LBmuskoka
Stop Dump Site 41
Posted on: 08/15/2009 08:05
Facebook Campaign to Stop Dump Site 41
Target:Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Environment Minister John Gerretsen.
Sponsored by: Danny Beaton (Turtle Clan, Mohawk Nation), The Council of Canadians, Citizens Concerned for Safe Water, Green Party of Canada, Sierra Club of Canada, New Democratic Party of Ontario.
We the undersigned demand that the Ontario Government reverse its decision granting permission to drain water from the aquifer at Site 41 in Simcoe County to allow for a landfill to be built on the site for the following reasons:
1. Scientists have referred to the pristine artesian aquifer in the area as one of the cleanest sources of freshwater in the world, comparable to ancient arctic ice. The water is so clean it can be used as a benchmark for gauging the purity of other water around the world.
2. There is widespread resistance to the proposed dump site within the communities around the aquifer. The citizens and First Nations of Simcoe County are demanding that the County explore other options to manage waste by implementing waste reduction strategies, upgrading the 50 existing landfills, and recycling recyclable products lying in older landfills.
3. Several sources, including Environment Canada, agree that Canada is on the brink of a freshwater crisis. It is important that we make the protection of freshwater sources -- not the placement of new landfills -- our first priority.
4. All life drinks from the springs that will be drained: beaver, bear, wolves, deer, fox, coyotes, turkeys, eagles, ducks and many others. The draining of the aquifer at Site 41 will affect the Wye River and Wye Marsh -- an important bird sanctuary in Ontario. Your government must assess the impacts on the entire ecosystem of draining this crucial water supply.
5. Building a dump site on a pristine aquifer fundamentally contradicts your government's stated goal of moving Ontario "toward a zero-waste future."
6. The native peoples have not been consulted about the development of a garbage dump known as Site 41 in the territories of Georgian Bay and the Ojibwe, Chippewa, Metis, Wendat (Huron) and Mohawk Nations.
We are counting on you to make the right decision. Put a stop to Dump Site 41!
Click Link to Sign
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-dump-site-41
The goal is 10,000 signatures - they are currently at 7,795
Maybe Wondercafe can push them over their mark.
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CindyBee
Posted on: 08/15/2009 16:17
Right on LBMuskoka!
lastpointe
Posted on: 08/18/2009 12:07
this is the stupidest site for a dump i can think of. I mean lets find out in 30 years that the technology wasn't all it was cracked up to be and oops, sorry about that water folks!
Give me a break.
LBmuskoka
Posted on: 08/19/2009 05:19
Thank you Laspointe. It is the artesian aquifer that makes this an inappropriate site. The source of this water is groundwater that is filtered through porous rock - which gives it its purity - it will become contaminated from a dump site.
LB
Throughout the history of literature, the guy who poisons the well
has been the worst of all villains... Author Unknown
lastpointe
Posted on: 08/19/2009 06:19
I weekend in Thornbury and this is big news in our county. Talk about pay offs and scandal in town. The beauricrats not supporting the wishes of the people....
but on any common sense level it makes no sense to test fate, no matter how confident you are, and try this site. If it doesn't work you have spoiled water for generations to come.
Birthstone
Posted on: 08/24/2009 07:02
Thanks for the link LB - enthusiastically signed.
redhead
Posted on: 08/24/2009 08:22
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lastpointe
Posted on: 08/26/2009 12:15
I disagree. It is always something that we should be concerned about.
The issue at site 41 isn't that the county doesn't want/need a new landfill site. They do and they know it. The issue is that investigation has revealed that site 41 is on top of an aquefer. When the water is totally pure and fresh.
The planners say that they are building a safe dump site with modern leaching containment plans... Assuming that there is no fraud going on adn that everything is above board, it is still impossible to know for certain, for the next 100 years, that this site will never ever leach into the aquefer and contaminate the water forever.
Right no the township , or someone, has commercials on the local radio saying ......if the minstry didn't think it was safe would they have given the permits....... I think most people don't want the dump because there really is no guarantee.
There is alot of farm land that isn't over aquefers, use someother place