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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-04-10ClafiflgtOll Electronic Council Communications Information Package Date: April 10, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM Location: ECCIP is an information package and not a meeting. Description: An ECCIP is an electronic package containing correspondence received by Staff for Council's information. This is not a meeting of Council or Committee. Alternate Format: If this information is required in an alternate format, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator, at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131. Members of Council: In accordance with the Procedural By-law, please advise the Municipal Clerk at clerks@clarington.net, if you would like to include one of these items on the next regular agenda of the appropriate Standing Committee, along with the proposed resolution for disposition of the matter. Items will be added to the agenda if the Municipal Clerk is advised by Thursday at noon the two weeks prior to the appropriate meeting, otherwise the item will be included on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled meeting of the applicable Committee. Members of the Public: can speak to an ECCIP item as a delegation. If you would like to be a delegation at a meeting, please visit the Clarington website. April 10, 2026 Electronic Council Communications Information Package (ECCIP) Pages Region of Durham Correspondence 2. Durham Municipalities Correspondence 3. Other Municipalities Correspondence 4. Provincial / Federal Government and their Agency Correspondence 4.1 Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District 3 School Board Trustee Determination and Distribution - March 31, 2026 5. Miscellaneous Correspondence 5.1 Central Lake Ontario (CTC) Source Protection Committee - Impacts to 18 CTC from Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario's conservation authorities - April 2, 2026 Page 2 PVNC Catholic March 31, 2026 TO: Clerks of PVNC Catholic Catchment CC: Coterminous School Board Directors, Ministry of Education, Ontario Catholic School Trustee Association Dear Community Partner, At the Regular Board Meeting of March 24, 2026, the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board approved the Trustee Determination and Distribution for the 2026 municipal election. This letter is to advise you, as outlined in Ontario Regulation 412/00, of the recommended distribution. PVNC Catholic will be maintaining the status quo of seven (7) trustees with the same distribution as last election (shown below). The full Board Report with the wording of the approved motions is attached for your reference. Jurisdiction Number of Trustees for Election Peterborough County 1 City of Peterborough 2 City of Kawartha Lakes 1 Northumberland County* 1 Municipality of Clarington 2 TOTAL 7 Also find attached the Board's Administrative Procedure regarding "Election Activities and Use of Corporate Resources", please feel free to include same with candidate packages. Thank you for engaging in this important undertaking and for your partnership in Catholic Education. For any assistance with joint communications please contact our Manager of 1355 Lansdowne St. West Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7M3 Canada Page 3 1 Communications, Mark Giunta, at maiunta anspvnccdsb.on.ca or by phone at 705-748-4861. If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Sincerely, Sean Heuchert Superintendent of Business and Finance 705-748-4861 ext 1246 PVNC1355 Lansdowne St. West Catholic Peterborough, Ontario Kb] 7M3 Canada Page 4 BUSINESS & FINANCE Report to the Board Meeting: Presented for: ❑ In Camera ;d Open ❑ Information ;7 Approval Meeting Date: 24 March, 2026 Presented by: Sean Heuchert, Superintendent of Business and Finance Submitted by: Staff Subject: 2026 Trustee Determination and Distribution Recommended Action(s): 1. That the distribution of trustees for the 2026 election remain unchanged from the 2022 election, with one representative to be elected from each of Peterborough County, Northumberland County, and the City of Kawartha Lakes, and two representatives elected from each of the City of Peterborough and the Municipality of Clarington. 2. That the decision of the Board to approve the Trustee Determination and Distribution for the 2026 Municipal Election be summarized in an appropriate report and forwarded to the Ministry of Education, municipal election clerks and the secretary of every other District School Board in the jurisdiction. PVNC Catholic 1355 Lansdowne St. West Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7M3 Canada Page 5 Background: A municipal election is scheduled for October 26, 2026. By April 3rd of an election year each District School Board must prepare a report that includes the results of the trustee determination and distribution as outlined on Ontario Regulation 412/00: Elections to and Representation on District School Boards. A copy of this report must be sent to the Minister of Education, municipal election clerks and the secretary of every other District School Board in the jurisdiction. Trustee Distribution: Distribution should follow logically from analysis of electors by county and city. The Board will continue to be comprised of seven members. The current group is made up of two from the City of Peterborough, one from Peterborough County, one from the City of Kawartha Lakes, one from Northumberland County, and two from the Municipality of Clarington. Regulation 412/00 details how distribution is to be determined. An electoral quotient is to be calculated for each of the municipalities or wards that individual trustees are to represent. Electoral Quotient = (Electoral Population of Municipality x 7 trustees)/Total