<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 dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><div><table class="row row-16" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="font-variant-caps: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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max-width: none; margin: 0px auto; width: 690px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Merriweather Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><header class="asset-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: min(960px, 100%); max-width: none; margin: 0px auto;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><h1 itemprop="headline" class="headline" style="margin: 20px 0px 10px; line-height: 48px; font-size: 44px; font-family: var(--font-daily-serif); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; word-spacing: -0.5px; letter-spacing: -0.25px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span id="opinionHeadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(156, 102, 0); cursor: pointer;">Opinion | </span>Ontario must reduce its dependence on U.S. energy imports</span></h1></div><div class="asset-summary" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.47;">It is time for Premier Ford to invest in made-in-Canada renewable energy to reduce our dependence on American energy imports and create jobs, Jack Gibbons writes.</p></div><div class="meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 16px;"><div class="metaPrimary metaInstance1" data-lpos="asset|header" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="metaContainer" data-pubinfo="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.4px; display: flex; column-gap: 10px; align-items: center;"><div class="dates" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><time datetime="2025-04-14T06:00:00-04:00" class="tnt-date asset-date text-muted" style="box-sizing: border-box;">April 14, 2025</time></div></div><div class="timeToRead hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; display: flex;"><div class="time-to-read-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 1763px; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; width: 690px;"></div></div><figcaption class="captionNew" id="mainCaption_b645e751-2794-57ba-8aaa-05a45b48d89a" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; height: auto; overflow: hidden; max-width: 690px; width: 690px; padding-top: 16px; font-family: var(--font-daily-sans); transition: height 0.5s; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: 0em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 16px; cursor: initial;"><span class="caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: 95%;">We should work with Manitoba, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia to expand our east-west electricity grid to increase our ability to use made-in-Canada water, wind and solar power to keep our lights on instead of exporting it to the U.S., Jack Gibbons writes.</div></span><span class="credit" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="tnt-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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display: flex; row-gap: 16px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: nowrap; margin-bottom: 24px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="authorList list" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span class="tnt-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="leadin" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By </span>Jack Gibbons</span><div id="authorBios" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div 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;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jack Gibbons is chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance and a former Toronto Hydro commissioner.</em></div></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 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;">At a moment when reducing our dependence on American energy imports has never been more important, the Doug Ford government is making our dependence even worse.</p></div><div class="subscriber-preview" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p 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;">Over the last eight years, Ontario has significantly increased the use of American gas to generate electricity, and the Ford government plans to burn even more in the years to come.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p 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;">Today, more than 70 per cent of the fossil gas consumed in Ontario comes from the U.S. <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" target="_blank" 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;">And Enbridge announced that gas prices will soon surge.</a> If ever there was a huge potential win-win, it is by reducing our demand for this polluting fossil fuel (most of which is extra-polluting fracked gas), and creating jobs in Ontario by investing in low-cost, zero-carbon energy solutions.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p 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;">Unfortunately, the Ford government is still planning to build new gas plants and ramp up our use of polluting gas power by more than 500 per cent by 2030.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p 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;">To make matters even worse, the Ontario premier is also planning to build four new nuclear reactors at Darlington, east of Oshawa. These will require us to import enriched uranium from the U.S., a supply that President Donald Trump could cut off with a stroke of a pen.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p 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 is time for Premier Ford to rip up the GE-Hitachi nuclear deal and invest in made-in-Canada renewable energy to reduce our dependence on American energy imports and create jobs.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p 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;">Here is how Premier Ford can protect Ontario and Canada:</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); margin-bottom: 16px;">Instead of building new gas plants, let’s triple our made-in-Ontario solar and wind power combined with batteries and other storage options. This will reduce costs, air pollution in our communities and climate damage. No new gas plants should be built anywhere in Ontario.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); margin-bottom: 16px;">Let’s harness the powerful, steady winds that blow across our Great Lakes by leading the way on building offshore wind capacity. Offshore wind could supply all the electricity we need from a tiny footprint in our Great Lakes. It’s time to rescind the completely political moratorium on Great Lakes offshore wind power.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); margin-bottom: 16px;">Let’s work with Manitoba, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia to expand our east-west electricity grid to increase our ability to use made-in-Canada water, wind (onshore and offshore) and solar power to keep our lights on instead of exporting it to the U.S. Upgrading our interprovincial transmission links will also enhance our ability to use Manitoba’s and Quebec’s hydroelectric reservoirs to act like giant batteries for our variable wind and solar power. It just makes sense to work with our renewable energy-rich neighbours to remove interprovincial trade barriers and lower our energy costs instead of remaining reliant on dirty U.S. gas.