[All] Moraine protection... and CETA

[Norah & Richard]

Louisette,

We need Paris/Galt Moraine protection as well.  W*_e need all of these 
moraines protected. _*
A failure of one will affect the water demands in the neighbouring 
watersheds.

As a rep for Council of Canadians in our area, I cannot take part in 
supporting individual candidates and parties. But
we do focus on the issues and our MP Frank Valeriote has been incredibly 
supportive of water and food security issues including protection.
Michael needs to know that this is a big issue for our whole Grand River 
watershed.

And re CETA. Nothing in the G&M this morning following Harper in Halifax 
yesterday promising to "move ahead full throttle" on CETA. This is a 
huge threat to
local governance of all water and health issues...and  public 
utilities... the right to profit for multinationals is dominant. And 
environmental or local procurement considerations will not be allowed to 
take precedence over the right to profit. Harper wants it signed in 
June. He is counting on the ignorance of the masses. Lets raise the 
alert on this one.

Norah.


On 31/03/2011 10:43 PM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing said the Minister of 
> Environment may be open to discussion about a Waterloo Moraine Act.  
> He has invited me to speak further on the matter with the MOE Minister 
> Wilkinson. I used to go to church with the entire Wilkinson family for 
> years in Trenton where I grew up. We sat behind his family in church 
> so it will be nice to see him again. See letter in the attachment for 
> details.
>
> This election I've been working with the Liberal party and tonight I 
> got a call. I'll be meeting Michael Ignatieff  tomorrow with the rest 
> of the KW liberal supporters.  I'd like to ask him how much money the 
> Liberal Party intends to allocate towards their proposed federal water 
> protection act.
>
> I've been reviewing the Highland Quarry data and the Hydrogeology 
> reports are absolutely outrageous.
>
> I'm working on a draft response but in a nutshell I can tell you the 
> following: They based their data on modflow models which is computer 
> program to determine flow based on numbers from bore hole data. Since 
> many of the surrounding land owners prohibited them from entering 
> their property to test their wells, many of the bore hole readings 
> used for Modflow were taken back in 1945. Without access to those 
> wells they relied on the MOE info regarding the standard drinking 
> water tests for residental wells as if that data could reasonably 
> forcast the water quality impacts of this mega quarry. Modflow doesn't 
> have much regard to geology or sediment type so all their projections 
> on infiltration rates are pretty much fabricated on unsubstantiated 
> claims. There is really no reasonable baseline data to work with in 
> regards to this project. No spring thaw analysis, lack of 12 month 
> creek studies etc. Same old same old.
>
> If I were going to the OMB against this, the professionals needed 
> would include a geologist/sediment expert and hydrologist.  They'd 
> have a field day with this rubbish. Here's the EIS link if your curious:
>
> http://www.highlandcompanies.ca/index.php/companies/melancthonquarry/technical_studies/
>
> Have a good one folks
>
> Lulu :0)
>
>
>
>
> Hi folks
>
> The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing said the Minister of 
> Environment may be open to discussion about a Waterloo Moraine Act.  
> He has invited me to speak further on the matter with the MOE Minister 
> Wilkinson. I used to go to church with the entire Wilkinson family for 
> years in Trenton where I grew up. We sat behind his family in church 
> so it will be nice to see him again. See letter in the attachment for 
> details.
>
> This election I've been working with the Liberal party and tonight I 
> got a call. I'll be meeting Michael Ignatieff  tomorrow with the rest 
> of the KW liberal supporters.  I'd like to ask him how much money the 
> Liberal Party intends to allocate towards their proposed federal water 
> protection act.
>
> I've been reviewing the Highland Quarry data. The EIS studies are 
> online here and the Hydrogeology reports are absolutely outrageous.
>
>  http://www.highlandcompanies.ca/index.php/companies/melancthonquarry/technical_studies/
>
> I'm working on a draft response but in a nutshell I can tell you the 
> following: They based their data on modflow models which is computer 
> program to determine flow based on numbers from bore hole data. Since 
> many of the surrounding land owners prohibited them from entering 
> their property to test their wells, many of the bore hole readings 
> were taken back in 1945. Without access to those wells they relied on 
> the MOE info regarding the standard drinking water tests for 
> residental wells as if that data could reasonably forcast the water 
> quality impacts of this mega quarry . Modflow doesn't have much regard 
> to geology or sediment type so all their projections on infiltration 
