[All] Lulu and Michael Ignatieff Part II

Sat Apr 30 00:51:29 EDT 2011

Hi folks

Tonight I met with Michael Ignatieff again and hand delivered a binder 
containing  reports about:

	* The issues of the Aamjiwnaang First Nations  reserve in Sarnia

	* The illegal banking and fraud activites of certain development firms in our 
area

	* Info re: the Region fighting Quarries at the OMB

	* Info re: Highland Quarry proposal including the web link to the video that 
Kevin shared with us.
	* My Waterloo Moraine power point presentation outlining risks currently 
threatening our water supply. 

He thanked me for this and will review. I've got another copy that I'll be 
giving to Dalton McGuinty as well. 

Below is the response shared with the GRCA staff.

Bit by bit folks. Keep the faith and for heavens sake, VOTE!

Lulu :0)

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com>
To: Dave Schultz <dschultz at grandriver.ca>
Sent: Sat, April 30, 2011 12:36:53 AM
Subject: Re: Please foward to the Lake Erie Source Water Protection Committee

Hi Mr. Schultz

There is a bona fide portion of Grand River Watershed  on sight so I disagree 
with the GRCA's comment on that this only involves the Nottawasaga Valley 
Watershed. The GRCA's  assumption of subwatershed delineation is mainly based on 
TOPOGRAPHY  without regard for subsurface geology or sediment type which can 
reveal a  much higher connectivity issue that what is represented by way of bore  
holes. 

I went to Melancthon on Tuesday and spoke with both  locals and aboriginals who 
have told me of the UNDERWATER RIVERS  that contain FISH in these areas. It's a 
Karst formation around here.  The rivers are well beneath the ground in cave 
like formations and  locals site several examples on different properties when 
speaking of  this issue. In one case the fish were found in a WELL.   The 
aboriginals I have spoke with know this area's  connectivity to the Grand.  
These lands  are subject to the Haldimand Tract treaty and they have yet to be  
consulted in regards to this proposal. The aboriginal description of  this site 
gives specific reference to it's roll as headwaters for the  GRAND. The 
underground water flows south.

The GRCA staff were with me as we toured out wash moraine  systems in Guelph 
with Hazen Russel and Andy Bajc but honestly at the time it  appeared to me that 
this individual was more preoccupied with socializing  than learning that day. 
In a nutshell I respect the the opinion of the  GRCA but I don't agree with 
their statements. This is an outwash moraine system. Bore holes don't work in 
areas like this unless the data is paired with reasonable sediment analysis 
using Ground Penetrating Stratisgraphy Readings and better quality geological 
data. 

Bore holes are too few and to shallow and to old to reasonably assess risk. 

Thanks  kindly for your time.

Louisette

________________________________
From: Dave Schultz <dschultz at grandriver.ca>
To: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com>
Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 3:54:26 PM
Subject: RE: Please foward to the Lake Erie Source Water Protection Committee

Hi Louisette,
I’ll forward your e-mail to the source protection staff.
To fill you in on where things stand, both the Grand River Conservation 
Authority board and the Source Protection Committee are aware of this proposal.
Both boards met separately on April 14 and passed resolutions urging the 
province to extend the deadline for comments. That has happened, as you note.
The GRCA was circulated on the quarry application by the proponent. Our staff 
prepared a comment which was filed by the original deadline earlier this week.
Just to clarify one matter. As we understand it, the proposed quarry site is not 
in the Grand River watershed, being entirely within the Nottawasaga Valley 
watershed.
However, the site is very close to Grand River watershed – literally across the 
road in one section -- and there may be impacts on groundwater within the Grand  
River watershed. The comments we have already filed dealt largely with 
groundwater issues raised by the application.

Dave Schultz
Manager of Communications
Grand River Conservation Authority
(519) 621-2761 Ext. 2273
dschultz at grandriver.ca
www.grandriver.ca

Follow us on...

From:Louisette Lanteigne [mailto:butterflybluelu at rogers.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 3:38 PM
To: Dave Schultz
Subject: Please foward to the Lake Erie Source Water Protection Committee

Dear Source Water Committee Members

There is a video circulating regarding the proposed Highland Quarry set to be 
built in the headwaters of the Grand River. Please review it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgS0m2XtBbI

The public deadline for this proposal has been extended 75 days. Comments can be 
left on the Environmental Bill of Rights registry here: 

http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTEyNTY2&statusId=MTY4ODI5&language=en

I have requested that the Region of Waterloo and municipalities take an official 
stance on this project. I would like the Lake Erie source water protection to do 
so as well. 

I will share my comments regarding this proposal with you as it has direct 
implications on source water protection issues in the Grand River. They are in 
the attachments. If you would like to see the supporting documents please 
contact me and I can email it  your way. Many topics of relevance in this 
report. I would like the Source Water Protection Committee support the idea of 
establishing provincially mandated test times and methods to reflect best 
practices in order to reasonably assess risk. Currently to many  EIS studies are 
getting away with using outdated and poor data and this practice must stop. 

Please review the attached power point as well. The International Joint 
Committee recently stated the status of Lake Erie is back to the eutrophication 
of the 70's. They state that it is imperative that we protect groundwater if we 
are to reasonably protect  the Great Lakes.  In order to do that we must include 
reasonable EIS studies for ALL quarry applications.

I would like to see the Source Water Protection Committee take a strong stance 
to voice concerns about the omission of Quarry concerns from the Source Water 
Protection legislation. We need to include these issues as having the potential 
to create a bona fide  risk if we are to reasonably protect our water supply for 
the long term. 

Thank you kindly for your time.

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