00:16:54 Marlee Robinson: My property comes under Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority 00:18:33 Peter Appleton: Replying to "My property comes un..." Thank you for sharing and attending, we are very interested in hearing your thoughts 00:19:21 Kale Black (He/Him): Joining tonight with a few of my colleagues from BurlingtonGreen. We appreciate you hosting this, thanks! 00:19:27 Peter Appleton: Replying to "I'm hoping to learn ..." Wow that is brutal to hear, please tell us what time the event is 00:19:44 Hamilton 350: Reacted to "Joining tonight with..." with 👍 00:19:48 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Hello everyone! I tr..." We love this and would love to hear their questions 00:21:04 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Joining tonight with..." Yay please join us Feb 1 at our rally [Full message cannot be displayed on this version] 00:21:26 Lucia Iannantuono: Reacted to "Yay please join us F..." with 💚 00:22:11 Mary Paolini: Replying to "I'm hoping to lear..." sorry my bad, the event is at 12 noon-1 pm Friday 00:22:20 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "sorry my bad, the ev..." with 👍 00:25:06 Adelaide: Reacted to Hello everyone! I tr... with "👍" 00:26:22 Erin Kobayashi: Please sign and share Ontario Nature’s petition to Re-Empower Conservation Authorities: https://ontarionature.good.do/conservation-authorities/petition/ 00:26:42 Lucia Iannantuono: Reacted to "Please sign and shar..." with 👍 00:27:13 Twyla D: Reacted to "Please sign and sh..." with 👍 00:27:54 Annette Gibbons: Reacted to "Please sign and shar..." with 👍 00:29:37 Marlee Robinson: Who is the relevant Minister? 00:29:44 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Please sign and shar..." Excellent link 00:30:20 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Who is the relevant ..." Todd McCarthy 00:34:30 Marlee Robinson: Replying to "Who is the relevant ..." Thanks 00:35:11 Don McLean: How does this possibly achieve the Minister's stated objective of "shovels in the ground"? What happens to existing conservation lands? 00:35:46 Mary Paolini: Reacted to "Please sign and sh..." with 👍 00:38:21 Sylvia Pivko: I wonder if the new model will be anything like what was tried in Health eg. LHINS 00:38:48 Peter Appleton: Replying to "I wonder if the new ..." Good parallel 00:39:07 Rosemary Horsewood: Who will want to donate land to a big conglomerate.? It will certainly stop more land acquisitions. Maybe that is the idea so developers will buy the land !! 00:40:05 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Who will want to don..." That is exactly the point, to deter it and hope developers can buy instead 00:40:29 Twyla D: Reacted to "That is exactly th..." with 😢 00:41:12 Rosemary Horsewood: Dundas Turtle Watch works very closely with HCA , if we have to go to higher management then turtle help locally will slowly erode I am sure 00:42:17 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Dundas Turtle Watch ..." That’s scary, we won’t let this happen 00:42:45 Mary Paolini: Reacted to "Dundas Turtle Watc..." with 👍 00:43:20 Mary Paolini: Replying to "Dundas Turtle Watc..." I worry the same as we try to protect our turtle populations in Wellington/Guelph. 00:43:37 Tim Katty: So does Nature at Macmaster and my role with the Burlington Green Party in which we work closely with HCA. 00:46:27 Amy Schnurr(she/her) BurlingtonGreen: Reacted to "Joining tonight with…" with 👍 00:48:53 Shelley Rempel: What can communities do to stop these changes to the conservation authorities in Ontario? 00:49:08 Christine Roberts: Is there any benefit to trying to partner with insurance companies? 00:49:34 Tim Katty: Do not dump goldfish in or pollute streams. 00:49:44 Don McLean: Hamilton CA has over 11000 acres of land. Could a regional CA under control of a new provincial board be required to sell off existing lands? 00:49:46 Robin Lennox: Keep the emails to MPPs going and phone zaps! They are noticed! 00:50:01 Hamilton 350: That's a very interesting point - the gov't is more likely to listen to corporate execs than "activists". 00:50:02 Jim Quinn: How concerned are you that the provincial government body will take the conservation authorities in a direction that favours developers over protection of our wetlands and conserved areas? 00:50:04 Jessica Brousseau: Reacted to "Keep the emails to M..." with ❤️ 00:50:07 Erin Kobayashi: Reacted to "Keep the emails to M..." with ❤️ 00:50:11 Steve Chalastra: Reacted to Is there any benefit... with "👍" 00:50:29 Kalila Scott: when it comes to the current board of directors for all the different CAs, how will this consolidation affect who is appointed? Will many members stay the same or will everyone be completly re-appointed? 