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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><img
id="_x0000_i1026"
src="cid:part1.01020905.08000504@hotmail.com" alt="CoC Logo
BilRedBlk.tif" width="224" height="76"></span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span><span
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span><font size="+2"><small><br>
Hello Folks, <br>
</small></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+2"><small><br>
This quarry is the same one that was discussed at the
'Growth, Gravel and Groundwater' panel we hosted at Harcourt
Church last June when John Jackson spoke also. <br>
The final permit for this quarry is now before the
government. It is needed by the Boston hedge fund company to
proceed. Last week two of the local members attended the
presentation by the corporation in Shelburne and are
appalled. Our regional CoC representative Mark Calzavara
attended also. Guelph area has always supported water
protection. So please contact your water watcher friends and
get their help as soon as possible. <br>
</small></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="+2"><small><br>
Thanks so much . Norah Chaloner ( chair for Guelph Chapter)
</small><br>
<small><b><u><br>
Please, if you can possibly write a letter, please do</u></b><small><b>.</b>
</small> Sign each copy separately and mail out to the
addresses provided. Signed copies to our MPs and MPPs as
well would be helpful. It will take mass commenting to stop
this. Details to include are in the attachment. It need not
be long. <br>
</small></font>This enormous open pit mine has been proposed
in Melancthon township on Highway 124 just north of Shelburne.
The Highland Companies (owned by a Boston hedge fund) has filed
an application for a 2,400-acre aggregate mine- it would be the
largest quarry in Ontario and the second largest in North
America. This is the “rooftop of Ontario” and the Niagara
Escarpment runs along its border. The Council of Canadians has
been working with local groups to help stop this open pit mine
from being created because of the extraordinary impacts it will
have on the community, the watersheds, Ontario’s food supply and
on the drinking water of more than one million people which
originates in this area. <o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA"><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></span>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">Join
this fight by supporting our allies and have your voice
heard by writing a letter objecting to this proposal – THE
DEADLINE IS APRIL 18<sup>TH</sup>, PLEASE ACT NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA"><b><u>FOOD
and WATER vs. PROFIT</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">The
Highlands company started buying farmland in Melancthon
several years ago saying they wanted to become the province’s
largest potato growing operation- which made sense to local
farmers as the area is well known for its particularly high
quality soil and micro-climate. About one quarter of all the
potatoes eaten in the GTA come from there. After many local
farmers had sold their farms –some of which had been in the
family for generations- the real motives of the company became
apparent. Under that rich and rare soil is a fortune in high
quality limestone worth upwards of eight billion dollars. The
company now owns around 8000 acres of land and has applied for
permission to mine 2400 acres which would make it the second
largest quarry in North America. There is little doubt that
they intend to excavate the entire 8000+ acres. To do so,
Highland will strip off all that precious soil then blast
their way down more than 200 feet BELOW the water table. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">From
the area around the proposed mine site spring the headwaters
of river systems that are important drinking water sources for
more than one million people downstream. The Nottawasaga
River, the Grand River and the Pine River systems will all be
threatened by the mine’s 600 million litre per day de-watering
pumps. Massive amounts of toxic demolition explosives will be
used to smash the limestone and hundreds of dump trucks per
hour will enter and leave the site- 24 hours a day, 360 days
per year. The company rightly points out that this is all
allowable under Ontario’s aggregate extraction laws but the
problem is that those laws couldn’t be more favourable to the
industry or more rigged against communities that want to
protect their water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA"><b><u>PLEASE
GET INVOLVED</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">Support
our allies: We have been working with the North Dufferin
Agricultural & Community Taskforce (NDACT) and the
Citizen’s Alliance for a Sustainable Environment (CAUSE) and
we ask you to consider supporting them as well. Please visit
their websites: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ndact.com">www.ndact.com</a> and <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.citizensalliance.ca">www.citizensalliance.ca</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA">Write a letter of objection:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA">From the NDACT newsletter (attached)
here are the details for writing letters of objection:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA">“The process for objecting is very
legislated, there are clear time frames which must be followed
in order to have your objection count. <b>Letters of
objection are critical.</b>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">Send
the same letter to both addresses below with an original
signature-anyone in your household, over the age of 16 can
object-all letters will form part of the public record and be
public information. Letters <b>must </b>be signed and <b>must
also </b>contain your return mailing address including fire
number, box and/or RR# (if applicable) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA">Your letter must be sent to BOTH:
Ministry of Natural Resources, 2284 Nursery Road, Midhurst
Ontario LOL 1X0 <b>AND </b>The Highland Companies, Box 377,
Shelburne, ON L0N 1S0 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA">Letters must be received by <i>both
</i>the MNR and Highlands by April 26, 2011. </span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA">Easter<b> </b>weekend is on April
22- 25 so please put your letter<b> in the mail by </b></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA"><b>April
18, 2011</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"
lang="EN-CA"><br style="page-break-before: always;" clear="all">
</span>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">Or
April 18, 2011</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-CA">, you can drop your letters off at the Township
of Melancthon office (8:30 – 4:30) 157101 Highway # 10,
Melancthon, ON in sealed envelopes addressed to BOTH Highlands
and the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;" lang="EN-CA">Ministry of Natural Resources</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">.
NDACT will arrange for pickup and delivery on or before April
26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The <b><span
style="color: black;">Highland Companies are required to
hold a public meeting under the Aggregate Resources Act.
Please attend this meeting if you can:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color: black;"
lang="EN-CA">Highlands Public Meeting </span></b><span
style="color: black;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color: black;"
lang="EN-CA">April 12, 2011</span></b><span style="color:
black;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color: black;"
lang="EN-CA">Hornings Mills Hall </span></b><span
style="color: black;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color: black;"
lang="EN-CA">14 Mill St, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color: black;"
lang="EN-CA">Hornings Mills </span></b><span style="color:
black;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color: black;"
lang="EN-CA">7:00 pm to 9:00 pm </span></b><span
style="color: black;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">(see the attached
newsletter for more details)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">If
you have any questions about the public meeting or the quarry
proposal, contact Mark Calzavara at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mcalzavara@canadians.org">mcalzavara@canadians.org</a>
or 1-800-208-7156.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">Thank
you very much, and consider forwarding this notice on to
your friends and family in the area</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA">.
Your attention and support will make a difference in this
campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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id="Picture_x0020_0"
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BilRedBlk.tif" border="0" width="224" height="76"></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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