> rates are pretty much fabricated on unsubstantiated claims. There is 
> really no reasonable baseline data to work with in regards to this 
> project. No spring thaw analysis, lack of 12 month creek studies etc. 
> Same old same old.
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> *From:* Minister (MAH) <minister.mah at ontario.ca>
> *To:* butterflybluelu at rogers.com
> *Sent:* Thu, March 31, 2011 10:08:20 AM
> *Subject:* Minister's response to your e-mail of January 24, 2011 - 
> File 53435
>
>
>
> Hi folks
>
> The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing said the Minister of 
> Environment may be open to discussion about a Waterloo Moraine Act. 
> See letter in the attachment. He has invited me to speak further on 
> the matter with the MOE Minister. I used to go to church with the 
> entire Wilkinson family for years in Trenton where I grew up. We sat 
> behind his family in church so it will be nice to see him again.
>
> This election I've been working with the Liberal party and tonight I 
> got a call. I'll be meeting Michael Ignatieff  tomorrow with the rest 
> of the KW supporters.  I'd like to ask him how much Liberal Party 
> intends to allocate towards their proposed federal water protection act.
>
> I've been reviewing the Highland Quarry data. The EIS studies are 
> online and it's absolutely outrageous. I'm working on a draft response 
> but in a nutshell I can tell you the following:
>
> -They based their data on modflow models which is computer program to 
> determine flow based on numbers from bore hole data. Since many of the 
> surrounding land owners prohibited them from entering their property 
> to test their wells, the figures used were readings taken back in 
> 1945. Without access to those wells they relied on the MOE info 
> regarding the standard drinking water tests for residental wells as if 
> that data could reasonably forcast the impacts of this mega quarry . 
> With Modflow is no regard to geology or sediment type so all their 
> projections on infiltration rates are pretty much fabricated on 
> unsubstantiated claims. There is really no reasonable baseline data to 
> work with in regards to this project. Typical stuff from Stantec
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> *From:* Minister (MAH) <minister.mah at ontario.ca>
> *To:* butterflybluelu at rogers.com
> *Sent:* Thu, March 31, 2011 10:08:20 AM
> *Subject:* Minister's response to your e-mail of January 24, 2011 - 
> File 53435
>
>
>
> Hi folks
>
> The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing said the Minister of 
> Environment may be open to discussion about a Waterloo Moraine Act. 
> See letter in the attachment. He has invited me to speak further on 
> the matter with the MOE Minister. I used to go to church with the 
> entire Wilkinson family for years in Trenton where I grew up. We sat 
> behind his family in church so it will be nice to see him again.
>
> This election I've been working with the Liberal party and tonight I 
> got a call. I'll be meeting Michael Ignatieff  tomorrow with the rest 
> of the KW supporters.  I'd like to ask him how much Liberal Party 
> intends to allocate towards their proposed federal water protection act.
>
> I've been reviewing the Highland Quarry data. The EIS studies are 
> online and it's absolutely outrageous. I'm working on a draft response 
> but in a nutshell I can tell you the following:
> -They based their data on modflow models which is computer program 
> where you basically punch in the numbers from bore hole data. Since 
> many of the surrounding land owners prohibited them from entering 
> their property to test their wells, the figures used were readings 
> taken back in 1945!  There is no regard to geology or sediment type so 
> all their projections on infiltration rates are as realistic as 
> unicorn meat. There is really no reasonable baseline data to work with in
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> *From:* Minister (MAH) <minister.mah at ontario.ca>
> *To:* butterflybluelu at rogers.com
> *Sent:* Thu, March 31, 2011 10:08:20 AM
> *Subject:* Minister's response to your e-mail of January 24, 2011 - 
> File 53435
>
>
>
> Hi folks
>
> The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing said the Minister of 
> Environment may be open to discussion about a Waterloo Moraine Act. 
> See letter in the attachment. He has invited me to speak further on 
> the matter with the MOE Minister. I used to go to church with MP 
> Wilkinson for years in Trenton. We sat behind his family in church so 
> it will be nice to see him again.
>
> This election I've been working with the Liberal party doing all sorts 
> of odd jobs like delivering signs etc. and I was just informed that 
> I'll be meeting Michael Ignatieff
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> *From:* Minister (MAH) <minister.mah at ontario.ca>
> *To:* butterflybluelu at rogers.com
> *Sent:* Thu, March 31, 2011 10:08:20 AM
> *Subject:* Minister's response to your e-mail of January 24, 2011 - 
> File 53435
>
>
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