00:50:35 Annette Gibbons: Reacted to "Is there any benefit..." with 👍 00:50:42 Dorothy Wilson: I would like to know how many municipalities have done resolutions opposing the amalgamations and where I can get a list of then? 00:50:44 Marlee Robinson: Is there a draft letter which I can try to get my Council to pass and send to our MPP 00:50:46 Kalila Scott: Reacted to "What can communiti..." with 👍 00:51:03 Lucia Iannantuono: What are the key areas of local expertise and local safeguarding that could be lost from HCA and other conservation authorities? e.g. we've already discussed flooding risks, how about water quality monitoring, for example? 00:51:12 David Lindeman: Did I read at some point that CAs were asked by the province to identify surplus lands? Could consolidation create the perception that land is now surplus? 00:51:38 Steve Chalastra: Replying to "How concerned are yo..." This is my biggest concern and why I joined this call. I fear this gov't will carve into conservation areas. 00:52:02 Kalila Scott: Reacted to "Dundas Turtle Watc..." with 😦 00:52:02 Steve Chalastra: Reacted to Is there a draft let... with "❤️" 00:52:07 Kalila Scott: Reacted to "That’s scary, we ..." with ❤️ 00:52:15 Jen Moulton: Reacted to "I would like to kn..." with 👍 00:52:27 Marlee Robinson: My personal interest is preseevation of Carolinian Forest 00:52:45 Sylvia Pivko: Unfortunately the success of the Greenbelt fight will likely not repeat - Ford is smarter now. Certainly we need to fight this and reach our MPP’s but with his majority he gets to do what he wants. We need to plan on how to get rid of him in the next election or have a minority government. We need to get media on board and keep on his corrupt ways. 00:53:16 Tim Katty: I have submitted a play for Fringe 2026 called “Doug Ford, We Won’t Touch the Greenbelt and got into the festival. I use my activism in entertainment industry. You can check it out this summer, more details to come. I do walks with the Bruce Trail with one with Beaver Valley May 30th. 00:53:16 Tony Morris, Ontario Nature: Replying to "I would like to know..." this is from just before the holidays there have been more since then, but it has been hard to keep track of - Peel joins growing list of municipalities opposing Doug Ford’s conservation authorities merger | The Pointer 00:53:26 Christine Roberts: Has any group created lawn signs for this issue? 00:53:36 Marlee Robinson: Reacted to I would like to know... with "👍" 00:53:40 Jen Moulton: Reacted to "I have submitted a..." with 👍 00:53:49 Kelly Pearce: Replying to "How concerned are yo..." 100%. This is why I asked my students to attend this webinar. (Their traditional assignment was to design a community that exists in balance near a wetland water system). I hope some young minds become hooked on activism. Many of them will be voting age in the next provincial election. 00:54:05 Jen Moulton: Reacted to "Unfortunately the ..." with 👍 00:54:07 Erin Kobayashi: Reacted to "100%. This is why I..." with ❤️ 00:54:10 Kalila Scott: Reacted to "How concerned are ..." with 👍 00:54:42 Tim Katty: Replying to "How concerned are yo..." Green Venture has a lot of young workers. 00:54:47 Suzanne Kelly: Is there a one page explainer already available that we could use as handouts/ scripts? 00:54:56 Dorothy Wilson: Replying to "I would like to know..." Thank you. 00:55:09 Shelley Rempel: Reacted to "100%. This is why I..." with ❤️ 00:55:21 Twyla D: Reacted to "I have submitted a..." with 👏 00:55:35 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "this is from just be..." with 👍 00:55:51 Hamilton 350: I see Robin Lennox is on the call. Perhaps she could share what the NDP is planning to do to resist this merger. 00:55:54 Kalila Scott: oh no 00:56:02 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Is there a draft let..." Yes we have them at www.saveourstreams.org front page 00:56:03 Shelley Rempel: Reacted to "I have submitted a p..." with 👍🏼 00:56:41 Jessica Brousseau: Can MPP @Robin Lennox comment on what’s happening at Queens park ? 