With over 6000 aggregate mines/quarries I. Ontario alone, making it easier to open new ones makes no sense at all! Our environment and natural resources need to be protected and making things easier for big business to destroy our province is not what I voted Conservative for!! Stop this act!
This looks like a further erosion of land use powers for municipal governments.
It is critical for long term sustainability that aggregate extraction be harmonized with the local land management strategies of the municipal planning departments.
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The credit river is a key river in Ontario. This beautiful river has had much conservation efforts to make sure the fish come back and are healthy. The proposal would seriously Damage the river and could put the health of the waterway in jeopardy. We must protect our river ecosystems.
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Municipalities are in the position of protecting their unique citizen groups as well as their land use. Removing or re-shaping their rights in favour of the private sector is simply supporting a transient monetary interest.
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As a consultant providing professional engineering services to Applicants under the ARA it has become a very frustrating, time consuming and expensive process for my clients. A cost of $500k and 5 years of process is not uncommon-and no guarantee a permit or licence will ever be granted.
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As CAO for Thames Centre I hear many complaints from landowners around pits regarding lack of enforcement related to haul routes, dust, noise and general lack of care of berms. Many pits become unsightly and this leads to conflicts with neighbours.
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WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, across Northern Ontario landscapes, in Townships, Towns, and small communities, GREAT BURDENS are being placed on landscapes, and communities as a result of MINERAL EXTRACTION .
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The first bullet point referring to strengthening the protection of water resources by creating a more robust application. We can do that now. I object
The second bullet point about the ARA tying the hands of the Municipality on allowing extraction below the water table. I object
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I am a concerned Citizen in Caledon. The number of pets are simply ruining the landscape, the environment, and endangering our wildlife. Also the number of cement trucks are endangering our lives!
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We have rules in place to protect our environment, removing these rules will have serious repercussions! I grew up on the escarpment in Stoney Creek where quarries we’re able to dig as deep as they wanted. The outcome, we lost our water supply even though we were almost 9 km away from the quarry!
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1. I substantially agree with in fact increasing the studies for the application process for existing operators and new applications to ensure that water tables and or flow-through waters and streams and surface waters in adjacent lands are not impacted in any way whatsoever.
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My husband and I understand that aggregates are necessary. However, we believe that environment, agricultural lands, water resources, residential areas, parklands and tourism all need to be protected to the fullest extent.
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Please refer to the attached document to see the Municipality of Brighton's comments on the proposed amendments to the Aggregate Resources Act.
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Please be advised that Township of Puslinch Council, at its meeting held on October 16, 2019, considered the aforementioned topic and subsequent to discussion, the following was resolved:
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-this is another rush job just as the formation of LPAT was. Bill passed and then the only help to individual residents was dropped.
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