<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Good Day,</div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">The provincial election has wrapped up leaving things not much different than before, media coverage regarding destroying our agricultural industry for Toyota continues, Wilmot finally approves some roadside parking for the Schneider’s Lands with rare and the community expected to pay for it, housing starts and sales continue to plummet, the Ford government has removed learning about the Greenbelt from school curriculum along with other troubling changes, and lots more happening around the Grand River watershed. Join us at 5:30pm tomorrow (Friday) to learn more and discuss:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Join us Friday, March 7th (tomorrow) at 5:30pm:</div><div><div><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=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz0</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Here’s the latest:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Election Follow-Up - </b>Despite Doug Ford's dreams of an unprecedented landslide and hopes of opposition collaboration working together in unprecedented ways, the election has left things pretty much unchanged across the province. Within the Grand River watershed every party retained every seat they had previously though we did see Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott’s retirement allow 23 year old Joseph Racinsky to retain his seat for the Conservatives. In the end, we have the same mix of Conservative, NDP, Green Party, and Independent MPPs representing our ridings at Queen’s Park.</div></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">We will have four more years of Doug Ford’s Conservative majority to contend with though it is a big weaker than prior to the election as the Conservatives lost three seats falling from 83 to 80 much to Doug Ford’s dismay. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie did not win her riding and will continue as party leader without a presence in the Legislature. We will have to continue to work hard to defend our communities and environment though we have a good idea what to expect. Here’s the latest media coverage:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Premier Forever: Ford’s PC’s Wrap Re-Election Effort With A Big Question Still Looming:</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/premier-forever-fords-pcs-wrap-re-election-effort-with-a-big-question-still-looming-10292499">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/premier-forever-fords-pcs-wrap-re-election-effort-with-a-big-question-still-looming-10292499</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Kitchener-Conestoga Re-Elects Mike Harris Jr.:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/kitchener-conestoga-re-elects-mike-harris-jr/article_55a8ea07-f49b-5f25-85f0-e25aa848e8fb.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/kitchener-conestoga-re-elects-mike-harris-jr/article_55a8ea07-f49b-5f25-85f0-e25aa848e8fb.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Ontario’s Election Is Over. Here’s Why All The Leaders Are Licking Their Wounds:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/political-opinion/ontario-s-election-is-over-here-s-why-all-the-leaders-are-licking-their-wounds/article_b8dc84f3-34cd-5e4d-ab7b-1313db56bd97.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/political-opinion/ontario-s-election-is-over-here-s-why-all-the-leaders-are-licking-their-wounds/article_b8dc84f3-34cd-5e4d-ab7b-1313db56bd97.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - The Biggest Winners And Losers From the 2025 Ontario Election:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/thestar/politics/provincial/the-biggest-winners-and-losers-from-the-2025-ontario-election/article_1b665e6d-c7a6-5ef4-85f8-da56e4fcadf8.html">https://www.therecord.com/thestar/politics/provincial/the-biggest-winners-and-losers-from-the-2025-ontario-election/article_1b665e6d-c7a6-5ef4-85f8-da56e4fcadf8.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Coast Reporter - Independent Ontario Candidate Wins Rare And Resounding Second Election Victory:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.coastreporter.net/politics/independent-ontario-candidate-wins-rare-and-resounding-second-election-victory-10303927">https://www.coastreporter.net/politics/independent-ontario-candidate-wins-rare-and-resounding-second-election-victory-10303927</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bobbi Ann Brady scores a resounding win with the second-larges margin in the province.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Global News - Elections Ontario Applies For Official Recounts Of 2 Tightest Races:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11068124/ontario-recount-request-close-races/">https://globalnews.ca/news/11068124/ontario-recount-request-close-races/</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A reminder that every single vote is important.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Trillium - How 23 Year Old Joseph Racinsky Became One Of Ontario’s Youngest MPPs:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/how-23-year-old-joseph-racinsky-became-one-of-ontarios-youngest-mpps-10327208">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/how-23-year-old-joseph-racinsky-became-one-of-ontarios-youngest-mpps-10327208</a></div><div><br></div><div>Kudo’s to Dorothy Wilson for such an excellent Letter To The Editor calling out MPP Mike Harris Jr:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Letters - Mike Harris Jr. Should Be A More Responsive MPP:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-5-waterloo-should-do-a-better-job-for-pedestrians-in-winter-mike-harris-jr/article_1476ddf7-071c-58cc-a8fc-179c2e9a9a5a.