00:56:46 Tim Katty: If that snowstorm last Feb. were to be summer, you have another 100 year flood storm, people need to wake up. 00:56:55 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "My personal interest..." with 👍 00:56:56 Kalila Scott: Reacted to "Yes we have them a..." with ❤️ 00:57:16 Robin Lennox: 💯 00:58:25 Amy Schnurr(she/her) BurlingtonGreen: Replying to "I would like to know…" We at BurlingtonGreen asked our Mayor and Councilors if they would advocate in opposition of the proposed CA amalgamation. We received response Dec 2 that Burlington Mayor Meed Ward believes conservation authority boards are best positioned to provide comments and that Conservation Halton will be discussing and providing comments. We are currently unaware of CH’s position /comments to the Province on this. 00:58:30 Marlee Robinson: Are there any MPPs who we know will work against this? 00:58:32 Tim Katty: There’s a webinar with Fridays For Future this Saturday on the Palisades Wildfires, what would the risk be for wildfires or drought? 00:59:07 Mary Paolini: Replying to "Did I read at some..." I heard the same. I don't understand how there can be excess conservation lands? 00:59:27 Sylvia Pivko: Reacted to "How concerned are yo…" with 😒 00:59:43 Jessica Brousseau: @Marlee Robinson MPP @Robin Lennox is her right now! And MPP Shaw has a petition 00:59:57 Don McLean: queston for Tony: what does this mean potentially for protection of wetlands, forests and endangered species? 01:00:36 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "I heard the same. I ..." with 👍 01:01:02 Marlee Robinson: Thanks 01:01:10 Robin Lennox: Replying to "Are there any MPPs w…" Our NDP caucus opposes this amalgamation. Peter Tabuns is our shadow minister for the environment and will be leading efforts on this. Sandy Shaw has an active petition that can be signed. Through my office, we will be organizing a panel or townhall in the coming months as we get more details. If you sign up for our newsletter we can keep you in the loop as those events and actions come up! At robinlennox.ca 01:01:14 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Has any group create..." Yes we have them at save our streams, please send us an email for one 01:01:29 Mary Paolini: GRCA is actively trying to sell off the Kortright Waterfowl Park Lands and locally, we're fighting it. 01:02:00 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "This is my biggest c..." with ❤️ 01:02:03 Gwen Harris: Reacted to "Unfortunately the su..." with 👍 01:02:12 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "Green Venture has a ..." with ❤️ 01:02:32 Dorothy Wilson: Is the motion opposing the amalgamation from Hamilton, that you shared on the screen earlier, the one that was passed in December? 01:03:39 Robin Lennox: Replying to "I see Robin Lennox i…" Our NDP caucus opposes this amalgamation. Peter Tabuns is our shadow minister for the environment and will be leading efforts on this. Sandy Shaw has an active petition that can be signed. Through my office, we will be organizing a panel or townhall in the coming months as we get more details. If you sign up for our newsletter we can keep you in the loop as those events and actions come up! I also would support ongoing email and phone zaps to Conservative MPPs, and raising public awareness though op-Ed’s/letters to the editor Happy to collaborate on other actions you have going too! 01:03:49 Twyla D: Reacted to "queston for Tony: ..." with 👍 01:03:56 Jessica Brousseau: Reacted to "I see Robin Lennox i..." with ❤️ 01:04:01 Twyla D: Reacted to "GRCA is actively t..." with 😢 01:04:11 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Is there a one page ..." www.saveourstreams.org 01:04:19 Kelly Pearce: Reacted to "Yes we have them at ..." with 👍 01:04:28 Christine Roberts: Reacted to "Yes we have them at ..." with 👍 01:04:56 Tony Morris, Ontario Nature: Replying to "Is there a one page ..." Conservation Authorities Call Action | Re-empower Conservation Authorities 01:06:16 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "We at BurlingtonGree..." with 👍 01:06:36 Erin Kobayashi: Reacted to "Conservation Authori..." with ❤️ 01:06:45 Tony Morris, Ontario Nature: Replying to "Is there a one page ..." also feel free to use Ontario Nature's submission on this proposal - Re: ERO #025-1257 – Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario’s conservation authorities - Page 1 01:06:59 Erin Kobayashi: Reacted to "also feel free to us..." with ❤️ 01:07:06 Peter Appleton: Replying to "There’s a webinar wi..." Drought hit west flamborough and groundwaters have not recharged, risk for fire was also high end of august and September october 01:08:21 Mary Paolini: Reacted to "Our NDP caucus opp..." with 👍 01:09:03 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "Our NDP caucus oppos..." with ❤️ 01:09:07 