NDACT Discussion Forum

David Pease: For more information about the rail line and Melancthon Township's response, check the web site ,www.ndact.com, news section. (02/24/09)

steve: Without knowing all the details first hand, I try and gather as much information as I can myself, and evaluate it for it's worth. What I have noticed is mis-information on BOTH sides of the fence with regards to a quarry/tree cutting, etc. If NDACT is trying to fight the good fight, make sure you cross your Ts and dot your Is. Each time you make comments that aren't true, or are 'incorrect' your stance is severly diminished (06/05/09)

brent lane: hi i have one little comment im a open pit worker and have been for 20 yrs and unless you people are going to support my family then im all for the open pit mine.other words im glad to see it come here its about time,just because it means jobs in dufferin and indursty.and i work for one of the biggest pit here in ontario and glad to see one come to dufferin,pit do add to the econmey not with material but natural wild life with,sanctarys,and ponds .just to say im all for it and only one person but i hope you people can look beond the badness of its not a quarry but a new begining in life. thank you brent lane (06/23/09)

Charles Hooker: I would like to contact one or members of the NDACT executive directly, to discuss the legal issues. I would be grateful for a name and telephone umbre I can call. Contact me by email, please. (09/18/09)

chris ruhl: this is insane, some of the best farm land into a pit, no way, i see thousands of tons of imported foods. Wrong political parties get it right or get unemployed. The world has killed there own economy with imports not CANADA.....Beleive me even apple juice comes from china not THORNBURY or SIMCOE....why free trade...no more...put your feet in and fight..if not for your own hertiage for your children..support tarrifs make free trade obsoletefair trade maybe... (09/19/09)

chris ruhl: this is insane, some of the best farm land into a pit, no way, i see thousands of tons of imported foods. Wrong political parties get it right or get unemployed. The world has killed there own economy with imports not CANADA.....Beleive me even apple juice comes from china not THORNBURY or SIMCOE....why free trade...no more...put your feet in and fight..if not for your own hertiage for your children..support tarrifs make free trade obsoletefair trade maybe... (09/19/09)

Dave Adeney: A potential concern for us in the quarry issue is raised by the following article in the Oct. 7/09 Hamilton Spectator: Ontario should bring in anti-SLAPP laws: report TORONTO. Ontario should introduce legislation that would protect citizen groups fighting to protect natural areas from intimidating legal tactics used by developers, such as so-called SLAPP lawsuits, environmental commissioner Gord Miller said in his annual report yesterday. SLAPP - or strategic lawsuits against public participation - are stopping local residents from participating in the planning porocess out of fear they'll be saddled with huge legal costs, he said. Miller's report also: . urges stronger protection for woodlands as the province reviews its land use planning policy . says many of Ontario's cropland soils are experiencing considerable erosion . warns that Ontario frog, toad and salamander species are at risk and face an uncertain future due to habitat loss, chemical pollution, and invasive species." The Canadian Press (10/07/09)

Aurora Browne: A huge hole in the ground does not represent the beginning of life, it is the end of an ecosystem, an economy, and a way of living for everyone around it. Furthermore, this "reclamation" business is lunacy. Does everyone realize that if this company simply makes the hole deep enough, they are released from any obligation to put things back the way they were? And how do you put things back, when you've taken out millions of tons of bedrock? Make no mistake, this is BAD NEWS. (11/16/09)

Joe Bloggs: OK, so some jobs will be created and then guess what, there won't be any town left? The water table is the biggest issue, and some lousy ponds aren't going to cut it. We understand both sides of the fence here, I'm sick of people thinking that we don't understand that yes, we know that we use limestone on a daily basis and the number of jobs a massive quarry will produce. But tell me what happens when there is no more limestone? They just up and leave,and everyone downstream has had to move, and there is no more environment. I think I can see the both sides of the fence here pretty clear, and I know exactly which one is the wrong one. (01/21/10)