Without a full environmental assessment our health and safety, environment and water is being comprikosed.
Our children will not be safe on our rural roads with 700 trucks and constant school buses, tractor loads and wagons from our agricultural community.
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This proposed landfill/recycle station is too close to the town of Dresden. The town is 800 metres from and the local public school is 1000 metres from it.
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Well I see a newspaper article saying the Ontario government issued a statement saying ‘ The York1 waste project, LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF DRESDEN, is the landfill that can mobilize the QUICKEST to increase internal waste management capacity….’.
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If the Premier and his government believe in a democratic system, they would listen to the community of Dresden who this will impact the most.
Clearly the entire community and surrounding areas are against the dump because of the negative impact on our town.
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Premier Ford is blaming this on President Trump’s tariffs and a possibility the US will stop taking our garbage.
The US has shown they’re willing to negotiate. If they can negotiate with China, Doug Ford and Ontario should be able to do the same.
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Our family is very disappointed that our government is trying to push ahead with a large scale waste site less than a kilometre from the town of Dresden. The premier and his government are obviously very uninterested in the welfare of the community.
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This proposal of bill 5 is already affecting my family. The loss of sleep about this proposed dump in Dresden is disturbing. I hear about the dump at gymnastics, I hear about it from my 5 year old when she comes home from school, I hear about everywhere I go.
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There are better locations for a mega dump than less than a kilometre from town and very close to a river. How about closer to the source of the waste rather than send 700 trucks a day hundreds of kilometres daily to Dresden. Anyone with brains thinking this decision through?
I live metres away from this proposed dump site. And yes, it is a dump site. It is NOT a recycling facility. I chose to buy my house on the edge of town to have the benefits of being close to everything, but not actually being in town. I wanted to have fields all around me.
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Removing the Environmental Assessment for the Dresden Landfill is wrong in every possible way that I can mention. It's irresponsible, unfair, and a great injustice to the local residents. I don't know when a political story has incensed me more than this one.
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Not a good idea for the community and greater area. It will affect the high school within a few hundred meters as well as the elementary school. It will also impact our local creek and water and wildlife surrounding it. It is a completely unnecessary addition and all concerns need to be addressed.
The amendments proposed under Bill 5, including amendments to this Act, must be halted.
Bill 5 would allow the government to sidestep essential environmental protections, workers’ rights and meaningful consultation with local communities and indigenous nations.
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I live in Dresden. The river runs behind my home. I can’t imagine what will happen to the grass area when the river rises after a good rain, and after all that water floods the grass area with contaminated water. Will it be safe for my kids to play there?
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This is a bad idea. The proposed site is much too close to wetlands and the watershed which flows directly into the river. Not to mention all the plants and wildlife, including endangered species, that depend on the ponds and creek for their survival.
I vote NO
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Please please please don't go through with removing the environmental assessments. Everyone here is worried about the affects the Dresden landfill will cause on the environment and our general health.
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Instead of landfills , why are we not looking into incinerators to manage garbage , as the Europeans have done successfully for many years ? With modern technology there is negligible effect to the environment, and in some places is used as a heat source.
I agree with Mr Ford that we need a new site for waste. Relying on the USA taking 40% of our waste could be halted soon. Quite frankly I don’t see why they accept our waste, except for making money. The Dresden site is not suitable for this project.
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So Mr. Ford wants to put Toronto garbage in some of the best farmland in Ontario. This smells like another Green Belt fiasco. A way to pay back his political money men under the guise of protecting Ontario. This needs to be stopped.
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Absolutely unacceptable this dump is being shoveled down to the Dresdin and surrounding area. The traffic and enviro implications are catastrophic to say the least. Develop incinerators
To dispose of your garbage. Our community does not want this back door project! Absolutely a BIG NO!
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Good day,
I am very concerned about this property. We need a full environmental assessment to ensure the safety of the town.
Naturally explosive gasses already exist under the site and along the aquifer.
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