Electoral Population The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) provides boards with the electoral group numbers. By upper tier municipality, these figures are: Area 2026 2022 Peterborough County* 5,703 5,920 City of Peterborough 10,083 10,962 City of Kawartha Lakes 4,289 4,477 Northumberland County* 6,012 6,572 Municipality of Clarington 12,376 12,444 TOTAL 38,463 40,375 *The breakdown of municipalities for Counties of Peterborough and Northumberland are provided in Appendix A PVNC Catholic 1355 Lansdowne St. West Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7M3 Canada Page 6 For each of the board's electoral regions, the 2026 Electoral Quotient is shown below with the 2022 number for comparison purposes. Area 2026 2022 Peterborough County* 1.04 1.03 City of Peterborough 1.84 1.90 City of Kawartha Lakes 0.78 0.78 Northumberland County* 1.09 1.14 Municipality of Clarington 2.25 2.15 TOTAL 7.00 7.00 Based on the calculated quotients for 2026, and based on the limited change in comparison to 2022,the Board will continue with the existing distribution and electoral boundaries for trustees. Jurisdiction Number of Trustees for Election Peterborough County 1 City of Peterborough 2 City of Kawartha Lakes 1 Northumberland County* 1 Municipality of Clarington 2 TOTAL 7.00 PVNC Catholic 1355 Lansdowne St. West Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7M3 Canada Page 7 APPENDIX A - POPULATION OF ELECTOR GROUPS FOR COUNTIES OF PETERBOROUGH AND NORTHUMBERLAND Peterborough County Asphodel -Norwood Township Otonabee-South Monaghan Township Cavan Monaghan Township Selwyn Township Douro-Dummer Township Havelock -Belmont -Methuen Township North Kawartha Township Trent Lakes Municipality TOTAL Northumberland County Quinte West City Brighton Municipality Cramahe Township Hamilton Township Cobourg Town Port Hope Municipality Trent Hills Municipality Alnwick/Haldimand Township TOTAL PVNC Catholic 408 851 654 2,218 1,072 192 59 249 5703 549 258 333 856 1,474 1,207 723 612 6012 1355 Lansdowne St. West Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7M3 Canada Page 8 Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board Administrative Procedure I Administrative Procedure Number Election Activities and Use 605 of Corporate Resources Directional Policy 600 — Stewardship of Resources Title of Administrative Procedure: Election Activities and Use of Corporate Resources Date Approved: March 2022 Projected Review Date: 2027 Directional Policy Alignment: This administrative procedure aligns with the Directional Policy of Stewardship of Resources (600). Alignment with Multi -Year Strategic Plan: This Administrative Procedure supports legislated requirements and Board -established By-laws, policies and procedures that set out the governance and accountability framework of PVNCCDSB. These activities support the strategic priority of Being Community. It establishes, in a clear and transparent manner, a framework to manage political activity related to school board, municipal, provincial and federal elections or by- elections and to limit the use of Board resources in electoral campaigns. PVNCCDSB Board Vision, Mission and Strategic Priorities Page 9 Page 2 of 9 AP -605 Action Required: This procedure applies to election activities by Trustees and candidates, as defined in the Definitions section. Staff, volunteers, students, school councils, the Board's community advisory committees and their members also have certain responsibilities under this procedure. This Procedure operates as a supplement to the existing statutes governing conduct of members of the Board in all their roles and candidates for public office, including but not limited to the Education Act, Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, Municipal Elections Act, 1996, Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016 and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This Administrative Procedure recognizes that Trustees are holders of their office until the end of the term and supports them in continuing to fulfill their responsibilities as Trustees. Nothing in this procedure should preclude a Trustee from performing their duty as an elected official or inhibit them from representing the interests of their constituents during the election period. A. General Restrictions Applicable at All Times Election processes are an important part of the democratic process and can provide rich opportunity for students to learn about the democratic process. It is the responsibility of the Board to protect the integrity of the election process by affording all electoral candidates equitable access and opportunity in election related activities in schools or the district. 1. Use of Board Resources, Communications and Election Activities All candidates are prohibited from election activities on Board property, including distribution of election related signs, pamphlets or buttons and the use of school resources or school communication tools. Use of election related signs on Board premises in windows or offices is prohibited. Candidates (including campaign volunteers) are prohibited from using pictures videos, or recording audio of PVNCCDSB students, parents/guardians, staff and volunteers for any election activity without their explicit written consent. Board staff will not create any photographic or video materials for use in any election related materials. Websites or domain names that are funded by the Board will not include any election activity materials. Personal social media accounts for election activity will not be created or supported using Board resources. Page 10 Page 3 of 9 AP -605 • Trustees will not distribute media releases using the resources of the Board including communications networks or distribution systems for election purposes. • Trustees will