[GREN-Exec] Provincial Consultation to Grow the Greenbelt
Susan Koswan
susankoswan at execulink.com
Fri Mar 26 13:09:14 EDT 2021
Yup. Do it.
Susan K
On 3/26/2021 12:24 PM, John Jackson wrote:
> I agree with going ahead with the workshop
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> John
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> John Jackson
> 17 Major Street
> Kitchener N2H 4R1
> 519-744-7503
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>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 12:09 PM, Susan Bryant <shbryant at uwaterloo.ca
>> <mailto:shbryant at uwaterloo.ca>> wrote:
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>> That sounds good to me too. It's valuable that you and Kevin know and
>> respect the folks involved.
>>
>> I'm curious about why the GRCA was so neutral in their response to
>> the Greenbelt expansion issue. Is it because it's too precarious for
>> them to have political involvement (though of course they do), given
>> their various funding sources?
>>
>> Susan B
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>> *From:*Executive <executive-bounces at gren.ca
>> <mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca>> on behalf of Greg Michalenko
>> <gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca <mailto:gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca>>
>> *Sent:*Friday, March 26, 2021 11:27 AM
>> *To:*Kevin Thomason; GREN Executive
>> *Subject:*Re: [GREN-Exec] Provincial Consultation to Grow the Greenbelt
>> I'm in favour of joining in. I don't think we'll be taxed much of a
>> role. When I was working on the conservation authority issue I got
>> to know McCammmon of Headwaters. The Lake Simcoe area conservation
>> authority is in the headwaters area; I was emphasizing that the GRCA
>> had won the international Theiss Riverprize for river basin
>> management in 2001, and the Lake Simcoe authority won it in 2010. So
>> Headwaters was taking the lead on organizing a joint, wide-spread
>> defence of the authorities versus the Ford Thugocracy's plans to
>> knee-cap them. I really liked the way he handled the zoom meetings.
>>
>> We're a small bunch, but we could also contact some other area groups
>> like the Council of Canadians, the Nith Valley Group, rare, Waterloo
>> Region Nature's new conservation action committee to inform their
>> membership. The environmental activists of Brantford are already
>> hooked up with the Guelph coalition and I presume the individuals
>> from Paris are as well.
>>
>> I think the emphasis should be on the larger issue of
>> overall Greenbelt expansion, not just the Guelph-Paris moraine. We
>> won't know the Region of Waterloo's official response re the moraine
>> greenbelt expansion for another week or so; amajr issue is whether
>> greenbelt expansion into Waterloo Region would compromise our already
>> superior environmental safeguards.
>>
>> - Greg
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>> *From:*Executive <executive-bounces at gren.ca
>> <mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca>> on behalf of Kevin Thomason
>> <kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com>>
>> *Sent:*Thursday, March 25, 2021 9:41:15 PM
>> *To:*GREN Executive
>> *Subject:*Re: [GREN-Exec] Provincial Consultation to Grow the Greenbelt
>> Hi GREN Executive,
>>
>> We have been approached by Andrew MacCammon at the Ontario Headwaters
>> Institute to see if we want to partner with them to present a webinar
>> about the proposed provincial Greenbelt expansion for our membership
>> here in Waterloo.
>>
>> It is an interesting offer that we might want to consider. They are
>> working with about dozen groups across Ontario to run these webinars
>> in each area. They would do most of the work, provide the sign-up,
>> Zoom account, follow-up, etc. All we would have to do is to promote
>> it to our GREN members. There is an opportunity for us to team up
>> with Ella Haley in Brantford and have their membership join as well
>> in case our numbers are low. We could also reach out to other local
>> environmental groups to have them join as we see fit.
>>
>> I have attached information below outlining what they are proposing.
>> The webinar’s would be presented by Susan Lloyd Swail a professional
>> planner and former co-ordinator of the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance who
>> I have huge respect for. We would have the opportunity to learn from
>> the earlier OHI webinars to see what might work best here.
