A few years ago the big eye of the corporate world turned to Melancthon.
They weren't interested in learning how to form a sustainable, close knit, financially productive agricultural community.
No, no, no.
They looked to see what was in it for them. Financially speaking of course.
Farming they said? Wow, lets throw all the biosolids on that farm land and tell them it will be good for them and financially beneficial.
Thank god we had a Council at the time who realized the dangers and how ridiculous these claims were and they took a stand, passing a bylaw that prevented the spreading of this crap (figuratively & literally). The Province could have struck down the bylaw, but they didn't.
Then we had the wind turbines. We will build 50 turbines and $300,000.00 a year they purred. You will get the increased tax revenue they promised, all the while down at Queen's Park lobbying to have a regulation passed that limited what they actually had to pay in property taxes.
Once that door had been opened a crack, they kicked it open all the way and within the next five years we will have hundreds of these unproductive and very expensive sources of "power", which if course is nothing but a P.R. stunt for the government, which by the way we are ALL paying for through higher energy prices.
Now it is a 2,500 acre 200 foot deep open pit limestone mine and a DEEP plant (in Amaranth, but not sure how they will stop the emissions from floating to Melancthon).
To hear about the environmental issues facing Melancthon and Dufferin County, if you can please plan to attend the United Church in Shelburne tonight at 7:00 p.m. There will be several speakers there, including speakers from NDACT about the mine.
Here is a link with the particulars:
Marni, that was a great meeting. Wonderful turnout-probably more than 50, and well moderated. Ran on time and the speakers were informed and factual and Carl even remembered he was in a Church!@!
ReplyDeleteKarren Wallace, frequent reader of this blog.