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Esbaugh. dents' Association and the Water~ Chukka along with other proponents. told loo Federation of Agriculture draw- thecomrnitteeitischeaper.easier ingloudapplause. ighteen different stakeholders and more environmentally sound “Aggregate extraction may be an ranging from farmers and to extract w as close to the even bigger threat to food produc- ’ municipal leaders to local constructionsiteaspossible. tion and farmland than is urban- aggregate producers appeared It would drive up the cost of intion.” said Mark Reusaer, vice before provincial politicians eariier aggregate to source materials from president of the Waterloo Federa- this week to discuss potential longer distances. in turn drivingup tion ofA riculture. noting one- , changes to provincial laws govem- the cost to build and maintain third of as farmland in the region ,- ) ingquarriesandgravel pits. roads. bridges and other infra- has either been identified as an , \ An ail-party committee meeting structure. Transporting gravel from aggregate source or is already of the Ontario legislature held its the Canadian Shield to construc- being exploited for aggregate second hearing into a reviewof the tion sites in Toronto and Kitchen- extraction. “in our opinion, fann- Ontario Aggregate Resource Act at er-Waterloo not only emits more land is a non-renewable natural the Holiday inn on Fairway Road carbon emissions into the atmos- resource. Once it is utilized for in Kitchener on Monday afternoon phere. it would be difficult and extraction it will never regain its t as part of a province-wide tour of costly given the lack of necessary previous production capability. 7 aggregate facilities and impacted rail and water infrastructure. “it took 10,000 years since the " communities Malcolm Matheson. president last ice Age for that soil profile to = 8 ° fi h ? Opponents of pits in Waterloo of Steed and Evans Ltd., bluntly be formed. it cannot be recreated i u lng you r rst ome Region argued for stricter controls stated his position. arguing for the in two weeks with a bulldower," he ' on the ARA. for more power at the ARA to maintain aggregate opera- added. alluding to claims by aggre- ‘~ Go quest'onS? Ministry of Natural Resources to tionsiMlose-to-market areas. gate companies they can restore i ' . reject controversial pits and for the including rural regions outside of pits back to pristine land once the We ll walk the Journey Will an we riled in m cumulative impacts of operations Waterloo. aggregate is exhausted. ., With OI]! for I Mai to be considered before approval. "Our province has a long-stand- The liberal government prom- y Most were concerned with the ing policy that rural areas are ised to review theARAahead ofthe Home .. ' p. M m is environmental impacts of mining resource areas. and that urban provincial election last fall. The 22- Ou'k . Tuzwgm, 3» ' Will in! aggregate. such as the destruction areas are where people are direct- year-old piece of legislation was pat age IInc ”es ' was "fl” Q of habitat and farmland. as well as ed to build their homes.” Mathe- designed to provide for the man- to (my. ega ees and k ' . the impact on property values and son said, noting it would be inap- agement of aggregate resources in __ 0m“ ‘h'"95 "7 he“) ' i Q; ~ increased truck traffic in their propriate for citizens to stunt the the province and to minimize YOU’ fi's‘ “995 9399“ . “it ‘ . . communities. growth of farming operations and impact on the environment. it was Gravel companies, however. the same logic should be applied last reviewed in 2009, , Call your local ' ' - V ‘ “ said the current act requires only to aggregate operations Waterloo Region chair Ken Seil- 1 Lender today! ‘ 2138 “minor tweaks” as it stands. He said companies have no ing also appeared before the com- 3 . ' *' J including shorter tirnelines associ- control over where the resource is mittee, asking fora balance. , ““"‘ ”Wmmm ‘ ;_ ., g ated with the approval of pits and located. "We can't establish pits He called for greater inspection , ~. ' fig 3; quarries. Some even relied on a and quarries in towns and cities, and innovation. and for a clarifica- , ‘ “fl ~m familiar rallying cry for environ- [so] resource uses need to take pri- tion of the AM and the role of gov- ” ' '* mentalists to emphasize impor- ority in mm] areas" emments agencies at the munici- . . \ tance of local pits and quarries Opponents of the pits seemed pal and provincial level. “A lack of 1 g"? “The loo-mile diet applies to to dominate the room of more clarity on every front contributes ‘ aggregate as well.” said Rick than 100 observers. with passion- to the vast number of appeals cur- , Esbaugh. president of Tri City ate pleas by community groups rently in front ofthe OMB (Ontario Materials, an aggregate producer such as the West Montrose Resi- Municipal Board)," Seiling said. O , . Breakfast programs help klds excel A ‘1 ‘ 7 a ate ,. f A ‘ Our C°""'“”‘”'°'“P"0" “That can make “hmlyeaffsaid Cameeu- f 4 ,.;. git» .F ii“ , iabus and the rest of the i x it; .' 311.3“? 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