This operation would be sustainable-meaning the jobs would always be there. NOT gone when a hole has been dug and the resources depleted.
The Mayor made the following statement (verbatum) at the January 6 meeting of Council: "We have to be equitable and fair to those wanting to expand on farm uses while not impacting neighbours."
Hm, tell that to to the people living on the 4th line who will soon be dealing with UP TO one truck a minute (according to the municipal solicitor) from Strada's INDUSTRIAL operation.
Is that equitable and fair?
And did Council put an interim control bylaw on aggregate operations until their new OP is in place as suggested by a ratepayer at the January 6 meeting- NO
Did they halt all industrial applications on farmland until they can get a bylaw in place to regulate it?
You tell me.
Or better still, ask your Council.
The issue really has come down to the ruling process as it's built in to the end game currently being played out. There was an opportunity to say we won't play at that game anymore that will be difficult to recover but let's continue to insist that the conversation has changed.
ReplyDelete"We have to be equitable and fair to those wanting to expand on farm uses while not impacting neighbours."
ReplyDeleteI guess this doesn't apply when individuals and corporations want to get rich on turbines at the expensive of their neighbour's health, property values, environment or simple enjoyment of their property and the view they paid for. Nor does it matter that their self serving investments will cost the rest of us thousand of dollars a year in increased hydro bills, with no measurable improvement to the environment, leaving neighbours who may be struggling financially to choose between food or heat for their kids.