know about this government’s construction timelines (e.g. Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction started in 2011 with completion expected in 2020 but it has yet to open in 2025), it is very possible that shovels won’t be in the ground by the next Ontario election in 2029.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b>Action Required -</b> Join the fight and continue to keep speaking out against this absurd and unaffordable highway.<br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></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-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d09beaf2-7fff-532e-e58b-8f3952b660ed"><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Additional Election Resources and Opportunities -</b> It’s fantastic to see so many community and non-profit groups working to provide election resources, tools, and materials. Here’s the latest list:</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>New Majority - </b>An amazing organization focussed on getting young people and first time voters to the polls has numerous resources to help get people involved in the election. Learn more at:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://newmajority.ca/">https://newmajority.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Environmental Defence -</b> Ontario Needs A Government That Takes Climate Change Seriously - What To Look For In A Future Ontario Government:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/01/29/ontario-needs-a-government-that-takes-climate-change-seriously/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/01/29/ontario-needs-a-government-that-takes-climate-change-seriously/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Vote Like Your Quality Of Life Depends On It - </b></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario) has launched a public awareness campaign. Learn more at:</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><a href="https://www.voteonqualityoflife.ca/">https://www.voteonqualityoflife.ca/</a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><b>Ontario Forward -</b> A coalition of unions and other organizations have formed Ontario Forward to show that Ontario can’t afford Doug Ford. They have excellent ads running and you can learn more at:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ontarioforward.ca/">https://ontarioforward.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ontario Nature Election Toolkit -</b> Learn what you can do, policy asks and opportunities:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ontarionature.org/campaigns/provincial-election-2025/">https://ontarionature.org/campaigns/provincial-election-2025/</a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Yours To Protect Election Website - </b>Create a plan, take action and get great voting resources:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/yourstoprotect/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/yourstoprotect/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Alliance For A Liveable Ontario (ALO) Election Toolkit - </b>Learn how you can spread the word on how the Ontario government can make homes affordable and part of liveable communities:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.liveableontario.ca/alliance-resources/election-prep-toolkit">https://www.liveableontario.ca/alliance-resources/election-prep-toolkit</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Waterloo Region Candidate List - </b>a very detailed list of candidates, parties, and contact information for each riding in Waterloo Region compiled by Bob Jonkman:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2025-02-27-Provincial-Election/#Kitchener-Conestoga-Patrick_Doucette-Ontario_Party-">https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2025-02-27-Provincial-Election/#Kitchener-Conestoga-Patrick_Doucette-Ontario_Party-</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Required Actions -</b> Share and utilize these tools and resources to help achieve the best possible election outcomes.</div></div><div><br></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-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>11) Reconnect Waterloo Region Coordinator Job Role Posted - </b></span>Environmental Defence’s Yours To Protect Reconnect Program is looking to expand to Waterloo Region and has posted an ad seeking someone for this paid position. It is a great initiative they are rolling out in-conjunction with area community and environmental groups. Learn more at:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://edc-careers.applytojobs.ca/reconnection%20project/36488">https://edc-careers.applytojobs.ca/reconnection%20project/36488 </a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>12) </b></span><b style="font-size: 14px;">Rescheduled! - </b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>WRCE High Performance Development Standards Information Session - </b></span>The Waterloo Region Community Energy (WRCE) is holding pubic information sessions on their proposed building standards. Come to learn more and share your thoughts on building better buildings and more resilient, efficient communities. Given that more than 40% of our carbon footprint comes from buildings and design of our communities, making significant improvements will be essential in addressing climate change. These standards have been years in the making and could help influence energy use, building construction, new EV adoption, tree planing, and water efficiency.</div></div><div><div><div>Attend the final rescheduled session Thursday, March 6th from 5:30pm to 7:00pm - Woolwich - Woolwich Council Chambers, Elmira - <a href="https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards">https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can also learn more and engage online 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><b>Action Required -</b> These Green Development Standards that will build more efficient and comfortable homes that use far less energy and are far cheaper to run are facing considerable push-back from certain developers and builder lobby groups. Speak up for the better future we need and help ensure Waterloo Region is building better buildings and communities like other cities such as Toronto, Markham, Mississauga, and even rural communities like King Township and Halton Hills already are.