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-5-waterloo-should-do-a-better-job-for-pedestrians-in-winter-mike-harris-jr/article_1476ddf7-071c-58cc-a8fc-179c2e9a9a5a.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here’s a great analysis of the voting and what new trends are emerging:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ResearchCo - How Ontario Voted: A Provincial Exit Poll:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://researchco.ca/2025/03/03/ontario-exit-poll-2025/">https://researchco.ca/2025/03/03/ontario-exit-poll-2025/</a></div><div><br></div><div>And here’s an excellent article from GREN’s Susan Koswan that reminded voters of just what is at stake in elections now as climate challenges increase:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Vote For A Liveable Future:</div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial-elections/vote-for-a-livable-future/article_950e79a1-ad72-5ab6-9311-cd9749180f8f.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial-elections/vote-for-a-livable-future/article_950e79a1-ad72-5ab6-9311-cd9749180f8f.html</a></div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Wilmot Mega-Industrial Land Assembly - </b>Not surprisingly, the very concerning Wilmot land assembly continues to make media headlines as Toyota denies that it is involved in any land assembly efforts anywhere in Ontario, proponents try to claim the election was a referendum on the farmland destruction despite the opposition still got more votes combined than the proponents for the bungled fiasco, and WilmotCAN’s John Jordan gave an impressive delegation at Regional Council despite Chair Redman’s efforts to thwart his presentation.</div><div><br></div><div>Watch John’s Regional delegation online at around the 2:38 mark as once again Regional Council had a lengthy closed in-camera session prior to the meeting:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkoxSWy8svk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkoxSWy8svk</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here’s recent media coverage stating as we have suspected from the onset that Toyota was a likely customer for this site. The brutal process to date with out a single public meeting and contrary to all previous planning/protections certainly doesn’t fit their high standards in addition to the fact that this absurd site seems to only meet 7 of 44 criteria. We need to continue to advocate for a far better location so that Toyota or whoever may be involved can actually have a much stronger site that is globally competitive:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Speculation Swirling That Wilmot Land Could Be For Future Toyota Plant:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/03/regions-wilmot-land-grab-could-be-for-future-toyota-plant/">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/03/regions-wilmot-land-grab-could-be-for-future-toyota-plant/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record Letters - Food And Water Are More Important Than Anything Else:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-4-fifes-proposal-to-unite-centre-left-parties-deserves-serious-dialogue-local-residents-should/article_3d1ba36d-5700-5807-9522-c97b43ead0ce.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-4-fifes-proposal-to-unite-centre-left-parties-deserves-serious-dialogue-local-residents-should/article_3d1ba36d-5700-5807-9522-c97b43ead0ce.html</a></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - A Giant Step Forward For The Wilmot Land Assembly Project:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/a-giant-step-forward-for-the-wilmot-land-assembly-project/article_23296e3e-ae5f-54ba-907e-78259d54efb3.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/a-giant-step-forward-for-the-wilmot-land-assembly-project/article_23296e3e-ae5f-54ba-907e-78259d54efb3.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>WilmotCAN has drafted an Op-Ed response making clear that the election certainly wasn’t a referendum on the land assembly as many voters felt tariffs or other issues were paramount. The Op-Ed also points to the fact that he opposition parties in Kitchener-Conestoga still got more votes combined than Mike Harris Jr. as the Liberals, NDP, Green, and Ontario Party’s were very clearly outspoken against this Wilmot Land assembly. Please read the PDF of the Op-Ed in Appendix B) below or online at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Not A Giant Step For Bungled Wilmot Land Grab: Only 20% Of Eligible Voters In Kitchener-Conestoga Voted For Mike Harris Jr:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/not-a-giant-step-for-bungled-wilmot-land-grab-only-20-of-eligible-voters-in/article_708d1388-f949-11ef-bcb7-d32e879f56b2.html">https://www.therecord.com/not-a-giant-step-for-bungled-wilmot-land-grab-only-20-of-eligible-voters-in/article_708d1388-f949-11ef-bcb7-d32e879f56b2.html</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><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> Continue to speak up, write elected officials, and make it clear that we are not a willing host.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">3) Cooperate For Canada and Vote Splitting -</span> </b>The provincial election showed firsthand just how broken our current electoral system is as:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2.4 million votes for Liberals and NDP earned 41 seats</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2.1 million votes for Conservatives earned 80 seats</div><div><br></div><div>Thus, Doug Ford has returned to Queen’s Park with 100% of the power after having only 19.35% of the citizens actually vote Conservative.