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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Louise,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>What you did is called <U>activism</U>. There
comes a time when <U>advocacy</U> no longer is able to carry through with the
work. Governments depend on advocacy, but it is activism they
fear. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You did what everyone wishes they had the courage
to do in the midst of whatever battles they fight, salamanders or
otherwise. Never never feel bad or apologize for that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=butterflybluelu@rogers.com
href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">Louisette Lanteigne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] Regional Council re:
Hidden Valley</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>Hi folks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>Before you read about it I want to
tell you what happened tonight in Regional Council.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2> I lost it in council this
evening. I know I could should not have but damn it you should have seen what
took place. It was morally reprehensible and blatently illegal!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>First off, I filmed the entire
presentation given by Regional officials in regards to Hidden Valley. They
actually had the NERVE to state they don't actually need to secure a permit
for the River Road Extension. They assumed that the laws as established for
the protection of Jefferson Salamanders could be grandfathered. They
couldn't even give basic information regarding how many hectares of
trees were to be removed etc</FONT>.</DIV>
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class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>City staff failed to mention that
they intend to seek a permit using the Endangered Species Act section 17 2)
but they negated to tell council and the public that this is actually a KILL
permit. They know they are going to result in the fatality of these animals in
the path of the roadway where at least 1 dominant hybrid was
confirmed. </FONT></DIV>
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class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>View the attached power point for
what I presented to council. In the photo regarding non compliance, I
included a picture of the Forbes creek with Mr. Forbes standing right next to
it. I included the illegally paved Wilmot Line, a large wetland that GRCA
reports ignored when they made the Ira Needles mall. (The permit says there
was no wetland on site. Look at the size of that "Non-existant" wetland!) and
the last photo was Mr. Zister removing his wetland illegally. The man was
never charged a penny for that blatant violation of
law. </FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I
spoke with the MNR Senior policy advisors on October 3rd, specifically to ask
if the laws could be grandfathered and they told me "absolutely not!" They
stated the most current version of the law must be applied. When the Region
first proposed the road, only the pure Jeffersons were deemed threatened.
There was no protection for hybrids. Staff to this day assume this matter
still stands. However, as of Feb. 2011, both the true Jeffersons and dominant
Hybrids are protected as ENDANGERED species and in the current law they are
mandated not only to protect 300m around the pond, but up to 1km of all
potential wetland habitats as well as up to 1km of area to disburse. That is
area used to roam about, feed, hibernate etc. Under today's laws, that roadway
would not comply so technically they simply cannot build it but council was
being asked to approve option 4C that proposes a road right over where one of
the confirmed Jefferson dominant hybrids were found. Technically
illegal. </DIV>
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class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>So here is how it went. I video
taped the entire thing until my camera battery died. When I went to speak as a
registered delegate, Jane Brewer asked Mr. Seiling if it was appropriate that
I video tape the event. He said yes. She stated she didn't give her permission
to be on video tape. I said this is a public process. It's my right. She asked
me who I was going to show the video tape to. I told her to various
solicitors, the provincial and federal ministries. She looked like a deer
caught in the headlights. Then I began my presentation. I gave all the info.
Mr. Seiling tried to interject when I got to the photo of Mr. Forbes but I
managed to finish my presentation to completion. He stated I have more time do
I wish to comment. I said no but then again.. yes I do. I told them that the
roadway is a perfect example to show we're already growing unsustainably,
that with the 1.6 million people expected to move here by 2035, this
road extension is not going to result in faster traffic commutes.
The growth we are currently experiencing negates all possible benefits. Ken
Seiling said I was over time. A man in the audience stood up and said,
"She can take my time to speak. Give her an extra 3 minutes." I told
them we already have 200 people a year dying of smog and we're actually
considering removing our mature trees and salamanders to facilitate a faster
commute. Ken Seiling got up and left the council area. I said our
children are going to need the air and the water in the days ahead. How can
you morally and ethically do this to them? I told council, "Under your
watch my pond is dead. I spent $27,000 at the OMB to protect that pond by the
West Side Lands. I prayed beside that pond for years and now it's gone. The
OMB mandated that this pond will be protected and the ruling has been violated
on your watch. You failed to protect it." </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I turned to
Chris Gosselin and said, "You know exactly what happened." I turned to Jane
Brewer and said "You know the truth. You know what happened." I said the same
thing to Kevin Eby. I gathered my materials and I left the chamber,
escorted by a guard. I told the guard what happened. How the OMB stated this
pond will be protected, and how the work crews destroyed the capture zone with
the hills diverting water to the pond. How the work crews leveled it and how
my pond is gone now. It dried up and plants have taken over. No more frogs or
salamanders there now. The capture zone is gone. The pond will not survive. I
told the guard, the council members have </FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span
face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">blatantly</FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=2
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> violated the law by not protecting
that pond. I have told my story to police, RCMP, solicitors, the Ontario
Ombudsman, the Ontario Municipal Board and there is no reasonable measure of
enforcement except for me to take them on for contempt of court in
the Superior Courts. The problem is I can't access justice. I can't
afford to do that. The municipalities violated the law, Not
me. </FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
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class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>Then I drove
home. </FONT></DIV>
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class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>I literally prayed to God before
this meeting hoping I would do the right thing. I didn't want to lose my
temper. I would have never dreamed I would something so outrageous, but I must
confess, it has been a cross on my shoulders so heavy for so long and tonight,
for the first time in a long time, I took that cross off my back and flung it
right at them with the strength of Samson. They've cursed me with the
right to fling that thing and now, finally in the public form I gave it all
back. I've finally professed the truth in a public forum. It's on their
shoulders now. For the first time in a very long time, I am free of this pain
in my heart. The cross they gave me to bear is right back where it belongs.
Let them clean up the mess they've made. </FONT></DIV>
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class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>God bless the Jefferson Salamanders
in Hidden Valley for finally saving me from this burden. I hope to God
what I've done helps to contribute towards saving them. I've got everything I
need right in my camera. It's all the evidence I need.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2>Lulu </FONT></DIV>
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class=yiv1174400087Apple-style-span size=2><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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