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font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span data-pos="0" data-first="true" data-last="true" id="author-4c002150-f4db-11ed-be1d-b3d16e6252c2-asset-5529c004-fa03-11ef-8558-eb8a8f7e06a9" class="tnt-byline asset-byline author authorListItem" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="leadin" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;">By </span><span class="authorName" data-avatar="no" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com/users/profile/Taylor-C-Noakes" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; line-height: 20px;">Taylor C. Noakes<span class="authorTitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 5px;">Contributing Columnist</span></a></span></span><div id="authorBios" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(104, 104, 104); line-height: 20px; font-weight: 400; font-family: var(--font-daily-sans); letter-spacing: normal;">Taylor C. Noakes is an independent journalist and public historian. He is a freelance contributor for the Star. Follow him on Blue Sky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/taylornoakes.bsky.social" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(104, 104, 104) !important;">@taylornoakes.bsky.social</a></p></div></div></div><div id="tncms-region-article_body_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div id="article-body" data-tier="1" itemprop="articleBody" class="asset-content subscriber-premium" data-lpos="asset|body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="subscriber-preview" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Doug Ford may talk tough about “shutting the tap” on Canadian energy exports in response to Trump’s trade war, but what he neglects to mention is that he’s chiefly to blame for Ontario’s newfound dependency on American fossil fuel imports.</p></div><div class="subscriber-preview" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">According to expert analysis from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, while 4 per cent of Ontario’s electricity came from natural gas in 2017 — the year before Ford became premier — it is now above 16 per cent and rising rapidly. The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) forecasts it will be 25 per cent by the end of this decade.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Approximately 70 per cent of the natural gas Ontario imports is fracked gas from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Fracked gas is among the <a href="https://www.desmog.com/2019/09/23/us-exporting-fracking-oil-gas-climate-catastrophe/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; transition: background-color 0.25s linear !important;">very worst forms of energy</a>, namely because of high amounts of methane — a greenhouse gas considerably <a href="https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/what-makes-methane-more-potent-greenhouse-gas-carbon-dioxide" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; transition: background-color 0.25s linear !important;">more potent than carbon dioxide</a> — that gets released into the atmosphere.</p></div><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print tsArticleRegion" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both;"></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Not only has <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ontario-had-almost-eliminated-electricity-emissions-since-doug-ford-came-to-power-gas-plant-use/article_cac90930-e6e7-11ee-8e6f-9b810be4bf43.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; transition: background-color 0.25s linear !important;">gas plant use tripled</a> since Ford took office, the premier has also interfered with and overrode a decision by the Ontario Energy Board that would limit Enbridge’s ability to <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/16/news/ontario-passes-bill-lend-enbridge-helping-hand" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; transition: background-color 0.25s linear !important;">pass gas infrastructure expansion costs</a> on to ratepayers.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Though Ford said this was being done to make life more affordable for Ontarians and Enbridge claimed it was good for the environment, experts consistently disputed both points as incontrovertibly false. Natural gas use is <a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/02/10/five-reasons-natural-gas-is-bad-for-you-and-the-environment/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; transition: background-color 0.25s linear !important;">accelerating the climate crisis</a> and is <a href="https://climateinstitute.ca/news/heat-pumps-lowest-cost-option-for-most-households/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; transition: background-color 0.25s linear !important;">far more expensive</a> than heat pumps for home heating.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">It didn’t have to be this way and before Ford came to office, it wasn’t looking like it was going to be. But it was <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ford-government-s-cancellation-of-renewable-energy-projects-to-cost-at-least-231m/article_bc719cdf-0928-5c93-9216-aaae4ce42844.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; transition: background-color 0.25s linear !important;">Ford who cancelled nearly 800 renewable</a>energy projects shortly after taking office, costing Ontario about $231 million and severely weakening the province as a consequence.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Renewable energy isn’t just good for the environment, but good for the economy because it doesn’t need to be imported.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">And a self-sufficient economy is a sovereign economy.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ford’s tough talk borders on gimmicky (let’s wait to see shreds of paper before we believe the Starlink deal has actually been ripped up) and it’s unclear what political advantage may be earned from cutting Ontario electricity supplies to New York, Michigan and Minnesota — three states whose populations may actually be sympathetic to Canada and critical of Trump.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">And while the Starlink deal, coupled with annual alcohol imports from the U.S., may be worth about $1 billion, the rough estimate is that Ontario is probably importing between $1.5 and $2 billion worth of natural gas from the United States per annum for electricity and home heating.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Booze and satellites we can buy elsewhere, but Ford has made Ontario particularly dependent on fossil fuel imports while going out of his way to ensure we don’t have any alternatives.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Even though environmentalists as much as economists argue Ontario should be guaranteeing its own energy security with comparatively inexpensive solar panels and wind turbines, the only alternative Ford is even willing to consider are massive nuclear plants that will take tens of billions of dollars and decades to complete.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Going this route, incidentally, is that which is preferred by the oil and gas sector, because it essentially guarantees the continued use of fossil fuels for decades to come and sucks up all the public funds that could otherwise be dedicated to decarbonization today.