[All] Environmental Election Forum Question on Water

[Alisa McClurg]

Hello,

A number of environmental/conservation groups are working to organize an environmental election forum for next Thursday, Sept 29 (7-9 pm). We are seeking to identify questions from a variety of topics (energy, food, transportation etc.). One of the topics is water.

To identify a question on this topic, I approached Louisette Lanteigne and a couple other groups (BYOB  - Bring Your Own Bottle, SWIGS - Students of the Water Institute, Graduate Section). Unbeknownst to me, however, the organizing committee would like to identify the groups who have posed these questions. 

So...the question I have for GREN is, what are your thoughts on having the below question being identified as a question relating to water from GREN?







There is a proposal to build the largest limestone quarry in
all of Canada
in Melancthon Township
north of Shelburne.  The quarry would be
over five kilometres wide and deeper than Niagara Falls.  It would lie
in the midst of a highly sensitive water recharge area that serves over
1 million Ontario residents,
including those of us living in the Grand River Watershed. There are serious concerns over water safety, as the area contains karsts, underground caves and
rivers, which make it very difficult to predict the impact of quarry operations
on the watersheds.


If
elected, what will your party do about the Melanchton mega-quarry?






Ideally, if the answer could be provided by today, that
would be helpful. We would like to distribute the questions to the political
candidates shortly.

Note: The other groups organizing the event include:
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Community Renewal Energy Waterloo,
Greening Sacred Spaces Kitchener-Waterloo, Local Initiative for Future Energy
(LIFE), rare, TriTAG, TransitionKW, and WPIRG. The event will be held at Rockway Mennonite Church sanctuary (in the rear of the Zion United Church building at 32 Weber St. W., Kitchener - http://mapq.st/o4u8j5).

 

Cheers,

 

Alisa McClurg

  



 		 	   		  
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