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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>$$$<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This undertaking will take money and lawyers. So everyone needs to test their principals and put up funds. Letters to bought off politicians are not going to do anything but bring back lip service. This project needs to incorporate NOW and start raising funds. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Contact Graham Flint of FORCE to find out how.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> all-bounces@gren.ca [mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Norah & Richard<br><b>Sent:</b> April-10-11 10:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> gren<br><b>Subject:</b> [All] Fwd: " Quarry Threatens Precious Ontario Farmland"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=224 height=76 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBF814.90CBA290" alt="CoC Logo
BilRedBlk.tif"></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><br>Hello Folks, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><br>Thanks so much . Norah Chaloner ( chair for Guelph Chapter) </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><br></span><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><br>Please, if you can possibly write a letter, please do</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>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></span>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><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>FOOD and WATER vs. PROFIT</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PLEASE GET INVOLVED</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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 href="http://www.ndact.com">www.ndact.com</a> and <a href="http://www.citizensalliance.ca">www.citizensalliance.ca</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Write a letter of objection:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From the NDACT newsletter (attached) here are the details for writing letters of objection:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>“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>”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>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 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Letters must be received by <i>both </i>the MNR and Highlands by April 26, 2011. </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Easter<b> </b>weekend is on April 22- 25 so please put your letter<b> in the mail by </b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>April 18, 2011</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Or April 18, 2011</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>, 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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Ministry of Natural Resources</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>. NDACT will arrange for pickup and delivery on or before April 26.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The <b>Highland Companies are required to hold a public meeting under the Aggregate Resources Act. Please attend this meeting if you can:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Highlands Public Meeting </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>April 12, 2011</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Hornings Mills Hall </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>14 Mill St, </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Hornings Mills </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>7:00 pm to 9:00 pm </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(see the attached newsletter for more details)<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If you have any questions about the public meeting or the quarry proposal, contact Mark Calzavara at <a href="mailto:mcalzavara@canadians.org">mcalzavara@canadians.org</a> or 1-800-208-7156.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thank you very much, and consider forwarding this notice on to your friends and family in the area</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>. Your attention and support will make a difference in this campaign.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=224 height=76 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBF814.90CBA290" alt="CoC Logo
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