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Just how vulnerable Ontario really is may be demonstrated sooner than we think if the United States responds to Ford’s energy threats by shutting off their gas exports. They can arguably absorb this far better than Ontario can, and hold out longer too. Given that most of Canada’s natural gas resources are used in the production of crude oil, it’s unlikely Ford could quickly find a Canadian alternative.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="Body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">“Buy Canadian” campaigns are ultimately worthless if our own politicians have guaranteed our dependence on foreign fossil fuel imports for electricity and home heating, and deliberately sabotaged efforts to make us energy independent. 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dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">I) </font></b><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">Speak Up and Ensure Your Voice is Heard:</font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">Wilmot Township Council</font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Natasha Salonen, Mayor, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca</a></span></u> or 519-634-8519 x 9351</div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Stewart Cressman, Councillor Ward 1, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:stewart.cressman@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">stewart.cressman@wilmot.ca</a></span></u><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;"> or 519-807-1496<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></font></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">Kris Wilkinson, Councillor Ward 2, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:kris.wilkinson@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">kris.wilkinson@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div></font></b> or 519-807-4173</div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;">Harvir Sidhu, Councillor Ward 3, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:harvir.sidhu@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">harvir.sidhu@wilmot.ca</a></span></u><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;"> or 519-807-2521</div></font></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">Lillianne Dunstall, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:lillianne.dunstall@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">lillianne.dunstall@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div></font></b><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;"> or 519-807-4975</div></font></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0in;"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">Steven Martin, Councillor Ward 4, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:steven.martin@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">steven.martin@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div></font></b> <b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; margin: 0in; display: inline !important;">or 519-807-5214</div></font></b></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div></font></b></div></div></div></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;">Region of Waterloo Council</font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin: 0in;">Karen Redman, Regional Chair, <a href="mailto:kredman@regionofwaterloo.ca">kredman@regionofwaterloo.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:berryv@kitchener.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">berryv@kitchener.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Dorothy McCabe, Mayor, City of Waterloo, <a href="mailto:dorothy.mccabe@waterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">dorothy.mccabe@waterloo.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Jan Liggett, Cambridge Mayor, Cambridge, <a href="mailto:liggettj@cambridge.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">liggettj@cambridge.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Sue Foxton, Mayor, North Dumfries, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:sfoxton@northdumfries.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">sfoxton@northdumfries.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Natasha Salonen, Mayor, Wilmot, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">natasha.salonen@wilmot.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Joe Nowak, Mayor, Wellesley, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:jnowak@wellesley.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">jnowak@wellesley.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Sandy Shantz, Mayor, Woolwich, <a href="mailto:sshantz@woolwich.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">sshantz@woolwich.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Doug Craig, Regional Councillor, Cambridge, <u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:dougcraig@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">dougcraig@regionofwaterloo.ca</a></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Pam Wolf, Regional Councillor, Cambridge, <a href="mailto:pwolf@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">pwolf@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Colleen James, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:CJames@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">CJames@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Michael Harris, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:MHarris@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">MHarris@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Kari Williams, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:KariWilliams@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">KariWilliams@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Rob Deutschmann, Regional Councillor, Kitchener, <a href="mailto:RDeutschmann@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">RDeutschmann@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Jim Erb, Regional Councillor, Waterloo, <a href="mailto:JErb@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">JErb@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;">Chantal Huinink, Regional Councillor, Waterloo, <a href="mailto:CHuinink@regionofwaterloo.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">CHuinink@regionofwaterloo.ca</a></div></div></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 14px;">County of Brant Contact list:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Mayor David Bailey <a href="mailto:david.bailey@brant.ca" target="_blank">david.bailey@brant.ca</a> 226-387-2490</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 1 Jennifer Kyle <a href="mailto:jennifer.kyle@brant.ca" target="_blank">jennifer.kyle@brant.ca</a> 519-242-0898</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 1 John MacAlpine <a href="mailto:john.macalpine@brant.ca">john.macalpine@brant.ca</a> 519-757-9359</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;"><table cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; width: auto; padding: 2px 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12px;">Councillor Ward 2 Steve Howes <a href="mailto:steve.howes@brant.ca">steve.howes@brant.ca</a> 519-442-4955<br>Councillor Ward 2 Lukas Oakley <a href="mailto:lukas.oakley@brant.ca">lukas.oakley@brant.ca</a> 226-216-3037<br>Councillor Ward 3 John Bell <a href="mailto:john.bell@brant.ca">john.bell@brant.ca</a> 519-209-2277<br>Councillor Ward 3 John Peirce <a href="mailto:john.peirce@brant.ca">john.peirce@brant.ca</a> 519-442-7134<br>Councillor Ward 4 Robert Chambers <a href="mailto:robert.chambers@brant.ca">robert.chambers@brant.ca</a> 519-449-2633<br>Councillor Ward 4 David Miller <a href="mailto:jedamiller@sympatico.ca">jedamiller@sympatico.ca</a> 