not use the services of any staff of the Board to assist in any communication activity related to the preparation or distribution of election related materials or events. • Trustees will not use their Board office or information technology resources (e.g. tablets, computers) for election activities. • Trustees will not use Board resources or funds to print or distribute information which promotes themselves as a candidate for the Board of Trustees or any other candidate for municipal, provincial or federal office. • Trustees may distribute information regarding all candidates' meetings being held on Board property, provided that they are not a participant in the debate. • Trustees will not use the Board's email/voice mail system to record, distribute or disseminate election activity messages or correspondence. • Trustees will not use any distribution lists or email addresses obtained when carrying out Official Business of the Trustee Office for election activity purposes. 2. Restrictions for Students and Employees • Students are not to be involved in a candidate's election activity during school hours, nor on Board property at any time. • Employees must not engage in election activities of any kind during work hours nor on Board property. Employees who support or work for a registered candidate must keep these activities outside of work hours. • No Board property (e.g. phone, fax, computer, e-mail, e-mail and distribution lists and photocopier) will be used for election activity. • Employees must not provide any personal information (name, address, phone number, email) of students and parents/guardians, including school council and community advisory committee members to any candidates or their staff. • Employees must not provide any election related materials to students or their parents/guardians. Page 11 Page 4 of 9 AP -605 B Restrictions during the Election Period 1. School Visits by Candidates and other Public Office Holders Politicians (including Members of Parliament, Members of Provincial Parliament, City Councilors, Trustees) may visit a school at the invitation of the principal and the superintendent of the school in consultation with the Director's Office. Visits must be for the benefit of students, non- partisan in nature and to serve an educational purpose (including curriculum- and official government -based election education programs). School visits by candidates and public office holders cannot be used for election activity purposes. Any requests by candidates and public office holders without official duties in schools or to address students for election activity purposes will be denied. Current Trustees may only partake in school visits if related to fulfilling official business (including graduation ceremonies) as part of their usual role and not for election activity purposes. 2. All -Candidates Meetings Requests by Schools • Schools may use the election periods as learning opportunities for enhancing curriculum delivery where appropriate. • For all -candidate meetings requested by the school for curriculum purposes, messaging from school administration must be of a non- partisan nature. The audience should be limited to students taking relevant courses only. • Invitations to all -candidate meetings will be provided well in advance of the scheduled date to all registered candidates. All -candidate meetings should only proceed with the confirmation of at least two candidates available to attend the meeting. • The registered candidates must be given equal time to speak and debate is to be focused only on the issues of their own/party's platform. Candidates must maintain respectful debate. • The meeting is primarily for the education of students, however media requests to attend may be arranged through Communication Services. Page 12 Page 5 of 9 AP -605 Requests by the Community To protect the neutrality of individual schools, campaigning (including election related materials and signage) is prohibited on Board property, except for the duration of an all -candidates meeting and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the PVNCCDSB permit. No election related materials will be given to students or distributed for students to take home. Event organizers must not give preferential treatment to any candidate or political party. For community members wishing to host an all candidates meeting at a PVNCCDSB facility, a permit must be requested through the Community Use of Schools process. Permit holders for all -candidate meetings are governed by the rules and regulations as outlined in the facility permit and must use Board facilities in a responsible and respectful manner. Any media requests or invites to all -candidates debates in schools, must be arranged through Communication Services. No media invites or requests to schools should be made or granted during an election period without the approval of Communication Services. 3. Media at Schools and Polling Stations Media may only enter the polling station area with the permission of the Returning Officer in charge of the polling station area. If polling stations are located in cafeterias or other areas that students must access as part of the regular school day, these stations are considered off limits to media. Media may not enter and/or film any other part of the school during voting time or on voting day. The media may not speak to and/or film or interview any students or staff on Board property. For concerns with media at polling stations, the Returning Officer should be notified. In the event that the concern persists, the principal or designate may ask the media to leave the premises. 