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An e-mail being sent to Wilmot residents says that if they vote a certain way, the industrial mega-site can be stopped. But that’s not so, Luisa D’Amato writes
Oct. 23, 2026
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A section of land south of Highway 7/8 and west of Wilmot Centre Road being assembled and prepared by the Region of Waterloo and the provincial government for an industrial mega-site.
Mathew McCarthy/Waterloo Region Record file photo
By Luisa D'AmatoReporter
Luisa D'Amato is a Waterloo Region Record reporter and columnist. She writes on issues affecting day-to-day life in the area. She can be reached at ldamato@therecord.com.
There’s a strange email being sent around this week to residents of Wilmot Township.
It’s telling people that they should vote for a whole new township mayor and councillors, instead of returning the incumbents to office. The challengers are said to be better protectors of the township’s land and water, who will take action to prevent an industrial mega-site from being built on 770 acres of prime farmland in the township.
An e-mail being sent to Wilmot residents says that if they vote a certain way, the industrial mega-site can be stopped. But that’s not so, Luisa D’Amato writes
Oct. 23, 2026
Updated 2 hrs ago
2 min read
Save
10
A section of land south of Highway 7/8 and west of Wilmot Centre Road being assembled and prepared by the Region of Waterloo and the provincial government for an industrial mega-site.
Mathew McCarthy/Waterloo Region Record file photo
By Luisa D'AmatoReporter
Luisa D'Amato is a Waterloo Region Record reporter and columnist. She writes on issues affecting day-to-day life in the area. She can be reached at ldamato@therecord.com.
There’s a strange email being sent around this week to residents of Wilmot Township.
It’s telling people that they should vote for a whole new township mayor and councillors, instead of returning the incumbents to office. The challengers are said to be better protectors of the township’s land and water, who will take action to prevent an industrial mega-site from being built on 770 acres of prime farmland in the township.