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The Wilmot Civic Action Network is a group of motivated and proactive residents of the Township of WIlmot fostering positive community action www.WilmotCAN.com
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WilmotCAN @wilmotcan.bsky.social · Sep 8
Tod Maffin created a toolkit of emails to send to your MP because the Canadian Food Inspection Agency hasn't fined a single grocer for selling 🇺🇸 products as 🇨🇦.

Send your MP a letter. Check out the ones related to farmers:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#NoFarmersNoFood
#FightForFarmland
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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
@therecord.com
@farwell570.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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/...

@waterloompp.bsky.social
#FightForFarmland #WaterCrisis #onpoli
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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
@therecord.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
"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
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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
January 20, 2026 at 9:36 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
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...

#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 AM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
Why an industrial mega-site for if @WilmotTownship can't attract industry for employment lands zoned that way for 20 years?

And now, a water shortage.

kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/01/07/wilmot-township-nearing-final-2026-budget-deliberations/

#FridayFact
#FightForFarmland
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 AM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
Be one of the first to see a major visual that will change the way that you and others will look at what's planned for Wilmot. Your valuable feedback, ideas, and planning will help us take this to the next level.

Register now: actionnetwork.org/forms/will-y...

#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab
January 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
Developers are looking after their own investments, not the water supply for Waterloo Region. In this article, Stephen Litt of Vive Development sugests a private-sector corp to porvide water and lower his development charges.

www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

#watercrisis
#waterlooregion
January 14, 2026 at 12:03 AM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
The Region of Waterloo has only secured most of >500 acres of the 770 acres in Wilmot. It needs to decide in Feb whether to keep going.

Water issues & corporations moving back to the U.S. make continuing a bad idea.

#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab

www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
The only land the Region of Waterloo has purchased officially is 1 155-acre farm and a couple of residential properties for a total of 161 acres. The rest of the land is only secured - it's not a final sale.

This is not a done deal.

#WilmotLandGrab
#FightForFarmland
#FridayFact
January 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
We're ready to start putting some plans into action. The #FightForFarmland isn't over and you can help us put the next part of the plan into action.

Join us Saturday, January 17 at Zion United Church in New Hamburg.

Register today at wilmotcan.com/events

#WilmotLandGrab
January 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
Guess what's not in an article in the @WR_Record about the #Wilmot #officialplan? The proposed 770-acre site.

"It is intended to stay designated as agriculture," according to Jackson's article.

www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

#WilmotLandGrab
#FightForFarmland
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
What do you think of Luisa D'Amato's opinion that,""Maybe we call a halt to our aggressive population increase.""

We're all for halting it and demand the #wilmotlandgrab stop. It's time for some proper planning.

www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...

#FightForFarmland
#water
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
Check out this Facebook post about how citizens stopped a 700-acre land grab for a data centre in Indiana:

www.facebook.com/roelofskyle/...

#FridayFact
#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
WilmotCAN's Kevin Thomason was interviewed by Terry Pender about how the water capacity issues raise concerns that we have supply for the 770 acres.

www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
Bill Jackson reported that high turnover and prolonged vacancies at the leadership level have hurt Wilmot Township.

Check it out: www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

@therecord.com

#FridayFact
#wilmottownship
Friday Fact: WIlmot Township has had extreme turnover since 202: chief administrative officer, the director of corporate services, treasurer and HR manager.
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
How will Bill 56 - Clean Water Act Changes affect Wilmot Township water? The Ford governement now has more power to dictate rules around your drinking water.

Send comments to [email protected]

#waterprotection
#wilmottownship
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
See what Kevin Thomason, Councillors Wilkinson, Martin and Cressman had to say about the growth they want to see in Wilmot? Should we have some more density with 6-storey buildings or do we continue to expand into the farmland?

www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/a...

#WilmotTownship
#OfficialPlan
Wilmot councillors debate draft principles as development of new township official plan moves into next phase
Following several months of public consultation and background study, the development of a new official plan for the Township of Wilmot is moving into its next phase.
www.pentictonherald.ca
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
On Wed, Nov 19, Susanna Compton delivered another poetic delegation. She talked of the damaged trust in the Waterloo Region Council & pointed to statements made by MPP Mike Harris that the province wasn't involved.

www.granthaven.com/post/woman-s...

#FightForFarmland
#WilmotLandGrab
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
If something like that happened in Wilmot, there's no way Wilmot Township can afford that bill. You thought taxes went up last year?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#FridayFact
#wilmottownship
#FightForFarmland
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
wilmotcan.bsky.social
What do you think the high turnover will cost the Township of Wilmot
(For context, read www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...)
Let us know what you think this will cause:
A) Higher taxes (again)
B) More turnover
C) Uninformed council
D) All of the above

#wilmottownship
#chaosinwilmot
High turnover, vacancies hindering Wilmot: report
Consultant outlines dozens of opportunities for improvement as part of organizational review
www.therecord.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM