The Township of Southgate wishes to thank the province for this opportunity to comment on the proposed omnibus Bill 5 “The Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025”. The Township has several concerns related to the proposed amendments, which are as follows:
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Explain to me how the Ford government and the Ministry of Environment could even consider removing environmental assessments that leave endangered species open to harm?
That is utterly ridiculous and without respect to our area’s unique environment and numerous species of concern.
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I am unsure how anybody, especially the provincial government deems it okay to propose having a landfill that close to a town, let alone that close to a watershed area where it has already been proven chemicals are leeching into the river.
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Since January 2024 we have been fighting the expansion of a long closed landfill, which has been used as a bomb disposal area and firing range for the Chatham-Kent Police more recently.
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This Bill will do more harm than good. Please listen to the people and do not continue pushing this Bill. We don’t want it. Our land does not want it. Future generations don’t want it. Please stop!
Environmental Defence Canada opposes the removal of the Environmental Assessment (EA) requirements for the York1 waste disposal site project as proposed under the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025.
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This is unethical. Please reconsider due to the environmental impact of this decision. Our future depends on it. Don’t be so narrow and selfishly motivated. Be in the right side of history.
NO DUMP IN DRESDEN!!
This is a disgusting proposal and the people see it for what it is: an opportunity for Doug Ford to make his rich developer friends even richer at the cost of his constituents and their communities!
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It’s horrible to put a dump near a community of residents. I worry about the ecological impact on groundwater, air quality and the over all smell. This is the wrong place to put the new dump.
The question before the Ontario government and particularly the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Conservation and Parks with respect to York 1’s proposed use of the Dresden dump site must be addressed based on scientific evidence and not on political hyperbole-I.e.
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To whom it may concern,
I am writing to express my strong opposition to the removal of the environmental assessment requirements for the York1 Waste Disposal Site Project at 29831 Irish School Road in Dresden, Ontario (ERO 025-0389).
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I strongly oppose this proposal. There should be no shortcuts or bypassing EA requirements for industry when setting up a dump site that will have such significant impacts on the environment and the people that live in the area.
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Since January 2024 we have…
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No dump in Dresden.
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NO DUMP IN DRESDEN!! This is…
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