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Food Water FirstUnderstanding the Mega Quarry in Ten Easy Steps
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- Published on Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:25
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If you live in southern Ontario, you've likely seen the signs. Stop. The. Mega-Quarry. The simple red and white lawn signs have increasingly been springing up in yards and on porches in both rural communities and downtown Toronto.
While the signs are becoming iconic, the mind-boggling numbers behind the controversial Mega-Quarry proposal aren't as well known.
By Dr. Faisal Moola,
Director, David Suzuki Foundation Ontario Operations
Posted in the "Huffington Post", October 11, 2012
Gravel Watch Ontario - PPS Workshop
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- Published on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 17:36
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A message from Ric Holt, President of Gravel Watch Ontario
The Draft Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) which fundamentally affects how aggregates (stone, sand and gravel) are managed in Ontario has recently been released. During the next month the Provincial Government is holding workshops across the Province to review this Draft PPS.
Please sign up for a PPS workshop. See dates and details:
http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page10057.aspx
Note: The window has already closed for London and Windsor, although you might be able to attend, considering the lack of notice time given to the public. The best chances for attending around the GTA will be in Toronto and Mississauga, held the first week of November -- RSVP by November 1st.
Still No EA
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- Published on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 14:50
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Jones to the Minister of the Environment: Why no EA?
October 2, 2012
(Queen’s Park) –Today Sylvia Jones MPP, Dufferin-Caledon voiced her concerns in the Legislature
about the Ministry of the Environment’s lack of direction on the Environmental Assessment (EA) of
the proposed Highland Companies quarry application in Melancthon.
The full transcript of Jones’ statement is below:
Sylvia Jones: One year, one month, and one day ago on September 1, 2011 the Minister of
the Environment announced the proposed Highland Companies quarry application in my
riding of Dufferin-Caledon would be obliged to hold a full Environmental Assessment.
On November 29th last year, I questioned Premier McGuinty about the EA for the proposed
quarry. I asked for assurances from Minister Jim Bradley that the public would be consulted
on the terms of reference for the EA.
Posted on the website of Sylvia Jones MP, October 2, 2012
"The Art of Protecting our Canadian Land Legacy" - OCADU Poster Design Exhibit
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 19:47
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Featuring posters created by students of Linda Montgomery’s Drawing Translation class, enrolled in the First Year OCADU Graphic Design and Advertising Students programme.
The posters raise awareness of a proposed Mega Quarry in Melancthon Township...........
The show opens Tuesday October 9th, 7:00 to 9:00, at MP Matthew Kellway’s office at 155 Main Street. Special guests are Carl Cosack, chair of NDACT - North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce (NDACT) one of the groups leading the charge against the Mega Quarry,a and Faisal Moola, from the David Suzuki Foundation.
Posted on blogTO, Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Disregard, Contempt, Open Defiance- Your government in action
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:41
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Yesterday, the Environment Commissioner of Ontario issued the most scathing criticism I have ever seen from a government watch dog.
Gord Miller could not have been more critical in his annual report, citing the government’s contempt for environmental rules, and the deliberate defiance of the Environmental Bill of Rights by many ministries. In previous years he has warned of the growing intransigence on the part of government but this year he has taken extraordinary steps to fully documented it in a standalone report.
By Mark Calvazara, Council of Canadians' Ontario-Quebec Regional Organizer
Posted on The Council of Canadians' website, September 20, 2012