<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Donna Baylis <dbaylis@xplornet.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Friends of N.D.A.C.T. <info@aware-ontario.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:22:49 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> ARA Review: Report tabled today<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv1265115364">
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<div><font size="4">Hello, I hope this e-mail finds you well. A little light
reading for those so inclined!</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Today the Aggregate Resources Act review was tabled in
the Ontario Legislature. A copy can be found at link: </font><font size="4"><a rel="nofollow" style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE:none;BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE:none;BORDER-TOP-STYLE:none;COLOR:#0084b4;BORDER-LEFT-STYLE:none;TEXT-DECORATION:none;" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FVVFW2Wz3in&sig=22b3b63d391bef96efaa784b49eaaa1cf79e579d&uid=1115703072&iid=5e1ec42d31a849b9bbd0a7e60da79105&nid=27+1268&t=1">ow.ly/ql6P1</a>
(57 pages/10 meg .pdf)</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Remember we are looking for the issues listed in the
postscript below to be addressed.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">If you have any feedback on the report or opinions as to next
steps, do not hesitate to let me know. Thx.</font></div>
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<div>Donna Baylis</div>
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">Recommendations for Changes to the
Aggregate Resources Act & Underlying Policies
(2013)</font></span></b></div>
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">1.<span style="">
</span>Invoke a “Food and Water First” policy.<span style=""> </span>This requires protection for prime
farming soils (classes 1-3) and source water protection.<span style=""> </span>Aggregate should not be mined at the
expense of local food and fresh water.<span style="">
</span>As a province and as a nation, we must be able to feed ourselves.<span style=""> </span></font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">2.<span style="">
</span>Make conservation of aggregate, a non-renewable resource, a priority over
approval of new extraction sites.<span style="">
</span>Conservation can occur through aggregate recycling and use of alternative
materials.<span style=""> </span>All three levels of
government need to be encouraged to use recycled
product.</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">3.<span style=""> </span>Reserve virgin aggregate, a
non-renewable resource, for use within
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">Canada</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">4. Prohibit aggregate extraction below
the water table without a full Environmental Assessment and full understanding
of the impact on all areas, near and far.<span style="">
</span></font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">5. Prohibit aggregate extraction below
the water table in drinking water source areas.</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">6. Conduct a
thorough study of all existing aggregate reserves in
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">Ontario</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">.<span style=""> </span>We cannot know what we
need until we know what we have.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">7.<span style=""> </span>Require that new aggregate proposals
demonstrate need for additional resource extraction in meeting the demands of
the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">Ontario</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"> market.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">8.<span style="">
</span>Mandate that an Environmental Assessment occur for all new or expanding
aggregate operations.</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">9.<span style="">
</span>Develop a process and guidelines for identifying and designating new
Specialty Crop Areas to safeguard unique agricultural land resources.<span style=""> </span>Prohibit aggregate extraction in
Specialty Crop Areas.</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">10. Develop a
comprehensive “Aggregate Master Plan” and disallow new aggregate mining licenses
within environmentally protected spaces until the “Aggregate Master Plan” has
been fully approved by the people and the province.<span style=""> </span>Align the “Aggregate Master Plan” with
existing environmental protection legislation including the
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">Greenbelt</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">, the Niagara Escarpment Plan and the Oak Ridges
Moraine.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">11. Provide an
assessment of the cumulative affects (dust, noise, air quality, traffic
emissions; effects on water) of industrial projects including the “Aggregate
Master Plan” on </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA">Ontario</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"> residents by district and take those impacts into account in the
decision-making process.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">12.<span style=""> </span>Full cost accounting:<span style=""> </span>Realign the cost of virgin aggregate to
reflect reality.<span style=""> </span>Economically,
aggregate is a low-priced, heavy-weight commodity that takes the bulk of its
cost from transportation.<span style=""> </span>Today,
however, the price of virgin aggregate must include the activism necessary by
residents to fight for their best interest despite the elected and public
institutions designed to represent and protect the public interest.<span style=""> </span>As well, the cost must encompass the
environmental cost on residents.<span style=""> </span>In
other words the market cost for virgin aggregate is unrealistically cheap.
Create a management system that works for residents and price the product
accordingly.<span style="">
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">13.<span style=""> </span>Implement “social licencing” where
operators must earn the right to continue extraction through responsible
operation, and timely and progressive
rehabilitation.</font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv1265115364MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;" lang="EN-CA"><font face="Times New Roman">14. Establish an end to each aggregate
licence through a “sunset clause”.<span style="">
</span>It is unfair to local residents and communities when an aggregate
operation can exist for an indefinite period.<span style=""> </span>Operators have a tendency to keep near
exhausted sites active enough to avoid rehabilitation expense.<span style=""> </span>Or they apply to go deeper/wider and
extend the life of the operation.<span style="">
</span>Or they accept commercial fill (the more contaminated/suspect the fill
the higher the fee earned). Or they stockpile licences indefinitely causing
problems when communities build up around the site.<span style=""> </span>Such never-ending aggregate practices
have a negative impact on local communities.<span style=""> </span>Give communities a light at the end of
the tunnel.<span style="">
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