</div><div><br></div><div>Voting splitting won the Conservatives seats in Kitchener-Conestoga, Brantford-Brant, Parry Sound Muskoka, and elsewhere. There were some ridings where electoral co-operation made the difference such as Etobicoke-Lakeshore where Liberal Lee Fairclough was able to defeat Conservative incumbent Christine Hogarth. Other successful campaigns are listed in Appendix C) below.</div><div><br></div><div>It was great to see the amazing efforts of the Cooperate for Canada team who worked so hard to help people vote strategically, determine Unity Candidates who were best poised to win in key ridings, engaged the media, and made sure that the need for better outcomes more in the best public interest is a future priority. It was good to see a lot of strategic voting and opposition parties winning in numerous ridings and close races. Doug Ford was denied the massive landslide he had hoped and that could have been so damaging to Ontario.</div><div><br></div><div>It is also good to see the recognition of the need for dialog between parties and finding ways to better stop splitting the vote in the future in places like Kitchener-Conestoga where once again parties with almost identical platforms divided the vote allowing Mike Harris Jr. to be re-elected. Kudos to NDP MPP Catherine Fife and Liberal Party President Kathryn McGarry for their discussions and plans to discuss ideas despite considerable internal party push-back.</div><div><br></div><div>Here’s some of the recent media coverage:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Fife Asks Liberals, NDP To Stop Splitting Anti-Ford Vote After The Latest Election Setback:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/fife-asks-liberals-ndp-to-stop-splitting-anti-ford-vote-after-latest-election-setback/article_ffc05f5e-1275-5e37-a107-6c71731a2a7a.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/fife-asks-liberals-ndp-to-stop-splitting-anti-ford-vote-after-latest-election-setback/article_ffc05f5e-1275-5e37-a107-6c71731a2a7a.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - NDP, Liberal And Green Parties Need To Merge:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-1-ndp-liberal-and-green-parties-need-to-merge-health-care-workers-deserve-our/article_7d94847a-12da-5a3f-97e6-f9e1a1dd4499.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-1-ndp-liberal-and-green-parties-need-to-merge-health-care-workers-deserve-our/article_7d94847a-12da-5a3f-97e6-f9e1a1dd4499.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - To Continue As Liberal Leader, Bonnie Crombie Needs A New Mandate:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/opinion/to-continue-as-liberal-leader-bonnie-crombie-needs-a-new-mandate-10321315">https://www.thetrillium.ca/opinion/to-continue-as-liberal-leader-bonnie-crombie-needs-a-new-mandate-10321315</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record Letters - Fife’s Proposal To Unite Centre-Left Parties Deserves Serious Dialogue:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-4-fifes-proposal-to-unite-centre-left-parties-deserves-serious-dialogue-local-residents-should/article_3d1ba36d-5700-5807-9522-c97b43ead0ce.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/march-4-fifes-proposal-to-unite-centre-left-parties-deserves-serious-dialogue-local-residents-should/article_3d1ba36d-5700-5807-9522-c97b43ead0ce.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - NDP. Liberals Pour Cold Water On Idea Of Formal Co-Operation:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news/politics/ndp-liberals-pour-cold-water-on-idea-of-formal-co-operation-10326170">https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news/politics/ndp-liberals-pour-cold-water-on-idea-of-formal-co-operation-10326170</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>As MPP Catherine Fife and Ontario Liberal Party President Kathryn McGarry prepare to meet, their parties suggest they may have an uphill battle.</div><div><br></div><div>It was also great to Sonal Champsee from Not One Seat on The Agenda With Steve Paikin on TVO talking about the need for cooperation:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.tvo.org/video/does-voting-matter-in-ontario">https://www.tvo.org/video/does-voting-matter-in-ontario</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cooperate for Canada thanks everyone who helped in a swing riding campaign, shared voting information, reached out to candidates, and who voted strategically for a better Ontario. We all lost as a result of the opposition parties choosing not to work together and putting their own self-interests ahead of the greater public good.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully, important discussions and education will continue. We could be only a few weeks away from critical federal elections. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Offer to volunteer with Cooperate For Canada, help to educate others, and do all you can to ensure better election outcomes.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) Rare Provides $70,000 For Wilmot Parking - </b>It was good to finally see Wilmot Council vote to approve parking within Wilmot Township for one of the largest donations to the community in Wilmot and Region of Waterloo history. After denying any parking for this winter and making all area roads no parking zones to prevent public access to this incredible natural area and cross-country ski trails, Wilmot Township staff presented their access plan again to Wilmot Council. It was nice to see the Staff trying again and they had even increased the number of parking spaces from 8 to 20 although they had also dramatically increased the financial demands on rare to $70,000.