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
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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
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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
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
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...
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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
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
Landowners & residents of the Township of Wilmot have stated they are unwilling hosts, yet the Region of Waterloo keeps trying to force the landowners to sell their land to build an industrial mega-site.
#FridayFacts #WilmotLandGrab #FightForFarmland #UnwillingHost
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MPP Aislinn Clancy is quoted in Bill Doucet's Record article saying water permits should be rejected. We think an industrial mega-site should too.
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis
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At Regional Council on Jan 28, Kevin Thomason asked:
“They have approved every water-taking permit, every gravel pit, forced this confounding mega-industrial site, and approved massive urban sprawl without a single study.”
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis
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Hear from the Township of Wilmot Council themselves: people want to protect the farmland and the rural feel of Wilmot.
youtu.be/zcUUZtqVWNg
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WilmotTownship
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On Jan 28, Kevin Thomason said, "Going through with the #WilmotLandGrab will forever change an entire rural municipality on a scale never seen here before, against the unwilling landowners, unwilling citizens, and an unwilling municipality."
#FightForFarmland
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Development, water-taking permits, aggregate pits and now the Wilmot Land Assembly, have been forced on our communities.
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis #WilmotTownship
@regionofwaterloo.bsky.social
In Jan, we released a report about the threat to the farmland full of data & facts re how Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region & Ford have violated planning rules & threatened groundwater resources.
Stop this process.
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis #WilmotTownship #RegionofWaterloo
Happy #FamilyDay to the family farms in #WilmotTownship. The ones that feed our families.
If given the choice, would you take your family to visit an industrial mega-site or a family farm?
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab
Think about where your food comes from. From the land. From the farmers who toil every day.
Local & provincial governments want to build an industrial mega-site on prime Class 1 land.
Show 💚 today & email your councillors and MPP.
#FightForFarmland #ValentinesDay
Coverage of the Regionof Waterloo #watercrisis has gone beyond local to national.
Yet the Region hasn't stopped the #WilmotLandGrab and is still talking about taking additional water from Wilmot Township.
#FightForFarmland
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Cancelling the #WilmotLandGrab:
· Does NOT ban future employment lands in the proper location
· DOES protect taxpayers, residents, & Region’s credibility
#fightforfarmland
#watercrisis #wilmottownship
Last week's council meeting featured three delegations to abandon the 770 #WilmotLandGrab, especially after the water crisis has come to light.
kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/01/29/p...
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#FightForFarmland #WaterCrisis #WilmotTownship
The proposed industrial site in Wilmot is adjacent to:
🪣Major municipal wells
🌊The same connected aquifer system
🏗️ Infrastructure that supplies K-W, Cambridge, New Hamburg & Baden.
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis
John said: “When a municipality declares a growth pause due to water limitations, it is acknowledging that system resilience has been exceeded.
That changes the risk calculus for all major land and infrastructure decisions.”
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis
When minister of red tape, MPP Mike Harris Jr eliminated some reviews & public hearings for water-taking permits. His dad cut red tape & spending - it made the Walkerton water crisis worse.
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab
#WaterCrisis
Chair Redman talked about a lot of plans in her 2024 address. Where are the plans now? Because they all need water.
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis
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Support 4 delegations about the water, official plans and 770-acre land assembly Wed night at Regional Council meeting:
🎙️Kevin Thomason, Grand River Environmental Network
🎙️John Jordan, Wilmot
🎙️Gary Eagleson, Parkhill
🎙️Andrew Wilson, Wilmot
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab #WaterCrisis
Ford pushed the NDA on the @RegionWaterloo re #WilmotLandGrab. They're giving away water taking permits & not working w/ the local community. We now have a water & housing crisis. Next up: food crisis.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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#FightForFarmland #WaterCrisis #onpoli
This is a MUST read for anyone in @Waterloo Region. We need to support our neighbours in the urban and rural areas.
This is one more reason that the Wilmot Land Grab makes no sense for our Region.
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#FightForFarmland #WilmotLandGrab
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"The Region of Waterloo relies on aquifers for 80% of its water."
Depending on what maps you look at, the Waterloo Moraine abuts or overlaps the land of the #WilmotLandGrab. Is this where we want to build an industrial mega-site?
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
#FridayFact
#FightForFarmland
A decision needs to be made about making the sale of more acreage of the 770 #WilmotLandGrab in February.
Join us on Wednesday, January 28 at the Regional Council meeting to show your support for Regional Council to just say NO.
#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab
Should Waterloo Region make decisions to buy land for an industrial mega-site when it's paused development? What company will want to build in a region that can't keep track of the resources and would face public outcry?
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/13/a...
#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab
We still have work to do. Read the latest article from Farmer's Forum on January 15.
Join us at the Regional Council meeting on January 28 before Council makes any decisions - which tthey're sure to do in closed sessions as usual.
farmersforum.com/future-of-wi...
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#WilmotLandGrab