>>
>> We need to respond either yes or no by early next week since time is
>> of the essence. Please share any thoughts or ideas. In my opinion I
>> think it might be good for us to participate since it would require
>> little effort from us and could help to engage folks in our area who
>> otherwise are likely going to miss out on much of the Greenbelt
>> expansion discussion.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kevin.
>>
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> *From:*Ontario Headwaters Institute <andrew at ontarioheadwaters.ca
>>> <mailto:andrew at ontarioheadwaters.ca>>
>>> *Subject:**Provincial Consultation to Grow the Greenbelt*
>>> *Date:*March 22, 2021 at 11:55:33 AM EDT
>>> *To:*kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com>, John
>>> Jackson <jjackson at web.ca <mailto:jjackson at web.ca>>
>>> *Reply-To:*andrew at ontarioheadwaters.ca
>>> <mailto:andrew at ontarioheadwaters.ca>
>>>
>>> DearKevin and John,
>>> Aswe’ve discussed,the OHI has received a grant from the Greenbelt
>>> Foundation to help facilitate public engagement on the Grow the
>>> Greenbelt consultation.
>>> *We have lots to share, below, and write at this time to invite your
>>> organization to be involved in one of 12 webinars that we will stage
>>> from March 30 to April 18, as per the dates below.*
>>> The project is called*Growing the Greenbelt 2012: Regional
>>> Resilience*, and it will be delivered through our WaterScape
>>> program, which requires partnerships with others. Key issues about
>>> the webinars include:
>>>
>>> * We anticipate about 6 or more webinars to be delivered on a
>>> geographic basis with regional partners;
>>> * There will also be about 6 or fewer webinars to be
>>> deliveredthrough provincial coalitions such as the Ontario
>>> Environment Network, the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance, and Yours
>>> to Protect;
>>> * All 12 webinar dates will be posted to a web page under
>>> development and, to accommodate individual schedules, anyone
>>> will be able to register for any of the 12 webinars;
>>> * The webinars will take people through the key issues in the
>>> consultation and invite them to sign on to a submission that
>>> will forward their support both to the Environmental Registry
>>> and to their MPP;
>>> * People will also be able to borrow any parts of the submission
>>> they would like if they want to send in their own comments;
>>> * We will handle registration through Eventbrite and will handle
>>> the Zoom details; and,
>>> * We seek your support for any webinar in which you are a part
>>> through e-mails to your members as well as via social media.
>>>
>>> Other items you might wish to know include:
>>>
>>> * We are working madly on graphics, a new webpage, all the digital
>>> media and webinar registration issues and will have everything
>>> ready to go on March 28; and,
>>> * While we will have the submission ready for the first webinar on
>>> March 30, there will be a few appendices that will not be added
>>> until we send in the final sub. Those will include maps from
>>> sister organizations, particularly those with whom we are
>>> staging webinars, on other areas we suggest be added to the
>>> Greenbelt.
>>>
>>> Please contact me at your convenience with any questions. I will
>>> also be reaching out to you asap.
>>> Yours,
>>> */Andrew/*
>>> *//*
>>> *Prospective dates for the webinars*
>>> **
>>> March 30, 31, and April 1
>>> April 6, 7, 8, and 11
>>> April 13, 14, 15 and 18
>>
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>> 6:50 – sign in and be admitted from waiting room.
>> Allow stragglers and start no later than 7:05
>> 7:05 – 7:10 Welcome from partner organization – GREN
>> 7:10 – 7:20 Introduction, Purpose of the webinar, and the agenda -
>> Andrew
>> 7::20 – 7:45 Main Presentation: About the Consultation and main
>> issues – Susan Swale
>> 7:45 – 7:55 Regional Resilience
>> submission: how to borrow from it, endorse it - Andrew
>> Either
>> 7:55 – 8:15 Q&A and thank yous
>> Or
>> 7:55 – 8:10 Second presentation –
>> EG: GREN on their local issues
>> 8:10 – 8:30 Q&A and thank yous
>>
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>>
>> Kevin Thomason
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>> 1115 Cedar Grove Road
>> Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4
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