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[Louisette Lanteigne]

If I hear from Mr. Kent, I'll let you know what happens.

Lulu 



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Prime Minister/Premier ministre <pm at pm.gc.ca>
To: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com>
Cc: "Peter Kent, P.C., M.P." <minister at ec.gc.ca>
Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 11:22:36 AM
Subject: Office of the Prime Minister / Cabinet du Premier ministre

Dear Ms. Lanteigne:

On behalf of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, I would like to thank you for 
your e-mail, in which you raised an issue that falls within the portfolio of the 
Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment.

Please be assured that the statements you made have been carefully reviewed. I 
have taken the liberty of forwarding your e-mail to Minister Kent, so that he 
too may be made aware of your comments. I am certain that the Minister will give 
your views every consideration. 


P. Monteith
Executive Correspondence Officer
for the Prime Minister's Office
Agent de correspondance
de la haute direction
pour le Cabinet du Premier ministre

>>>   From : Louisette Lanteigne  butterflybluelu at rogers.com      Received : 02  
>>>Mar  2011 05:54:48 PM   >>>

>>>   Subject : 21 appeals launched against Waterloo Region's ROP   >>>>

Dear Hon. Prime Minister and Hon. Ministers.





The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has received twenty-one appeals of the Region 
of Waterloo's Regional Official Plan (ROP), including one by the Region itself.   
The ROP was approved by Regional Council in June 2009 but needed approval from 
the provincial government.  The appeals were filed after the province approved 
the Council-adopted ROP with several modifications on December 22, 2010.  While 
many of the appeals focus on specific lands excluded from future development 
areas, some question the Region's overall approach to directing where growth may 
occur.  The Region's own appeal seeks to strengthen protections for 
environmentally-sensitive lands and source water areas as they pertain to 
aggregate extraction (gravel pits). 


Waterloo Region is currently the largest region dependent on ground source 
drinking water but our water supply is at immediate risk. The primary recharge 
zones gather up to 80% of our municipality's water supply and acts as a source 
for both the Grand River and Lake Erie. The Grand provides the primary water 
supply for downstream communities including Brantford and Six Nations and the 
Grand River supports the same gross national revenue as the province of Nova 
Scotia according to the Grand River Conservation Authority. The water gathered 
in Waterloo Region helps to support the second largest food belt in Ontario. 
Unfortunately, significant portions of the primary recharge have been designated 
for aggregate extraction. To view maps illustrating the urgency of this issue 
please visit the following website:  http://waterloomoraineact.com/aggregate.htm 


To view the 23 page PDF report produced by the Region of Waterloo regarding 
these appeals, see the attachments. 


Please help support the establishment of a Waterloo Moraine Protection Act as 
well as a National Water Strategy and I beg you to place a moratorium on 
aggregate extraction over top the primary recharge areas until we can reasonably 
secure that the function of the aggregates will be maintained in order to 
protect and preserve our municipal water supplies for the long term. 


Thank you kindly for your time.

Louisette Lanteigne
700 Star Flower Ave.
Waterloo Ontario
N2V 2L2
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