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "Are there any MPPs w..." with 👍 01:09:24 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "GRCA is actively try..." with ❤️ 01:09:43 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Is the motion opposi..." correct 01:11:39 Michelle Tom: This government has launched a firehose of attacks on our collective environment. We need to connect with neighbors who will care if their basement is flooded as folks in Dundas experienced in the last year. 01:11:53 Annette Gibbons: This current provincial government is gutting environmental protections for the benefit of his developers. Is there anyone preparing a petition to be presented at Queen's Park? 01:11:58 Twyla D: Reacted to "This government ha..." with 👍 01:11:58 Steve Chalastra: Are there any federal environmental protections that supercede provincial regulations? Can we appeal to federal representatives in Ont? Is it worth it? 01:12:17 Twyla D: Reacted to "This current provi..." with 😢 01:12:35 Michelle Tom: Focus on province, it is their responsibility. 01:12:44 Jessica Brousseau: https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/monica-ciriello 01:12:50 Mary Paolini: Reacted to "Are there any fede..." with 👏 01:13:22 Jessica Brousseau: https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/neil-lumsden 01:14:33 Lucia Iannantuono: Should we be lobbying for the creation of expanded urban national parks? Rouge is a good example of land that would not have been protected in whole even under strong local conservation authorities 01:15:00 Rose Janson: How can we find Conservative champions of conservation authorities as they are now? 01:15:48 Kate Lantagne: For those of us who live in a region where our MPP is NDP and fighting to stop the merger, would it be better to contact the Premier’s office and Todd McCarthy’s office? 01:16:32 Tim Katty: The Turtle Watch is from Dundas. 01:16:34 Lucia Iannantuono: Replying to "Should we be lobbyin..." Thinking specifically of large areas of conservation land in Dundas, for example (which many people gifted thinking it would be permanently protected in the capable hands of the HCA) 01:16:56 Rose Janson: Conservatives who have been flooded and who oppose the mergers 01:17:59 Kate Lantagne: Reacted to "Our NDP caucus oppos..." with 👍 01:19:06 Peter Appleton: Replying to "For those of us who ..." Yes by all means it is worth it 01:19:06 Lucia Iannantuono: Are there any conservations or municipalities in favour of this move? 01:19:35 Lucia Iannantuono: Replying to "Are there any conser..." Or is it unanimous opposition? 01:19:41 Kate Lantagne: Reacted to "Yes by all means it ..." with 👍 01:19:48 Tim Katty: I am looking to become the next big climate activist like what Greta Thunberg once did. 01:20:03 Sue Markey: Thank you very much, Lisa, Tony and Councillor Clarke for giving your time and sharing your knowledge for this webinar. Also, thank you Peter for facilitating. This is an incredibly important issue. I have to leave. 01:20:08 Michelle Tom: Here is link to Robin Lennox’s constituency website to follow along as she will provide updates and a future date for an online townhall when we hear more? robinlennox.ca 01:20:37 Antoinette Leone: Reacted to "Are there any conser…" with 👍 01:21:02 Tim Katty: I work with the Bruce Trail. 01:21:10 Lucia Iannantuono: Replying to "Should we be lobbyin..." provincial parks are up for sale now too, unfortunately, like Wasaga Beach! 01:21:26 Erin Kobayashi: Reacted to "provincial parks are..." with 💯 01:22:24 Michelle Tom: Reacted to "This government has …" with 👍 01:22:29 Marlee Robinson: Replying to "Should we be lobbyin..." 😞 01:22:39 Sylvia Pivko: Reacted to "provincial parks are…" with 😭 01:22:53 Antoinette Leone: Are there any benefits to the amalgamation? 01:22:59 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "I work with the Bruc..." with ❤️ 01:23:04 Tim Katty: The development on Wasaga Beach is being done on the old Electric Elements music festival site, I haven’t seen a rally at Wasaga Beach. 01:23:38 Peter Appleton: Replying to "The development on W..." Lets reach out to them! Local hiking clubs, nature clubs etc 01:23:47 Steve Chalastra: The idea of more urban national parks is a good one. There could also be more national parks in southern Ontario on marginal lands such as wetlands that are not good for agriculture. This is especially true in the Fort Erie-Niagara Falls area which is a core area for our remaining Carolinian woodlands. This strategy could be combined with a land back approach with native bands. 