Water, water everywhere, but who has the right to take it? This is the questions that the committee, and about 37 delegations, will try and answer in this special meeting. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of today’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s committee meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify.
Click here for the live blog from the main committee-of-the-whole meeting.
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Special Committee-of-the-Whole – November 7, 2016
Live blog from the meeting on water taking starta at 7 pm
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Thinking of @cityofguelph Council mtg as community members Rally 4 Water & support @thatjamesgordon‘s motion #onpoli https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/10/27/ontario-needs-better-data-on-its-groundwater-supply-says-environmental-watchdog.html …
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25 minutes till meeting pic.twitter.com/4rjdVfXTNh
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Want to read the letter Puslinch’s mayor sent to #Guelph city council on water taking? http://guelphpolitico.blogspot.ca/2016/11/the-puslinch-mayor-says-what.html …
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Nestle pushing concerned Guelph citizens out of council chambers. https://twitter.com/adamadonaldson/status/795771481275908096 …
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@jonbeharry Perhaps he’ll explain himself… pic.twitter.com/nIW81pQ9OI
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Motion to accept staff recommendation passes 10-0 pic.twitter.com/r4sQpg5Hgm
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@Ward1Guelph asks good question about water levels at Guelph Lake – very low pic.twitter.com/JenbnLiiL6
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Three delegations before voting for this recommendation takes place. First Martin Keller of @grandriverca
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.@cityofguelph .@adamadonaldson .@thatjamesgordon proud of Guelph tonight – engaged in future thinking re: water supply.@wwaterwatchers
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No doubt, but there are some that smell a conspiracy…. https://twitter.com/GuelphMatters/status/795794807914450944 …
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Here’s a bar graph Sheridan created. pic.twitter.com/wGXsGCDlj0
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Karen Del Vecchio has a cast of kids with her. pic.twitter.com/n5JMqctJ26
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.@MikeSchreiner is up next to delegate.
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Kids present on Water and Guelph .@adamadonaldson .@wwaterwatchers .@thatjamesgordon – it’s their future they told us. pic.twitter.com/FZPY0TWeP1
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This is what it’s all about. #waterislife #futuregenerations #publictrust #tapwater pic.twitter.com/29RPJs1pUp
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Next up, @MikeNagyNine of @wwaterwatchers.
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Rob Case, also of @wwaterwatchers, is up next.
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Last delegate from @wwaterwatchers Tamara Kohl. She’s representing the youth of the community.
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17 and civic minded – Maddie speaks on water for youth .@cityofguelph .@adamadonaldson @thatjamesgordon pic.twitter.com/gnsGiuMXQe
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Roberts calls on all levels of gov’t, up to and including @JustinTrudeau, to help protect water. Communities can’t fight big corps alone
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This is the view of the gallery now. pic.twitter.com/MmRQnM8jWG
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No questions for Longboat, Lin Grist of @CouncilofCDNs Guelph chapter up now.
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The Gordon motion, amended by Gibson. pic.twitter.com/p1OIusTC0D
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Next council meeting is Wednesday about #GuelphBudget. Bradley Breedan will be live tweeting here.