</div><div><br></div><div>There could be a concerning precedent being set here to have a non-profit organization holding bake sales and other fundraising efforts to fund basic municipal infrastructure on the township’s own land. And it would have been nice to see Wilmot Township do more to try to facilitate rather than inhibit this incredible land donation for several years. This current agreement at least provides a path forward and facilitates public access without having to destroy large tracts of the environmentally sensitive property for the parking lots that Wilmot Township had been demanding:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Rare Providing $70K For Schneider’s Trail Parking In Wilmot:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/rare-providing-70k-for-schneiders-trail-parking-in-wilmot/article_30545c0f-87af-5cbc-ac5a-e65d50f336f4.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/rare-providing-70k-for-schneiders-trail-parking-in-wilmot/article_30545c0f-87af-5cbc-ac5a-e65d50f336f4.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Hopefully, the community will step up to help rare fundraise, steward this amazing property and help to find ways to sustainably balance the use and protection of this amazing natural read in the years ahead.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Greenbelt Removed From Geography And Ontario School Curriculum - </b>It has been troubling to see the provincial Conservative government remove the Greenbelt, climate change and other environmental topics from the Ontario school curriculum. Gone too are sustainable resource use, decarbonization, and net zero. The changes are so significant that even the Auditor General has spoken up::</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Hamilton Spectator - Greenbelt Scrubbed From Grade 8 Curriculum A Troubling Trend:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/greenbelt-scrubbed-from-grade-9-curriculum-a-troubling-trend/article_2a91524b-e714-542a-b19d-d7b2df3094f5.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/greenbelt-scrubbed-from-grade-9-curriculum-a-troubling-trend/article_2a91524b-e714-542a-b19d-d7b2df3094f5.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Voice your concerns to the provincial government and do what you can to help educate our youth on the topics they are going to need to understand for the decades ahead.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">6) Councillor Rob Deutschman’s Seat To Be Filled By Next Place Candidate -</b> Kitchener lawyer and Regional Councillor Rob Deutschmann took the unusual move of resigning from Regional Council to run as a Liberal Candidate in the provincial election rather than taking a leave of absence. While he wasn’t successful in the provincial election, coming in a strong second place, his Regional seat is now vacant and rather than holding an by-election that could cost upwards of $800,000, Regional Council has decided to fill it by appointing the candidate Matt Rodrigues who scored the second most votes in the last municipal election. It will be interesting to see what Rob Deutschmann plans to do next in the community and we will have a new Regional Councillor soon to work with on numerous important issues:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - “Next Place Candidate” To Fill Vacant Waterloo Region Council Seat:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/next-place-candidate-to-fill-vacant-waterloo-region-council-seat/article_914a0a5b-14c8-5e59-9e9c-e873e8f4ef73.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/next-place-candidate-to-fill-vacant-waterloo-region-council-seat/article_914a0a5b-14c8-5e59-9e9c-e873e8f4ef73.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Thank Rob Deutschmann for his years of efforts and reach out to Matt Rodrigues to ensure that he knows the issues that matter to our communities.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">7) Highway #413 -</b> A new habitat protection order has been issued issues for the Redside Dace that could significantly impair highway construction:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/05/new-habitat-protection-order-spells-trouble-for-sprawl-developers-and-highway-413/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/05/new-habitat-protection-order-spells-trouble-for-sprawl-developers-and-highway-413/</a></div><div><br></div><div>There is also a great new Op-Ed article from National Farmers Union, David Suzuki Foundation, and Environmental Defence with concerns about Highway #413 and how it has never been the answer to Ontario’s transportation woes:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - No Farms, No Food: The Hidden Toll Of Highway #413:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/no-farms-no-food-the-hidden-toll-of-highway-413/article_ad6bb186-d10f-535b-bdb9-ff226122ada3.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/contributors/no-farms-no-food-the-hidden-toll-of-highway-413/article_ad6bb186-d10f-535b-bdb9-ff226122ada3.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">8) Province Overrides Oakville For Well Connected Developers -</b> The provincial government has overridden the Town of Oakville to approve a massive development where densities for the eleven proposed 60 storey condos are completely out of context in a suburban community. The developments would see densities of 2,400 people and jobs per hectare - more than 20x the provincial requirement and rivalling Hong Kong, New York, and some of the densest cities in the world with no planned community ammenties, services, or transportation being required by the province:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Oakville Councillors Blindsided As Ford Government Steps In With Plan For Developer’s Stalled Condo Project.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/oakville-councillors-blindsided-as-ford-government-steps-in-with-plan-for-developers-stalled-condo-project/article_e13de1ce-f3a0-11ef-8c02-d7f4c6a16606.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/oakville-councillors-blindsided-as-ford-government-steps-in-with-plan-for-developers-stalled-condo-project/article_e13de1ce-f3a0-11ef-8c02-d7f4c6a16606.html</a></div><div>
