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Welcome

We are a group of activists based in Stratford, Ontario. Our group began with opposition to the illegal activities surrounding the construction of a huge and polluting glass factory on the outskirts of Stratford. It was an exhausting battle, but we won, and the factory was never built. In the process we learned a great deal about standing up to government, and we’re still working on government and environmental issues. We hope this site will help others learn how to do the same.

Please keep in touch. Let us know if there’s a helpful topic you’d like to see on these pages, using the contact box at the bottom of the page.  You can also help by keeping us up to date on what is happening locally, and by sharing our posts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. If you’d like to support us, we accept donations through the Small Change Fund.
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July 4 meeting: Toward a sustainable future for Stratford Ontario

Thursday’s meeting was wonderful. So many supportive and concerned people! You can find the link to the unedited recording below, and we will send out sections of it through social media and the newsletter.

The big announcement for us was our new project with the Small Change Fund, which will help us work for democratic reform in our own municipality, and at the same time we’ll be able to share what we have learned with other groups in Southwestern Ontario, through webinars, resource creation, and on-the-ground participation. The Small Change Fund will help us raise money to support these activities, and we think we can get a great deal done, with your support. Our Small Change project was discussed in Thursday’s meeting, and we’ll be talking about it in the newsletter as well.

So the project officially starts today, Friday July 5. If you’d like to help us out, click this link to go to our new fundraising page.

News on the BAN

You probably know that our spokesman, Mike Sullivan, was banned from all City buildings for presentations he gave at City Hall.  Our latest reports on that are on our news page, and we’re keeping a list of media reporting on that same page.

See the results of our Freedom of Information Requests

We are still working on finding out what happened in 2020, when suspicious activity involving the acceptance of a glass plant brought us all together in protest. Learn more on this page.

Looking for our recording of the July 4 community meeting?

You’ll need the link AND copy the passcode (below). This is the entire unedited recording, but we will be sharing parts of it later on through social media and through our newsletter.

Click here for the link

Passcode: $D4DEF2?

A LONG TIME COMING

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Mike Sullivan's delegation on the new Closed Meetings Protocol see transcript:  Our City maintains its integrity by being very careful to follow our bylaws and procedures; sometimes rules are broken, and action must be taken to be sure errors are not repeated. Many...

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If you have thoughts you would like to share with an individual councillor, use this link.  To send an email to all councillors, go here.

 

 

 

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