4. Restrictions for Students, Employees, School Councils and Community Advisory Committees School councils and community advisory committees must not endorse a specific candidate or campaign on behalf of a specific candidate. School councils and community advisory committees must not distribute information on behalf of, or about, a specific candidate. If it is the normal practice of the school council or community advisory committee to meet regularly with the local Trustee(s), the meetings may continue as they usually would in the business of the Board. Page 13 Page 6 of 9 AP -605 • Members of school councils and community advisory committees are not subject to the above restrictions when acting in their capacity as a private citizen off of Board property. 5. Websites and Social Media Restriction during a Municipal Election Year (beginning August 1) • Commencing August 1 and until voting day in a municipal election year, platform accounts of existing Trustees will be separate and distinct from those platforms used for election purposes. Platforms used for election purposes: ➢ Will not use the Board logo, branding or title of Trustee ➢ Will be separate and distinct from any accounts used by the candidate in their position as Trustee ➢ Will not provide a link to or from, or reference any existing electronic accounts used for the candidate's work as a Trustee Will include a clear statement that the account is for election activity purposes and not related to their position of Trustee Responsibilities: The Board of Trustees is responsible for: • Ensuring alignment with the Stewardship of Resources Directional Policy • Reviewing the Election Activities and Use of Board Resources Administrative Procedure as part of its regular policy and procedures review cycle. • Ensuring fair and transparent access to the Board of Trustees by candidates running for municipal, provincial or federal office. • Protecting the integrity of the election process by affording all electoral candidates equitable access and opportunity in elected related activities in schools or the district. • Being familiar with the requirements of this Administrative Procedure and complying with all noted restrictions. The Director of Education is responsible for: • Overseeing implementation and compliance with the Election Activities and Use of Board Resources Procedure • Ensuring that any and all campaign -related expenses related to incumbent Board members are not charged or allocated to any Board account. Page 14 Page 7 of 9 AP -605 Superintendents of Schools and System Portfolios are responsible for: • Ensuring that, during any school trustee election period, they act in a manner the school community members, current Trustees and Trustee candidates consider to be impartial, fair and unbiased. • Principals and Vice -Principals are responsible for: • Ensuring that use of school facilities for election purposes are restricted and, where authorized, supplement learning objectives. Where conditions are met, fair and equitable access to facilities may be granted by the principal, and should provide learning opportunities for students. • Ensuring that, during any school trustee election period, they act in a manner the school community members, current Trustees and Trustee candidates consider to be impartial, fair and unbiased. Staff are responsible for: • Ensuring that any election activities or personal involvement in a candidate's campaign does not take place during school hours or on school property. • Ensuring that no candidate or political party is endorsed while the staff member is undertaking their duties as an employee or agent of the Board, Students are responsible for: • Engaging in curriculum related activities that promote the democratic process and participating in programs such as STUDENT VOTE and/or candidate events for students. • Ensuring that any election activities or personal involvement in a candidate's campaign does not take place during school hours or on school property. Catholic School Councils are responsible for: • Determining, in consultation with their school communities, the need and nature of meetings that they sponsor with political candidates. Where school councils choose to provide access for candidates, fair and equitable access shall be provided to all candidates. Progress Indicators: • Neutrality of individual schools is maintained. • Equitable access and opportunity is afforded all election candidates. Page 15 Page 8 of 9 AP -605 Definitions: Board Property: means all sites owned, operated of leased by the Board, as well as any Board sites that are occupied by other groups, businesses and organizations in a lease or other agreement. Board Resources: includes but is not limited to facilities, equipment, supplies, services, staff, funds, branding (logo/wordmark) or other resources owned and operated by the Board By -Election: means an election other than a regular election that is conducted in accordance with the governing legislation. Candidate: means any person who has filed and not withdrawn a nomination for an elected office at the school board, municipal council, provincial or federal level in an election or by-election. For the purposes of this Procedure, individuals campaigning for a nomination to represent the provincial or federal government in an upcoming election are also considered candidates. Constituent: means a ratepayer who is defined as a supporter of the English Catholic school board system under the Education Act and within the jurisdiction of the Board. Election: means a regular election and also includes a by-election. Election activity: refers to activities related to campaigning for school board, municipal council, provincial and federal office, including seeking the nomination in an election. A Trustee may distribute information regarding an all -candidates meeting being held at a school for municipal, provincial or federal office, provided that they are not a candidate for that election. Election Period: is the official campaign period of an election. For a school board and municipal council election, the election period commences on May 1 of an election year and ends on voting day. For a provincial or federal election, the election period commences the day the writ for the election is issued and ends on voting day. For a by-election at the school board, municipal council, provincial or federal level, the period commences when the by-election is called and ends on voting day. Official Business: means duties and responsibilities as prescribed by the Education Act and further explained in the Board by-laws, Directional Policies and Administrative Procedures. Partisan: means identification or support for a specific political party or an individual seeking or holding public office Page 16 Page 9 of 9 AP -605 Regular Election: means a general election for school board, municipal council, provincial and federal office. Social Media: includes any freely accessible, third -part hosted interactive web technology used to produce, post and interact through text, images, video and audio to inform, share, promote, collaborate or network. Websites, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest are examples Trustee: means a person elected, acclaimed or appointed to the office of trustee or a member of the Board, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Elections Act and the Education Act. Trustee Office: means the authority and public duties attached to the position of being elected as a PVNCCDSB Trustee Voting Day: means the day the final vote is to be taken in an election. References: • Education Act • Municipal Conflict of Interest Act • Municipal Elections Act, 1996 • Municipal Elections Modernization Act 2016 • Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Page 17 DRINKING WATER CTC Source Protection SOURCE PROTECTION Region Our Actions Matter TO: Chair and Members of the Source Protection Committee Meeting #1/26, March 25, 2026 FROM: Behnam Doulatyari, Senior Manager, Watershed Plans and Source Water Protection RE: Impacts to CTC from Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario's conservation authorities RECOMMENDATION THAT the CTC Source Protection Committee receives the staff report entitled "Impacts to CTC from Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario's conservation authorities", at meeting #1/26 for information. AND FURTHER THAT staff be directed to share this report with all Source Protection Authorities, and municipalities within the CTC Source Protection Region. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report informs the CTC Source Protection Committee of the potential implications of the Province's March 10, 2026, decision on proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario's conservation authorities. Because source protection areas are tied to conservation authority jurisdiction under s.4(1) and 4(2) of the Clean WaterAct, 2006, the proposed consolidation raises significant operational, governance, and administrative considerations for the CTC Drinking Water Source Protection Program. Background During the consultation period for ERO No. 025-1257, The CTC Source Protection Committee ("Committee"), on their meeting on December 10, 2025, received a report titled " Proposed changes to the Clean Water Act, 2006, the Conservation Authorities Act and other relevant legislative and regulatory updates". The committee directed staff to share the report with three Source Protection Authorities and local and regional municipalities in CTC Source Protection Region (SPR), as well as the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP), the Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency (OPCA), and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH). A letter was sent to the ministries and Source Protection Authorities on December 11, 2025. A brief was shared with municipal councils on January 12, 2026. 1255 Old Derry Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 6R4 I ctcswp.ca I T 905-670-1615 1 TF 800-668-5557 Page 18 CTC-Source Protection Region Report- Regional CA Boundaries On March 10, 2026, the Province posted a decision on Environmental Registry of Ontario regarding the "Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario's conservation authorities". A decision has been made on the boundaries for the regional Conservation Authorities (CA), to consolidate 35 of the current CAs into eight regional CAs, by way of statutory amalgamation, to occur in early 2027, or a later date prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, Lakehead Region CA with its current jurisdiction, for a total of 9 regional CAs. This plan will be led by OPCA. Please see ERO No. 025-1257 for details and mapping. The Province, in the Technical Briefing Improving Ontario's Conservation Authority System outlines the guiding principles below: • Retain local influence • Maintain CA watershed -based jurisdictions • Reduce administrative overlap and duplication • Strengthen CA capacity • Continuity of services • Improve customer service Analysis and Recommendations This section provides an overview of potential impacts and a few recommendations to minimize disruption to program delivery and improve resilience'. New Regional Boundaries As noted in the report to the Committee noted above, under section 4 of the Clean Water Act, 2006, the area over which a conservation authority has jurisdiction under the Conservation Authorities Act is established as a drinking water source protection area. This requirement, which ensures the watershed basis of the program, has important operational and structural implications for any changes to those boundaries. The decision does not provide any additional information about the impact to the Drinking Water Source Protection Program ("program"). However, given the proposed regionalization framework, there are two options available to MECP: • Aligning the SPR boundaries with the new regional CAs. In this case CTC SPR will be split across two Regional CAs. This will require revisions to existing documentation (i.e., local assessment reports, Source Protection Plan), governance (i.e., local SPA, Committee, CTC Management Committee), and digital infrastructure (i.e., software licensing, data ownership and intellectual property, data management processes, agreements, and website design). • Keeping SPRs unchanged under the new regional CA framework. In this case CTC SPR will be governed by two Regional CAs. This path would require further legislative and regulatory changes to the Clean Water Act and will have similar operational challenges. 