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>13) Rescheduled! - One Million Neighbours Round Tables - </b></span>There is still a final Round Table session for the One Million Neighbours initiative. This multisolving session is focussed on Cambridge and rural communities and will be hosted at the rare Charitable Research Reserve. Details are as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Date: Thursday, March 27th, 2025</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Location - rare Administrative Centre - 1679 Blair Road, Cambridge</div><div><br></div><div>Register and learn more at: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/multisolving-roundtable-cambridge-rural-focus-tickets-1088360799449">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/multisolving-roundtable-cambridge-rural-focus-tickets-1088360799449</a> </div></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">14) Other Articles -</b> Include building the best possible federal government to deal with the Trump crisis and how we can’t afford Doug Ford’s nuclear ambitions costing more than double the price of his ridiculous $100 billion Highway 401 tunnel:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - We Need To Put Partisanship Aside And Build A Federal Cabinet With Canada’s Best and Brightest:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/we-need-to-put-partisanship-aside-and-build-a-federal-cabinet-with-canadas-best-and/article_3ee7a032-d817-5905-b63d-0831fb9b14c3.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/we-need-to-put-partisanship-aside-and-build-a-federal-cabinet-with-canadas-best-and/article_3ee7a032-d817-5905-b63d-0831fb9b14c3.html</a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Hamilton Spectator - We Can’t Afford Doug Ford’s Nuclear Fantasy:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/we-cant-afford-doug-ford-s-nuclear-fantasy/article_cc4c2706-5329-5a96-9c90-61ff37d1fbc3.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/we-cant-afford-doug-ford-s-nuclear-fantasy/article_cc4c2706-5329-5a96-9c90-61ff37d1fbc3.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">15) Environmental Defence Blog on Ontario’s Energy Independence In The Face Of Trump Tariffs - </b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Despite claims towards energy independence in the face of the Trump Tariffs, the Ontairo Government continues to stack the deck in the favour of more natural gas fired electricity generation:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; 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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;">After years of cleaner air over Toronto, it was very disappointing to see the green smog haze blanketing the GTA and trailing back to several GTA area gas plants recently.</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; 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She is having an exhibition of her work called “An Application Has Been Made” at the Cambridge Centre For The Arts starting February 22nd until March 22nd. Learn more in the poster below in Appendix E) or online at:<br><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.carolwalthers.com/">https://www.carolwalthers.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">17) Reminder - Next Meeting</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us next <span dir="ltr">Friday, March 7th</span> at 5:30pm online at the Zoom link below to discuss the latest:</div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="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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-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"><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 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><b style="font-size: 14px;">-----------------------------------</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 14px;">A) </b></font></span><b style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Upcoming Events </b><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Get out and get involved! And keep us posted on your events so we can share them:</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, February 27th - Get Out And Vote In The Provincial Election!!!</div><div><br></div><div>New Date! - Thursday, March 6th from 5:30pm to 7:00pm - WRCE High Performance Development Standards Information Session - Woolwich - Woolwich Council Chambers, Elmira - <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><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friday, March 7th - 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">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></font></b></div></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div>Friday, March 14th - 10am to 2pm - Highway #413 Planning Session near the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre -<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRB_goO-XHtohKAaBqdDqyb5hMdT8uxt_7HL_oGEjUovc-aw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRB_goO-XHtohKAaBqdDqyb5hMdT8uxt_7HL_oGEjUovc-aw/viewform</a></div></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Thursday, March 20th - 9:00am - Ontario Farmland Trust Farmland Forum - Elora, Ontario - See Poster Below in Appendix H)</div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, March 27th - 6:00pm to 8:00pm - One Million Neighbours Round Table - rare. 1679 Blair Road, Cambridge - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/multisolving-roundtable-cambridge-rural-focus-tickets-1088360799449">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/multisolving-roundtable-cambridge-rural-focus-tickets-1088360799449</a> </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="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 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 style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Tuesday, April 1st - 7:00pm - Getting Off Gas - Electrify Your Home - Nith Valley Ecoboosters/REAP - <a href="https://bit.ly/gettingoffgas">https://bit.ly/gettingoffgas</a></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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