<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">FYI. A group of about 25 different environmental and community organizations have been trying to respond to the secret aggregate summit being held tomorrow in Caledon. Unfortunately this is another example of the Ford government hosting an invitation-only industry back-room meeting to which the public and environmental groups are not welcome despite repeated attempts to be included.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have learned that Sue Foxton, Mayor of North Dumfries Township and Joe Farwell from the GRCA have been invited. Hopefully they will speak up loud and strong for aggregate concerns in the Grand River watershed.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Despite the short notice and the distance these groups would certainly appreciate anyone who can join the morning protest.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class="">Kevin Thomason.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">-----------------------------------------</div></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Cheryl Connors <<a href="mailto:cconnors@cnrchome.net" class="">cconnors@cnrchome.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Aggregate Summit Protest Planned for 7:45 am Tomorrow Morning (March 29th) at the Hampton Inn in Bolton, ON</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">March 28, 2019 at 5:56:38 PM EDT</span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">Feel free to circulate widely.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">The Ford Government is holding a secret Aggregate Summit in the Town of Caledon tomorrow (March 29<sup class="">th</sup>).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">The Government has gone to great lengths to keep the location secret, and has refused requests from concerned residents, environmental and other stakeholder groups, to participate. We have learned the location of this secret meeting. It will take place at the <b class="">Hampton Inn in Bolton, ON</b>. The address is: <b class="">12700 Highway 50</b> (on the same side of the road as the McDonald’s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><a href="https://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ontario/hampton-inn-and-suites-by-hilton-bolton-YYZBOHX/index.html?SEO_id=GMB-HP-YYZBOHX" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ontario/hampton-inn-and-suites-by-hilton-bolton-YYZBOHX/index.html?SEO_id=GMB-HP-YYZBOHX</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">At this point, we only know two mayors who will be in attendance, and one of them is Caledon mayor Allan Thompson.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) has released a number of white papers that indicate that the aggregate industry want far-reaching changes to aggregate legislation under the #FordNation spin of “reducing red tape” and making Ontario “open for business” by creating jobs in the aggregate industry.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">We know that pits and quarries do not produce a large amount of jobs and it would be far more valuable to the Ontario economy to keep this land as working farms. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">In 2017, Ontario’s family farm and food processing businesses contributed $39.5 billion and supported 822,483 jobs. Agriculture and agri-food processors are the number one economic contributor to Ontario’s overall economy. (Source: Ontario Federation of Agriculture)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">I have attached a copy of a couple of the OSSGA white papers. They are alarming, to say the least.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">You can see in the attached OSSGA documents that many of these industry requests would have monumentally adverse effects for the residents of Ontario. In summary, the aggregate industry would like to be exempt from virtually all environmental legislation.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Some of the industry requests include:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">· </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Insisting municipalities have no right to set hours of operation for pits and quarries</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">· </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Allowing below-the-water table aggregate operations anywhere, including places where they are currently excluded (e.g. Oak Ridges Moraine National Linkage and Core areas)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">· </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Allowing commercial fill to be brought in as part of the rehabilitation process - without requiring additional approvals or having to abide by current Table One soil requirements (potable/safe for drinking water)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">· </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Exempting aggregate operations from the Endangered Species Act and requirements to not extract in areas containing significant wetlands or treelots</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">There is also language that they would like to simplify aggregate license approvals, which implies that municipal approval for zoning could be taken away. This could be an unprecedented attack on municipal control over land use planning and turn communities into giant pits, completely destroying the health & safety of our communities and our quality of life.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Multiple residents’ and environmental groups have requested that they be allowed to attend this summit and have been refused.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">The Ford government has sent out messaging that they are preparing to give the aggregate industry everything they are asking for, under the guise of creating jobs and reducing red tape.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Ontario Minister of Natural Resources Minister John Yakabuski will be in attendance at the meeting.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><a href="https://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2019/02/ontario-committed-to-promoting-economic-growth-in-aggregate-industry.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2019/02/ontario-committed-to-promoting-economic-growth-in-aggregate-industry.html</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><a href="http://aware-simcoe.ca/2019/03/stakeholder-groups-not-invited-to-ontarios-aggregate-reform-summit/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://aware-simcoe.ca/2019/03/stakeholder-groups-not-invited-to-ontarios-aggregate-reform-summit/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">We are <b class="">planning to demonstrate</b> at the Summit, to show Minister Yakabuski and #FordNation that their secret backroom meeting with this rich and powerful industry is not happening unnoticed. We will show them that “the people” of Ontario value clean air and water, our environment and our farmland. We will not stand by quietly why they continue their secret assault on the environment to the benefit of their rich industry friends.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Please plan to attend the protest. The Summit is expected to begin at 8:00 am with the Minister expected to give opening remarks. We would really like to see a good crowd when Mayor Thompson and Minister Yakabuski arrive. It would be great if you could <b class="">be there by 7:45 am.</b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">We apologize for the late notice but we did not receive confirmation of the location until today. (If anyone has any protect farmland signs, feel free to bring them.)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">If you need to reach me, call me on my cell at 416-529-1974.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Thank you.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Cheryl<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">President<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Palgrave Residents Association<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>