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Ontario's quarry conundrum

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Published on Thursday, 28 June 2012 10:37
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There are plenty of opportunities to mine aggregate without destroying farmland, Ron Lehman informed the all-party committee of MPPs.
“Stay away from farmland. No quarries, period,” he said. “There is lots of rock elsewhere, this farmland is unique.”  
Carl Cosack, chair of the North Dufferin Agricultural Community Task Force (NDACT), requested numerous alterations to the ARA, stating, “The aggregate industry can no longer be prioritized at the cost of every other industry.”

 

Farmer David Vander Zaag, who hosted Foodstock last fall, told the committee the farmland in Melancthon is irreplaceable.


“It’s the best in the world without exaggeration,” Vander Zaag said.
During his testimony, Vander Zaag invited the committee to visit Melancthon. Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell told The Banner the committee would tour the town following the meeting.
“You owe it to yourself to see it first hand,” Vander Zaag said. “You owe it to Ontarians.”

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Posted in the "Orangeville Banner", June 28, 2012

By Bill Tremblay

Committee reviewing ARA agrees to see mega-quarry site

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Published on Thursday, 28 June 2012 01:53
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The Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on General Government won loud applause Wednesday for committing itself to visit the site of the proposed Melancthon mega-quarry.

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Posted in the "Orangeville Citizen", June 28,2012

By Wes Keller

 

Aggregate review coming to Dufferin-Caledon, says MPP

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Published on Wednesday, 13 June 2012 13:50
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A provincial review of the controversial Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) will be making a stop in Dufferin-Caledon, MPP Sylvia Jones announced on Wednesday (June 13).


“This is great news. I have been calling for the committee to travel from the beginning and I think Dufferin-Caledon makes an excellent location for hearings,” she said in a news release.


The Standing Committee on General Government is undertaking a review of the ARA. It has already held public hearings in Toronto to garner feedback from stakeholders and the public.


While specific dates and times for travelling hearings have not been determined, Jones said they will be held in Dufferin-Caledon, Kitchener-Waterloo, Manitoulin Island and Ottawa.

Posted in the "Orangeville Banner", June 13, 2012

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Anti-environment measures tucked into Liberal budget bill

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Published on Thursday, 07 June 2012 14:38
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Ontario appears to be echoing the mood of the federal government, which also used its budget bill to introduce significant changes to environmental protection laws, a move that had less to do with budgets and more to do with undoing transparency, accountability and environmental responsibility.

Posted in the Toronto Star, April 23, 2012

By Clayton Ruby

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Maude Barlow wants Great Lakes declared public trust

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Published on Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:52
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mb-great-lake-tourMaude Barlow, the head of the Council of Canadians went on a two-week Ontario tour to get support for a proposal to have the watershed protected as a public trust.

Maude strongly urges that we stop the new Harper Budget bill being "pushed" through that has so many pages and various topics that it is impossible that his party members can give it due diligence before voting.  One aspect is to literally "gut" the current fisheries regulations and other environmental watch dogs.  We will be in crisis mode if this gets passed.
 
Maude's new proposal is basically for the Great Lakes to become a "Common" or a trust of the people and that the govt. cannot destroy the Lakes at will and/or for profit.
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