Petition to Stop the Proposed Quarry

Premier Ford, keep your Promise to Milton

TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO:

WHEREAS everyone in Ontario deserves clean drinking water, clean air to breathe and a safe community to live in;

WHEREAS the ongoing pursuit to obtain a licence for the Reid Road Reservoir Quarry, if granted, puts at risk Campbellville and Milton’s water and will negatively impact the community’s air quality and safety;

WHEREAS pedestrians, school children, cyclists, and local commuters and those on the 401 will be endangered by the 60,000 gravel truck trips projected annually and the blasting within 100 meters of the 401;

WHEREAS the Town of Milton and the Region have all confirmed by resolution that they are opposed to the proposed Quarry;

WHEREAS in 2020 Premier Ford at a public meeting in Milton said he would make sure the proposed Reid Road Reservoir Quarry doesn’t happen, which was confirmed on March 27^th , 2024 by his PC candidate for Milton, Zeeshan Hamid, at a community meeting;

WHEREAS it is a complete waste of taxpayers time and money to continue with a proponent driven Environmental Assessment of the proposed Quarry, which the community and all levels of government are opposed to;

WE THE UNDERSIGNED petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to stop wasting taxpayers money; to terminate the Environmental Assessment; to deny a licence to extract aggregate or to operate an asphalt/concrete reprocessing facility at the Reid Quarry in Campbellville; and to permanently protect the subject lands by making it conservation lands for enjoyment by all residents of Ontario.

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Brian Young signed 2024-04-17 16:59:50 -0400

Milton is one of our fastest growing communities. Destroying its natural environment with massive quarrying can only degrade the quality of life for the citizens there and across southern Ontario. Do not approve this quarry.
Nikki Moffat signed 2024-04-17 16:42:09 -0400
Alix Mabee signed 2024-04-17 16:19:16 -0400

Admiring your tenacity to never give up!
Raid Abu Hudra signed 2024-04-17 15:45:15 -0400
Claudia Scobie signed 2024-04-17 15:22:04 -0400
Wendy Leonard signed 2024-04-17 15:14:12 -0400
Heidi Wellum signed 2024-04-17 14:29:23 -0400
John Moks signed 2024-04-17 14:14:21 -0400
Tina Newlove signed 2024-04-17 14:04:21 -0400
Glenn Alford signed 2024-04-17 13:42:33 -0400
Terry & Ed Duchin signed 2024-04-17 12:59:48 -0400

Doug Ford, Parm Gill, Zee Hamid, keep you promise!!
Keith Timbers signed 2024-04-17 11:58:49 -0400
Tony Pimentel signed 2024-04-17 11:53:32 -0400
Charles Pley signed 2024-04-17 11:35:41 -0400

Local residents have been forced to spend time and considerable amounts of money out of our own pockets on this issue, which would not be necessary had the project been cancelled as promised. The proponent for the EA is also spending time and money, as is the government. This is incredibly unfair and wasteful for everyone involved.

How does it makes sense to prolong the expensive EA process if, as we are led to believe, the project will be cancelled anyway? On its face, to local voters , it does not make sense. The Ford government should abide by its promise now.
Margaret Beaudette signed 2024-04-17 11:14:21 -0400

Not protecting people from this dangerous project is CRIMINAL! Drinking water at risk, flyrock danger, particulate in the air we breathe, truck traffic, noise, disruption of the local ecosystem. Need I say more?
Pat Carey signed 2024-04-17 11:05:13 -0400
Juliana Smelko signed 2024-04-17 11:03:03 -0400
Shaindel Zimmerman signed 2024-04-17 10:59:46 -0400
Laurie Wells signed 2024-04-17 10:42:20 -0400

Stop the quarry now!
Paul Gyger signed 2024-04-17 10:36:30 -0400
Kevin Good signed 2024-04-17 10:28:03 -0400
Timothy McGillion signed 2024-04-17 10:16:26 -0400
Theresa Caristena signed 2024-04-17 10:16:22 -0400
Nick Capone signed 2024-04-17 10:15:29 -0400
Donald Clements signed 2024-04-17 10:09:06 -0400
Toni Ritchie signed 2024-04-17 10:08:06 -0400

A promise should mean something! A promise kept demonstrates integrity. More than ever, we need public representation that acts in the best interests of the public good, short and long term. This Quarry puts your public at risk and should be stopped, not because a promise was made. But that alone should be enough. STOPPING the proposed Reid Road Quarry is an act FOR the public good and is proof of integrity in leadership. Mr. Ford, and your entire cabinet, please do the right thing.
Karen Huisman signed 2024-04-17 10:03:42 -0400
Dalia Tunaitis signed 2024-04-17 10:03:12 -0400

Promise

‘a legally binding declaration’

prom·ise ˈprä-məs

Synonyms of promise

1

a

: a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified

b

: a legally binding declaration that gives the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act
John Purdy signed 2024-04-17 09:55:42 -0400

I am strongly opposed to development of wetlands in and next to provincially established environmentally sensitive areas. There is no greater waste of taxpayer dollars than to set these areas up, maintain them and then destroy them. Development is essential for economic growth but must be in harmony with other provincial initiatives. An environmental assessment was done for this Reid Road quarry site but, to my knowledge, critical topics including continuity of natural habitat were excluded from consideration, rendering the assessment incomplete.
Meghan Clout published this page in Take Action 2024-04-17 09:51:52 -0400