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The process for evaluating new applications for gravel mining is unfair. The province of Ontario abandons resident groups to defend their community, on their own, against multinational companies like Votorantim Cimentos.

We need the Ontario Government to intervene directly. One option is to designate the proposed Votorantim quarry proposal for an Environmental Assessment.

An Environment Assessment provides a higher standard of scrutiny of applications and ensures accountability from our elected officials for these important decisions.

You can help by sending our letter demanding that Sylvia Jones, Dufferin-Caledon MPP, ask the Ontario government to designate the proposed Votorantim quarry proposal for an Environmental Assessment.

One click and the letter will go to your local MPP as well. Let’s spread the word!

Your email opposition will be sent to Sylvia Jones(Deputy Premier and MPP for Dufferin-Caledon), Doug Ford (Premier), Andrea Khanjin (Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks), (Graydon Smith (Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry), and your local MPP.

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Dear [recipient name will go here],

I oppose the mega quarry proposed by Votorantim Cimentos/CBM St Mary’s in the Town of Caledon.

I join the Forks of the Credit Preservation Group (FCPG) in demanding that Sylvia Jones, Member of Provincial Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon, request the proposed Votorantim Cimentos/CBM St Mary’s mega quarry application be designated for an Environmental Assessment.

The Forks of the Credit are the Heart of the Headwaters region. Here, the Credit River joins together with the West Credit to pump life into the river valley and watershed that nourishes neighbourhoods through Caledon, Brampton and Mississauga.

The Forks of the Credit Park is a sanctuary to many diverse communities, providing tranquility to thousands of residents who call it home, refuge and recreation to children and families from the surrounding area and beyond, and vital habitat for fish, birds, turtles and amphibians, including several creatures on the provincial and federal Species at Risk lists. The Caledon Headwaters area offers visitors and residents peaceful places for fishing, cycling, and hiking, scenic parks that are accessible to all, renowned equestrian and golfing facilities, fertile farmland and popular pick-your-own adventures, a thriving arts community, and so much more.

Votorantim Cimentos/CBM St Mary’s proposed mega quarry is an attack on the heart of the Headwaters. The 700 acre mega quarry would blast 80 feet below the water table and millions of litres of water from the aquifer would be forced into the Credit River, threatening local water supplies and decimating the river ecosystem. Cold water ecosystems are among the most endangered habitats in Southern Ontario. In particular, the native and wild Brook trout populations in this part of the Credit River could be wiped out, at a time when their Southern Ontario populations have declined dramatically.

The mega quarry would destroy prime farmland and wildlife habitat, contributing to food insecurity and the loss of biodiversity. It would endanger Caledon’s local economy, which relies heavily on tourism and outdoor recreational activities. And it would negatively impact quality of life, contributing dangerous air pollution and out of control truck traffic.

11 active gravel pits form a 3000+ acre 'moonscape' that already encroaches upon the Forks of the Credit. There is no need for new gravel mining in Caledon!

I oppose the Votorantim Cimentos/CBM St Mary’s mega quarry proposal and call upon MPP Sylvia Jones to Protect the Forks of the Credit, Heart of the Headwaters.

Sincerely,
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