1 Here resilience is defined as the program's ability to continue fulfilling its mandate under changing conditions. 2 March 18, 2026 Page 19 CTC-Source Protection Region Report- Regional CA Boundaries The proposed governance model under both options will change how lower Tier municipalities are represented at the Source Protection Authority'. It is unclear at this point whether or how the watershed council would play a role in the program. Aligning the SPR boundaries with the new regional CAs will require new source protection committees to be formed if source protection is to continue as currently prescribed by the Clean Water Act. A new program would have to be started in the new Central Lake Ontario Region CA while the program at CVSPA will have to be merged under the new Western Lake Ontario Region CA. In either option transitioning the program to the new structure will have significant administrative burden and challenges for governance, operation and digital infrastructure. The transfer of payment agreement through which MECP provides funding for the program, including mandatory tasks such amendments under sections 34 and 36 of the Act, and program maintenance (governance and administration). Source Protection Authority staff will continue to prioritise maintaining service delivery, however capacity and service delivery will be negatively impacted during the transition. Delivery of the CTC comprehensive amendment has already been delayed by a year due to the regulatory and legislative changes in 2025. We also note the timelines for roll out of proposed structures coincides with renewal of Transfer of Payment Agreement, creating additional challenges for work planning and budgets. CTC Program Priorities With several "Large and Fast -Growing Municipalities" (Provincial Planning Statement, 2024), the current operational priorities for the CTC SPR are: • Updating Tier 2 water budgets to ensure adequate assessment of water quantity pressures in the face of significant growth. • Revisiting how Lake Ontario intakes are assessed under the program and implementation of improved modeling tools. • Updating the CTC SPP policies to the latest Technical Rules. • Development of a program evaluation framework to meaningfully assess program effectiveness. • Increasing technical capacity in the program to maintain level of service, support municipalities facing increase in download of responsibilities from the province and offset declining technical capacity at the ministry. 2 Item 16 of the agenda for the January 16, 2026 meeting of the Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) Authority board of director meeting includes councils endorsed positions from CVC municipalities on the regionalization. 3 March 18, 2026 Page 20 CTC-Source Protection Region Report- Regional CA Boundaries • Stewardship funding (s. 97 of the Act) to support successful rural water quality programs, which facilitate implementation and improve water quality. The proposed changes to CA boundaries, under either option, would contribute little to these priorities or improving the overall outcomes of the program. Consultation The Clean Water Act, 2006 established a locally driven, science -based, multistakeholder process that promotes the shared responsibility of all stakeholders to protect local sources of drinking water from threats to both water quantity and water quality. The goals of the program include the need to strategically ensure adequate good quality drinking water to support future development. The Walkerton Inquiry called for drinking water sources to be protected by developing watershed -based source protection plans. Conservation authorities were tasked with leading local source protection efforts in recognition of their technical expertise, experience in watershed -based work, and the ability to facilitate cooperation among local stakeholders. Accordingly, any changes to the program should be done through a locally driven process including direct engagement with all relevant stakeholders. The committee has raised concerns about the lack of adequate consultation on several occasions, most recently through the letter sent to the minister, on December 11, 2025, which among other things, requested direct engagement with the source protection authorities and implementing municipalities. Legislative and regulatory changes without proactive engagement with program stakeholders will cause further implementation challenges and duplication of efforts. 4 March 18, 2026 Page 21 CTC-Source Protection Region Report- Regional CA Boundaries Next Steps Pending endorsement by the Committee, staff will share this report with the Credit Valley, Toronto and Region, and Central Lake Ontario Source Protection Authorities, and municipalities across the CTC SPR. Report prepared by: Behnam Doulatyari, Senior Manager, Watershed Plans and Source Water Protection, Credit Valley Conservation T: 905-670-1615, ext. 3790 Email: behnam.doulatyari@cvc.ca Date: March 18, 2026 5 March 18, 2026 Page 22