<br></div><div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>9) </b></span><b style="font-size: 14px;">Deadline Approaching For </b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>WRCE High Performance Development Standards Feedback -</b></span> Waterloo Region Community Energy (WRCE) has been holding pubic information sessions on their proposed new building standards. Speak up now 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, water efficiency and much more.</div><div><br></div><div>There is an online survey that you can fill out as well as lots of other ways to submit feedback. Learn more and engage online at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards">https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><b>Action Required -</b> Speak up now for better building and development standards that are more efficient, cheaper to run, more resilient, and will help to address the climate crisis. Deadline is March 17th.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Ontario Can’t Cut Off Energy To US As Ford Threatens -</b> Doug Ford has made Ontario dependent on US fracked methane gas to power our gas plants for increasing amounts of our electricity usage while going to great lengths and expense to cancel renewable energy contracts using free energy sources such as wind and solar. While US liquour sales and Starlink contracts cancelled could be as much as $1 billion in the new trade war, Ontario is currently purchasing as much as $2 billion in gas now from fracking operations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Cutting off electricity to the US could backfire if they cut off the gas that we have become increasingly dependent on during the Ford government.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - Why Doug Ford’s Decisions Mean Ontario Can’t Cut Off Energy To The US As Threatened:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/06/23-million-put-in-place-to-kickstart-housing-construction-in-northwest-waterloo/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/06/23-million-put-in-place-to-kickstart-housing-construction-in-northwest-waterloo/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Speak up for better energy solutions for Ontairo including more renewables, storage, and clean energy along with less reliance on fossil fuels and expensive nuclear projects.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">11) Huge Price Hikes For Fossil Gas -</b> Enbridge has applied for a significant consumer charge increase to the Ontario Energy Board. Gas ratepayers will be asked to an additional 21% to 47% more in the coming year:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - Enbridge Says Our Natural Gas Bills Are About To Increase. Here’s What The Large Hike Will Look Like:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/enbridge-says-our-natural-gas-bills-are-about-to-increase-heres-what-the-large-hike/article_6f6d07e0-f86f-11ef-be55-efb248cb28a8.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/enbridge-says-our-natural-gas-bills-are-about-to-increase-heres-what-the-large-hike/article_6f6d07e0-f86f-11ef-be55-efb248cb28a8.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Now would be a good time to take advantage of the recently announced provincial Home Renovation Saving Program to switch your gas furnace to a cold climate Air Source Heat Pump:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.saveonenergy.ca/homerenovationsavings">https://www.saveonenergy.ca/homerenovationsavings</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required -</b> Take advantage of provincial subsidies to save money and help the environment with an Air Source Heat Pump.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">12) Speak Up About Energy - </b>Clean Air Alliance has organized an easy to use tool to send a letter to request that Doug Ford end the GE-Hitachi nuclear contract and invest in lower cost, made in Canada solutions here:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/CANCEL-GE/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/CANCEL-GE/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Learn more about this American energy contract Doug Ford has locked us into here:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/rip-up-the-ge-hitachi-contract/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/rip-up-the-ge-hitachi-contract/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Action Required -</b> Speak up for energy independence and more clean renewable energy instead.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>13) Recent Articles -</b></span> Include denied developments, MPP pay raises, Puslinch community groups protecting rural lands, and City of Waterloo borrowing to facilitate new housing:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CityNews - High Rise Condo Development In Kitchener Denied By Council:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/04/high-rise-condo-development-in-kitchener-denied-by-council/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/04/high-rise-condo-development-in-kitchener-denied-by-council/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - Cambridge Falling Behind In Filling Housing Gaps, Consultants Show:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/council/cambridge-falling-behind-in-filling-housing-gaps-consultants-show/article_ba96b398-9963-50fd-a2ab-fd0d2838543d.