On #EarthDay, we point you to: Soil is a natural resource that needs protection. So why is Region of Waterloo continuing with their plan for the #wilmotlandgrab?
DYK that it takes 100s of years to create 1" of topsoil?
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
@therecord.com
#FightForFarmland
Great to see so many folks interested in seeing the map of Wilmot Township if they continue to develop at the rate they have been and open up even more.
Thanks for letting us join your event tonight, Nith Valley EcoBoosters!
#FightForFarmland #wilmotlandgrab
It's a double feature tomorrow night at Zion United Church!
At 6:30 p.m. experience possible futures for Wilmot & then stay for a Nith Valley Ecoboosters presentation by Dr. Hugh Simpson. It's all about water. And it's FREE.
Register: bit.ly/2026water
#wilmottownship #watercrisis
Missed the map at Wilmot's Special Council Meeting last Monday?
See it & hear hydrogeologist Dr. Hugh Simpson at Zion United Church Tuesday, April 21 at a FREE Nith Valley Ecoboosters event.
Register at bit.ly/2026water
#watercrisis #wilmottownship
In a contentious Council meeting a week ago, Waterloo Region Council overrode the 1980 Water Agreement with Wilmot Township. >12 citizens delegated & Mayor Natasha Salnonen raised serious concerns. Vote: 8-5.
kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/04/06/d...
#watercrisis
@regionwaterloo.bsky.social
The Township of Wilmot has released the full draft of the Official Plan. There's an Open House on Wednesday night to learn more about the plan.
Check out the full document at: hdp-ca-prod-app-wr-engage-files.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/1317/7496/52...
#OfficialPlan
@wilmottownship.bsky.social
You can help choose the future you want to see for Wilmot. Not sure what it could look like? Don't miss tonight's (April 13) Council meeting at 6:00 PM and step into the various futures.
Then, share your voice with municipal and regional councillors.
wilmotcan.com/demandaction/
#WilmotLandGrab
When will the Region be more transparent? Likely after we vote new councillors in this fall.
CBC reported on March 25 that the Region's been taking Wilmot water despite a water taking policy that's over 40 years old.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#watercrisis
@cbckw.bsky.social
Come see us roll out our map. See the future of Wilmot: current approved & proposed developments, Ford's forced boundaries & the 770.
With Waterloo Region taking more of Wilmot Township's water, it's important.
Mon, Apr 13, 6:00 PM
Council Chambers, 60 Snyder's Rd W
#wilmotlandgrab #watercrisis
The Region of Waterloo not only secretly took Wilmot water with the 1980 policy in place, councillors now voted to get rid of the policy.
Read Luisa D'Amato's piece in the Record:
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
@therecord.com
@wilmottownship.bsky.social
#FridayFact #watercrisis
WilmotCAN has 42 FOI requests out about the Wilmot Land Grab.
Speak up against Ford's FOI rollback. We the taxpayers have a right to know what business an elected official is doing on our dime.
Send this pre-written letter: win.newmode.net/waterwatcher...
#wilmotlandgrab #onpoli
WilmotCAN's visit to Queen's Park covered by The Record quoted John Jordan:
"This massive mega industrial land assembly has been forced onto our communities..."
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#FightForFarmland #wilmotlandgrab
@therecord.com
@johntjordan.bsky.social
Agreed.
Yesterday's report on WilmotCAN's visit to Queen's Park quoted MPP Schreiner:
“Doug Ford continues to bulldoze ahead with a plan to pave over farmland that local farmers desperately need to grow and build their businesses.”
#FightForFarmland
@mikeschreiner.bsky.social
@citynewskit.bsky.social
Today, John Jordan, Kevin Thomason & Jodi Szimanski went to Queen's Park to join MPP Mike Schreiner & share how the Ford government’s chaotic drive for growth destroys prime farmland & has already caused a water crisis in the Region of Waterloo.
Watch: youtu.be/kgVTbTAfhFs
#FightForFarmland
The Region of Waterloo councillors voted unanimously to a motion from Councillor Gowing to pause new and expanded water taking permits in the Mannheim Service Area.
kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/03/26/r...
#FridayFact #watercrisis #WaterlooRegion #WilmotTownship
Hear from Bob Burtt, author of several books about water & the Grand River watershed at Exploring Waterloo Region's Water Crisis.
Thursday, March 26th, 7-9 pm
Trillium United Church, 450 King Street, Cambridge - Enter off Waterloo Street
#watercrisis #waterlooregion
Attend the Waterloo Regional Council meeting Wed to hear delegations by Citizens for Safe Ground Water & John Jordan.
There will be a vote on a staff proposal (Report EES-WIM-26-003) to rescind the 1980 Wilmot Water Agreement to take more water from Wilmot Township.
#watercrisis
Today is World Water Day. In Waterloo Region, the reports say that the Region has been pumping more than they can provide.
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#watercrisis #waterlooregion #WorldWaterDay #WaterIsLife
@therecord.com
DYK that as part of Bill 60, Ford created the Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act?
It will allow Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing to designate private corproations to take over municipal and sewage services. For PROFIT.
#watercrisis #Bill60
Have you seen our report re the #WilmotLandGrab? We've shared w/ Wilmot Township & Region of Waterloo councillors. We know that Councillor Chantal Huinink read the whole thing.
Find the report on our website: wilmotcan.com/resources/
#FightForFarmland
Former TO mayor, David Crombie, for the Record Mar 10. He shared findings of a 2015 provincial advisory panel that id'ed the moraines feeding Waterloo Region’s aquifers as areas that needed protection.
The 770 acres in Wilmot abut the Moraine.
Stop the #WilmotLandGrab
@therecord.com
Joe McGuinty wrote on Mar 14:
"This means that new industrial parks, residential buildings and subdivisions are on hold until the region can regain control of the situation."
Why hasn't the #WilmotLandGrab been stopped then?
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#FightForFarmland
A member of Fight For Farmland, Susanna Compton, wrote to mark 2 years since the #WilmotLandGrab began for the Rural Voice.
Her article ends with this: "This is about our food sources. And we all eat three times a day."
#FightForFarmland #wilmottownship
A Record article quoted Kevin Thomason:
“... stop approving gravel pits that go below the water table or don’t implement water recycling for gravel washing.
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#FridayFact #watercrisis
@therecord.com
@kthomason.bsky.social
While #RegionOfWaterloo faces a #watercrisis, should big industrial water users get to take our water?
The 🌊 you drink. The 🌊 you shower with. The 🌊 you wash your clothes and dishes with.
Sign the petition: act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/187241/...
#WilmotTownship
@environmentaldefence.ca
You can help shape the next municipal council
🔊Join Water Watchers in the demand that Ontario protects our water by suspend new or renewed water-taking permits until the system can reliably safeguard essential water uses, public health, & ecological integrity.
win.newmode.net/waterwatcher...
#WaterCrisis #onpoli
Happy International Women's Day!
This community is so lucky to have the women it does to raise awareness and stand up for our community.
#internationalwomensday #FightForFarmland #wilmotlandgrab
So if Ford said "There has to be a willing host," Wilmot Township Council needs to say we're an unwilling host.
If councillors aren't willing, there's a high chance they won't get re-elected this fall.
Let them know
wilmotcan.com/demandaction/
@wilmottownship.bsky.social
#WilmotLandGrab