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<p>Sorry, I was out hiking this morning, and then ran a few errands,
so missed the meeting and your call Greg. <br>
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<p>I haven't stayed on top of all the issues here, so don't feel I
can contribute much. The only items that have entered my brain pan
are that Regional staff think Ford's plan will weaken Regional
protection, and Schreiner thinks it's greenwashing his Bill from 2
years ago to distract from the big highway build. <br>
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<p>I would appreciate any new information to fill my knowledge gap
tomorrow. <br>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Susan K<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/3/2021 7:49 PM, Greg Michalenko
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<p>Dear Grenexecs:</p>
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<p>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. </p>
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<p>My own concern is to understand which configuration (or
combination) could provide optimal protection for nature and
the environment in Waterloo Region:</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"></span> The Ford Government's
proposal to extend the greenbelt to include the
Guelph-Paris moraine, which lies mostly within Waterloo
Region.</li>
<li>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>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>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>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>
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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.
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<div>***Kevin: Please send me the zoom link in a fresh email,
unconnected to this string, which seems to have devoured it.<br>
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<div>- Greg<br>
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color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mr. Kevin R. Thomason
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Greg Michalenko<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Draft Agenda and Zoom Link:
Become a Founding Member of the Paris-Galt Moraine
Greenbelt Coalition!</font>
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<div>FYI. Greg, good to talk with you today. Here’s the
call information for tomorrow at noon.
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<div class="">Cheers,</div>
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<span class="" style=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span
class="" style="">Mike Marcolongo <<a
href="mailto:lizandmichele@yahoo.ca"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">lizandmichele@yahoo.ca</a>><br
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<span class="" style=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span
class="" style=""><b class="">Draft Agenda and
Zoom Link: Become a Founding Member of the
Paris-Galt Moraine Greenbelt Coalition!</b><br
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<span class="" style=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span
class="" style="">March 2, 2021 at 5:50:08 PM
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<span class="" style=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span
class="" style="">Mike Marcolongo <<a
href="mailto:lizandmichele@yahoo.ca"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">lizandmichele@yahoo.ca</a>><br
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Everyone:</div>
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<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="">
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<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>
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</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>
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<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>
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<div class=""><span class=""
style="font-family:Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Join
Zoom Meeting</span><br class=""
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Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
<a href="https://zoom.us/j/3837605447"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Looking forward to
connecting with you on Thursday at noon! </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Mike </div>
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2021, 04:08:55 p.m. EST, Mike Marcolongo
<<a
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Hi
Everyone:</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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"
moz-do-not-send="true">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=""
moz-do-not-send="true">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 - <b class="">I'm
inviting you to participate in
a Zoom call next Thursday,
March 4th from noon to 1:30</b>
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>
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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>
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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>
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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
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</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>
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