01:24:02 Peter Appleton: Reacted to "Are there any benefi..." with 👍 01:24:37 Brody: Makes me think of the possibilities that exist for people to bequeathe/return land to various indigenous nations/communities 01:24:46 Kalila Scott: Reacted to "Lets reach out to ..." with ❤️ 01:24:51 Kalila Scott: Reacted to "The development on..." with 👍 01:24:56 Jen Moulton: Reacted to "Makes me think of ..." with ❤️ 01:25:12 Judy Gilchrist: Replying to "The development on W..." ERO decision was just released on transfer of Wasaga Beach Prov Park lands to the town. Despite only 2% of commenters in support, the decision is to proceed. 😡 01:25:12 Steve Chalastra: Reacted to "The idea of more urb…" with ❤️ 01:25:24 Tim Katty: Replying to "The development on W..." There’s the Bruce Trail hiking clubs, Halton and McMaster Outdoor Clubs, Green Venture, Hamilton Naturalists Club and more. 01:25:49 Steve Chalastra: Do we have any groups here in the Hamilton area such as the Northumberland Land Trust? Can we link with groups such as these to strengthen our voices? 01:25:57 Marlee Robinson: Replying to "The development on W..." Will we get a copy of this webinar? Including questions/ answers / comments? 01:26:29 Peter Appleton: Replying to "Do we have any group..." Hamilton naturalist club has acquired lands, RBG as well 01:26:36 Erin Kobayashi: Replying to "The development on W..." Yes, Hamilton 350 puts webinars up on their YouTube channel. 01:27:13 Judy Gilchrist: Let's not lose sight of the "Conservation BY the people" approach from early CA days....CAs were created at the request of member municipalities. Municipalities will now have less input on the $$$ that they provide. 01:27:14 Tony Morris, Ontario Nature: Replying to "Do we have any group..." Yes, Hamilton Naturalists Club is a land trust and a Nature Network member for Ontario Nature - Home - Hamilton Naturalists' Club 01:27:25 Sylvia Pivko: Can’t the small ones amalgamate anyway outside of this larger amalgamation? 01:27:38 Michelle Tom: Brad is right. 01:27:41 Peter Appleton: Replying to "The development on W..." @Marlee Robinson yes we have recorded both 01:27:43 Tim Katty: Replying to "Do we have any group..." Hamilton Naturalist Club, Nature at McMaster and RBG. Northumberland would be in Northumberland. 01:28:57 Kelly Pearce: Sorry, I got distracted, did I hear that correctly? Getting Conservative MPPs to go anti-amalgamation is our strongest move? 01:29:07 Steve Chalastra: Reacted to I have submitted a p... with "👍" 01:29:18 Michelle Tom: Also, Committee meetings were few and far between. 01:29:52 Michelle Tom: People power will work, but we need to stay focused. 01:29:53 David Lindeman: Reacted to "Yes, Hamilton Natura..." with 👍 01:29:54 Kalila Scott: This is something that concerned me a lot. Everything happened so fast that the public didnt have time to even hear about the proposal until public consultation was basically closed 01:30:10 Dorothy Wilson: did you see my question about the Hamilton motion? 01:30:14 Twyla D: Reacted to "This is something ..." with 👍 01:30:34 Annette Gibbons: Reacted to "This is something th..." with 👍 01:30:38 Antoinette Leone: Reacted to "Are there any benefi…" with 👍 01:30:45 Marlee Robinson: Replying to "The development on W..." Fords phone number is 416 325 1941 01:31:29 Sarah Gauden: Reacted to This is something th... with "👍" 01:31:35 Mary Paolini: Thanks so much for sharing your insights. This has been very informative! 01:31:37 Kelly Pearce: Reacted to "Fords phone number i..." with 👍 01:31:46 Annette Gibbons: I agree with Brad and Tony we need to amplify how harmful this merger will be. Get the information out to the general public & put the pressure on. 01:31:54 Tim Katty: Replying to "The development on W..." Seedy Saturday with Green Venture is Saturday the following week at Hamilton Central Library. 01:31:55 Michelle Tom: Reacted to "I agree with Brad an…" with 👍 01:31:59 Luke Izard: Reacted to "I agree with Brad an..." with 👍 01:31:59 Steve Chalastra: Reacted to "Sorry, I got distrac..." with 👍🏻 01:32:07 sue carson: Replying to "did you see my quest..." yes Dorothy Peter said it was passed 01:32:12 Mary Paolini: Reacted to "I agree with Brad ..." with 👍 01:32:15 Annette Gibbons: Thank You to the hosts & presenters today! 01:32:39 Amy Schnurr(she/her) BurlingtonGreen: Thank you to the hosts and the panelists. Very informative and helpful. 01:32:48 Annette Gibbons: Reacted to "Thank you to the hos..." with 👍 01:32:48 Marlee Robinson: Replying to "The development on W..." Thank you 01:32:48 Jim Quinn: Well done everyone!!