519-449-1240<br>Councillor Ward 5 Brian Coleman <a href="mailto:brianatbridgeview@gmail.com">brianatbridgeview@gmail.com</a> 519-753-2798<br>Councillor Ward 5 Christine Garneau <a href="mailto:christinegarneau@brant.ca">christinegarneau@brant.ca</a> 226-802-1217</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><font class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><b style="font-size: 14px;">Province of Ontario</b></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Premier Doug Ford - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:doug.fordco@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">doug.fordco@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">416-325-1941 - available 24/7 - all calls confidential</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Or cal or text Doug Ford’s Personal Cell Phone - </span>647-612-3673</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Paul Calandra - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:steve.clark@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paul.calandra@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">416-585-7000</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Andrea Khanjin - Minster of Environment, Conservation and Parks - <a href="mailto:andrea.khanjin@pc.ola.org">andrea.khanjin@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">705-722-0575</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span dir="ltr">Vic Fedeli - Minister of Economic Development- <a href="mailto:vic.fedeli@pc.ola.org">vic.fedeli@pc.ola.org</a> or 416-326-8475</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span dir="ltr">Rob Flack - Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness - <a href="mailto:rob.flack@pc.ola.org">rob.flack@pc.ola.org</a> or 416-326-3074</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Michael Parsa - Associate Minister of Housing - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:michael.parsaco@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">michael.parsaco@pc.ola.org</a></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Conservative MPPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Mike Harris Jr - Minister of Red Tape Reduction, MPP Kitchener-Conestoga - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:mike.harris@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mike.harris@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-669-2090</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Brian Riddell - MPP Cambridge - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:brian.riddell@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">brian.riddell@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-650-2770</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Jess Dixon - MPP Kitchener South - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:jess.dixon@pc.ola.org" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jess.dixon@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-650-9413</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Will Bouma - MPP Brantford-Brant - <a href="mailto:will.bouma@pc.ola.org">will.bouma@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 759-0361</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Ted Arnott - MPP Wellington-Halton Hills - <a href="mailto:ted.arnott@pc.ola.org">ted.arnott@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 787-5247</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Ernie Hardeman - MPP Oxford - <a href="mailto:ernie.hardeman@pc.ola.org">ernie.hardeman@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 537-5222</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Matthew Rae - MPP Perth-Wellington - <a href="mailto:matthew.rae@pc.ola.org">matthew.rae@pc.ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 272-0660</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br clear="none" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local NDP MPPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Catherine Fife - MPP Waterloo - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:cfife-qp@ndp.on.ca" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cfife-qp@ndp.on.ca</a> or <span dir="ltr">519-725-3477</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Green Party MPPs:</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mike Schreiner - MPP Guelph - <a href="mailto:mschreiner@ola.org" style="text-decoration: none;">mschreiner@ola.or</a>g or <span dir="ltr">(519) 836-4190</span></div><div>Aislinn Clancy - MPP Kitchener Centre - <a href="mailto:aclancy-co@ola.org">aclancy-co@ola.org</a> or 519-579-5460</div><div><br></div><div>Independent MPPs:</div><div>Bobbi Ann Brady - MPP Haldimand-Norfolk - <a href="mailto:babrady-co@ola.org">babrady-co@ola.org</a> or <span dir="ltr">(519) 428-0446</span></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; white-space: nowrap;">Federal Members of Parliament</span></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Liberal MPs:</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Bryan May - MP Cambridge - <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:bryan.may@parl.gc.ca">bryan.may@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 624-7440</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Tim Louis - MP Kitchener-Conestoga - </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:tim.louis@parl.gc.ca">tim.louis@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 578-3777</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Valerie Bradford - MP Kitchener-South Hespeler - </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:valerie.bradford@parl.gc.ca">valerie.bradford@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 571-5509</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Bardish Chagger - MP Waterloo - <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:bardish.chagger@parl.gc.ca">bardish.chagger@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 746-1573</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Lloyd Longfield - MP Guelph - </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="mailto:lloyd.longfield@parl.gc.ca">lloyd.longfield@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 837-8276</span></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Conservative MPs:</div><div>Michael Chong - MP Wellington-Halton Hills - <a href="mailto:michael.chong@parl.gc.ca">michael.chong@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 843-7344</div><div>Larry Brock - MP Brantford-Brant - <a href="mailto:larry.brock@parl.gc.ca">larry.brock@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 754-4300</div></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">John Nater - MP Perth-Wellington - <a href="mailto:john.nater@parl.gc.ca">john.nater@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 273-1400</div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000"><br></div><div class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000">Local Green Party MPs:</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mike Morrice - MP Kitchener - <a href="mailto:mike.morrice@parl.gc.ca">mike.morrice@parl.gc.ca</a> or (519) 741-2001</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>-----------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Kevin Thomason</div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><a href="http://www.gren.ca/">www.gren.ca</a><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div>Phone: <span dir="ltr">(519) 888-0519</span></div></div></div></div></div></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: <span dir="ltr">(519) 240-1648</span><br>Twitter: @kthomason<br>E-mail: <a 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