<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Sounds like a great plan Greg. The call information is as follows:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydpde5f649ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class=""><span class="">Here is the Zoom link for the call: </span></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="">Join Zoom Meeting</span><br class=""><a href="https://zoom.us/j/3837605447" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(51, 143, 233); text-decoration-line: underline;">https://zoom.us/j/3837605447</a></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 3, 2021, at 7:49 PM, Greg Michalenko <<a href="mailto:gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca" class="">gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Dear Grenexecs:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I'll attend this zoom discussion tomorrow as an observer. The issue for us in Waterloo Region regarding the proposal from the Government of Ontario is complicated. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">My own concern is to understand which configuration (or combination) could provide optimal protection for nature and the environment in Waterloo Region:</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span> The Ford Government's proposal to extend the greenbelt to include the Guelph-Paris moraine, which lies mostly within Waterloo Region.</li><li class="">Guelph Riding Green MPP Mike Schreiner's private member's bill from 2 years ago to protect the Guelph moraine. It has passed second reading (the formal initial stage) but is now stalled before the vastly more meaningful third and final vote.Schreiner has labelled the Ford proposal "greenwashing".</li><li class="">Existing safeguards afforded through the package of protections afforded by the Region of Waterloo. Region officials have expressed concerns that greenbelt protections would actually be weaker than the Region's.</li><li class="">The Green Belt support group's new provincial campaign for considerably more extensive greenbelt expansion. Kevin has played a leading role in this group over quite a few years.</li><li class="">The expansion proposal that would come from the ad-hoc group, the Paris-Guelph Moraine Greenbelt Coalition, that is staging the zoom meeting on Thursday. Please see the agenda and backgrounder supplied below by this group. </li></ol><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div class=""><br class=""></div>Please let me know what your concerns are, what questions you would like me to ask, or wha tinformation you feel we need, at the Thursday meeting. I'll endeavour to get such information. Then I will report back to our GREN Exec zoom meeting on Friday. I will not make a commitment or take a stand on behalf of GREN on Thursday.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">***Kevin: Please send me the zoom link in a fresh email, unconnected to this string, which seems to have devoured it.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Greg<br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 853.578125px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mr. Kevin R. Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevthomason@gmail.com" class="">kevthomason@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:33 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Greg Michalenko<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fwd: Draft Agenda and Zoom Link: Become a Founding Member of the Paris-Galt Moraine Greenbelt Coalition!</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="">FYI. Greg, good to talk with you today. Here’s the call information for tomorrow at noon.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-------------------------------<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="">Mike Marcolongo <<a href="mailto:lizandmichele@yahoo.ca" class="">lizandmichele@yahoo.ca</a>><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class=""><b class="">Draft Agenda and Zoom Link: Become a Founding Member of the Paris-Galt Moraine Greenbelt Coalition!</b><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="">March 2, 2021 at 5:50:08 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="">Mike Marcolongo <<a href="mailto:lizandmichele@yahoo.ca" class="">lizandmichele@yahoo.ca</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydpde5f649ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Everyone:</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">I've heard back from many of you and its super exciting to think about the possibilities for a coordinated campaign to influence the government consultation as well as putting pressure on this government to pass legislation for expanding the Greenbelt. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">For Thurday's Zoom call from noon to 1:30, I'd like to propose the following agenda (please send any additions before the call):</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">1. Introductions</div><div dir="ltr" class="">2. Assessment of Government Proposal/Announcement</div><div dir="ltr" class="">3. Our Vision for Greenbelt Expansion; Our Vision for an Alliance or Coalition</div><div dir="ltr" class="">4. Proposed Approach to Respond to Government Consultation </div><div dir="ltr" class="">5. Project Proposal to Support Alliance or Coalition</div><div dir="ltr" class="">6. Other Items or Concerns? </div><div dir="ltr" class="">7. Next Steps</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Here is the Zoom link for the call: </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Join Zoom Meeting</span><br class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/3837605447" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(51, 143, 233); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">https://zoom.us/j/3837605447</a><br class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></div><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Looking forward to connecting with you on Thursday at noon! </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Mike </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div id="ydp9598ef9dyahoo_quoted_5403413331" class="ydp9598ef9dyahoo_quoted"><div class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><div class="">On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 04:08:55 p.m. EST, Mike Marcolongo <<a href="mailto:lizandmichele@yahoo.ca" class="">lizandmichele@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div id="ydp9598ef9dyiv6721645881" class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp9598ef9dyiv6721645881yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Everyone:</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Its Mike Marcolongo with Protect our Moraine in Guelph. Most of you know me as someone who has been challenging the City of Guelph's plans for the largest expansion on the Paris-Galt Moraine in the South end of Guelph. I've met most of you but not all 30+ people (blind carbon-copied) included in this email. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">The truth of the matter is that we have something important in common: we either live on or in near proximity of the ecological jewel also know as the Paris-Galt Moraine. Most of us have also led and continue to fight innapropriate development in our respective communities.</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">I'm sure you're aware of the provincial government's recent annoucement proposing the expansion of the Greenbelt to include the Paris-Galt Moraine as well as various river valleys: <span class=""><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/ontario-greenbelt-expansion-1.5916889" class="ydp9598ef9dyiv6721645881" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ontario plans to expand Greenbelt to include Paris Galt Moraine and GTA river lands | CBC News</a>. As part of that announcement, the province has started at 60-day consultation on the proposal through the Environmental Registry of Ontario: <span class=""><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-3136" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">Consultation on growing the size of the Greenbelt | Environmental Registry of Ontario</a></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">While its clear that this announcement is meant to distract Ontarians from recent harmful measures by this government (e.g. MZO for Duffin's Creek in Pickering and the fast-tracking of Highway 413's Environmental Asessment process) - if this proposal passes it could represent a significant gain for protecting the water recharge and natural areas for our communities. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">By way of this email -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">I'm inviting you to participate in a Zoom call next Thursday, March 4th from noon to 1:30</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to discuss ways to develop a loose coalition or federation of organizations to push for the greenbelt expansion. If you're not able to participate, the Zoom session will be recorded for your benefit. Mike Balkwill with Wellington Water Watchers has kindly agreed to facilitate the strategic planning aspect of the call. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">For the immediate term, this group would meet to strategize on the ask, share information, develop and implement tactics - and build momentum for fhe 60-day consultation period. The idea here is to avoid "re-inventing the wheel" by sharing resources and supporting each other. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">In the longer term - this group would work together to push this government to deliver on its promise by actually passing legislation to expand the greenbelt. Further, we would use this group to build additional allies and infrastructure (such as a centralized repository maps, signage etc.) that will be support the expansion of the Greenbelt on the Paris-Galt Moraine. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">If you could let me know:</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">1) If you're able to participate, and </div><div dir="ltr" class="">2) If we've missed someone or an organization that should be approached to participate in this coalition. On this email, I've included:</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Leslie Adams (Halton)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Mike Balkwill (Wellington Water Watchers)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Temara Brown (North Dumfries)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Marnie Benson (Nature Guelph)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Cheryl Connors (Palgrave)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Anne Ehrlich (National Farmers' Union)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Kathryn Enders (Ontario Farmland Trust)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Ella Haley (Brant)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Friends of Pittock Lake (Woodstock)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Graham Flint (Flamborough)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Coalition Caledon</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Nicola Ross (Caledon)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Lisa Koehler (Halton)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">David Laing (Brampton)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Judy Mabee (Belfountain) </div><div dir="ltr" class="">Mike Nagy (Centre Wellington)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Susan Robertson (Georgetown)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Susan@Credit Valley</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Arlene Slocombe and Dani Lindamood (Wellington Water Watchers)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Deb Swidrovich (Waterloo)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Kevin Thomason (Waterloo)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Tom Woodcock (RARE - Waterloo)</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Glen William Community Association</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Linda Sword (GET Concerned - Rockwood)<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">If you're unable to become involved and would prefer not to get emails - do let me know as well. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Thanks so much and I look forward to connecting with you! </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Mike </div><div dir="ltr" class="">226-820-0063</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Executive mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:Executive@gren.ca" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Executive@gren.ca</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>