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/council/cambridge-falling-behind-in-filling-housing-gaps-consultants-show/article_ba96b398-9963-50fd-a2ab-fd0d2838543d.html</a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Plans To End MPP’s 16 Year Pay Freeze:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-plans-to-end-mpps-16-year-pay-freeze/article_bc65df34-f7d1-11ef-b648-372697b63e81.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-plans-to-end-mpps-16-year-pay-freeze/article_bc65df34-f7d1-11ef-b648-372697b63e81.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://guelphtoday.com/">GuelphToday.com</a> - Puslinch Group Working To Preserve Rural Lands From Development:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.guelphtoday.com/wellington-county/puslinch-group-working-to-preserve-rural-lands-from-development-10314579">https://www.guelphtoday.com/wellington-county/puslinch-group-working-to-preserve-rural-lands-from-development-10314579</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - New Housing A Casualty In Trump’s Trade War:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/business/new-housing-a-casualty-in-trumps-trade-war/article_2a907d2d-7040-5d81-8822-9ffd13eabb70.html">https://www.therecord.com/business/new-housing-a-casualty-in-trumps-trade-war/article_2a907d2d-7040-5d81-8822-9ffd13eabb70.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CityNews - $23 Million Put In Place To KickStart Housing Construction In Northwest Waterloo:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/06/23-million-put-in-place-to-kickstart-housing-construction-in-northwest-waterloo/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/06/23-million-put-in-place-to-kickstart-housing-construction-in-northwest-waterloo/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - Waterloo Borrowing $23M To Help Launch Suburbs At Edge Of Town:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-borrowing-23m-to-help-launch-suburbs-at-the-edge-of-town/article_170411bf-e8bd-57e6-8d95-a7a5a2060699.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-borrowing-23m-to-help-launch-suburbs-at-the-edge-of-town/article_170411bf-e8bd-57e6-8d95-a7a5a2060699.html</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">14) Greenpeace Urges Taxing The Super-Rich - </b>With the world’s richest 1% being responsible for more emissions than 66% of the world’s population Greenpeace has launched a campaign to encourage governments to tax the super-rich to better address inequality and better protect the planet:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/tax-the-super-rich/#form">https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/tax-the-super-rich/#form</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>15) 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><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 class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>16) 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><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">17) What Do We Do Now? - </b>Here’s an excellent article from Jordan Roberts on how we take better care of ourselves and accomplish great things in the coming years:</div><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a5b00cc-7fff-7ab8-d46e-321fa81a761e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 30pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 30pt;"><a href="https://www.corruptario.ca/what-do-we-do-now/?ref=corruptario-newsletter" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.corruptario.ca/what-do-we-do-now/?ref=corruptario-newsletter</span></a></p><br></span><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-3bd38ee8-7fff-27a1-b180-36585b83f879"><b style="font-size: 14px;">18) Carol Walthers Art Show -</b> Carol is an artist living in Cambridge advocating against gravel pits through artwork. 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;">19) Some Good News! How Much Progress Have We Made On Climate Change? - </b>With to much depressing news recently here’s an excellent short video presenting just how much progress we have already made on climate change. There are lots of great things happening that we often don’t hear much about:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jOqyjcO4g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jOqyjcO4g</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">20) Reminder - Next Meeting</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us tomorrow <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; 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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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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><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>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><b><br></b></div><div>Monday, March 17th - Deadline to provide feedback on WRCE High Performance Development Standards - <a href="https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards">https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards</a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Wednesday, March 19th - 7pm to 8:30pm - Fighting Floods: Climate Strategies for Insurance, Individuals and Communities - A webinar by Hamilton 350. Sign up here for the Zoom link: <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyrpzMiHNaXB7jVwRCnlCykveD1iH_V#/registration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyrpzMiHNaXB7jVwRCnlCykveD1iH_V#/registration</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></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; -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; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>B) </b></span><b style="font-size: 14px;">WilmotCAN Op-Ed - Not A Giant Step For Bungled Wilmot Land Grab:</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>