Act Governing the Province's gravel Industry is Getting an Overhaul
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- Published on Thursday, 22 March 2012 19:13
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Opponents of the mega-quarry felt bolstered Thursday by news that the act governing the province’s gravel resources will be getting reviewed — even if it doesn’t help their cause much.
On Thursday, six months after the Liberals committed to a review of the aggregate resources act, the province followed through, announcing the legislation would be strengthened by an all party standing committee.
“We always understood that the mega-quarry application was in before this review was taking place and will likely not impact the mega-quarry application as such,” said Carl Cosack, vice-president of the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Task Force (NDACT), a grassroots group formed to lobby against the proposed quarry just north of Orangeville.
“However, part of this whole process of fighting for clean water, fresh air and safe local food is to highlight the issues in ways where it will create better policies, so that other communities don’t have to do the same things next year.”
Posted in "The Star", by Jayme Poisson, Thursday March 22, 2012
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