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); margin-bottom: 16px;">Let’s help Ontario residents get off gas by supporting the installation of heat pumps. Right now, the province’s incentives for installing air-source heat pumps in gas-heated homes (up to $2,000) are much lower than for homes reliant on electric heat (up to $7,500). Let’s give everyone the same opportunity to benefit from this great gas-free technology by levelling incentives for air-source heat pumps in gas-heated homes to $7,500. In addition, Premier Ford should direct our electric utilities (e.g., Alectra, Hydro One) to provide no money down, zero-interest, on-bill financing for the purchase of heat pumps.</li></ul></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p 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;">We simply can’t lose by reducing our dependence on American fossil gas and nuclear technology. In doing so, we can protect Canada’s sovereignty, create jobs, reduce our energy bills, improve air quality and help to safeguard our climate.</p></div><div id="tncms-region-article_bottom_content" class="tncms-region hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; position: relative;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; font-family: var(--font-daily-sans);">Opinion articles are based on the author’s interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events. <a href="https://www.thestar.com/site/static-pages/glossary.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 110, 210); text-decoration: none;">More details</a></div></div></div><div id="asset-below" class="asset-below clearfix" data-lpos="asset|footer" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 690px; padding: 0px; max-width: none; margin: 0px auto;"><div class="tsBelowArticle" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="articleFeedbackCTA trustBar row" data-lpos="asset|trust-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0.8rem 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: none; border-width: 1px 0px; display: flex; column-gap: 10px;"></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><br></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><br></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><br></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><br></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><br></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">For Immediate Release: April 15, 2025</div><h1 class="post-title" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 46px; font-size: 40px; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); padding: 0px 0px 15px; box-sizing: border-box;">Throne Speech Attempts Re-Brand of Failed Housing, Environmental and Energy Policies </h1><div class="post-content" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 900px;"><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;"><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment program manager</em></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;">Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Today’s throne speech was another astounding example of the Ontario government attempting to re-package the same set of counter-productive, environmentally destructive policy concessions to well-connected “friends” as a response to the crisis of the day.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;">First we were told they were a response to the COVID pandemic. Then they were presented as a response to the housing shortage: the result is that housing starts are in free-fall, worse than anywhere else in Canada. Now, we’re being told that further weakening flood protections, conservation laws and endangered species safeguards—while subsidizing sprawl, blocking density and spending vast sums of public money on highway projects—will somehow protect us against U.S. aggression.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;">The truth is, U.S. economic force and the need for Canada’s urgent decoupling weaken the already shaky case for more sprawl, new fossil gas plants and weaker environmental, health and safety protections.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;">Ontario’s radically different—and uncertain—circumstances strengthen the case for a public policy U-turn. Ontario needs law reforms that shift construction and municipal plans away from sprawl to mid-rise, infill family-sized homes that will be reliably viable to build in tough, uncertain times.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;">Ontario must focus on made-in-Ontario renewable electricity, instead of relying on U.S. fracked gas and fossil gas plants or costly, slow-to-build nuclear power plants. The commitment to champion pipelines in all directions is laughable, and will do nothing to protect Ontario from U.S. aggression.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;">Ontario needs rules that prioritize our food security by protecting what remains of Canada’s best farmland, rather than it for sprawl subdivisions and Amazon warehouses. Ontario must invest in improvements to public transit service and infrastructure that deliver quick results and lower costs for families, rather than expensive, slow-moving highway schemes.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Lato;">ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE (environmentaldefence.ca): Environmental Defence is a leading Canadian advocacy organization that works with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities.</p><div><br></div></div></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">-----------------------------------<br></b><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: 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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 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 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;">Councillor Ward 2 Steve Howes <a href="mailto:steve.howes@brant.ca">steve.howes@brant.ca</a> 519-442-4955</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 2 Lukas Oakley <a href="mailto:lukas.oakley@brant.ca">lukas.oakley@brant.ca</a> 226-216-3037</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 3 John Bell <a href="mailto:john.bell@brant.ca">john.bell@brant.ca</a> 519-209-2277</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 3 John Peirce <a href="mailto:john.peirce@brant.ca">john.peirce@brant.ca</a> 519-442-7134</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 4 Robert Chambers <a href="mailto:robert.chambers@brant.ca">robert.chambers@brant.ca</a> 519-449-2633</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 4 David Miller <a href="mailto:jedamiller@sympatico.ca">jedamiller@sympatico.ca</a> 519-449-1240</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 5 Brian Coleman <a href="mailto:brianatbridgeview@gmail.com">brianatbridgeview@gmail.com</a> 519-753-2798</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;">Councillor Ward 5 Christine Garneau <a href="mailto:christinegarneau@brant.ca">christinegarneau@brant.ca</a> 226-802-1217</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-weight: 400;"><br></div></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 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href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com">kevinthomason@mac.com</a></div></div></div></div><div><br></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></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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br 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