Open House – March 1, 2006

I have many concerns about expanding the Carp Landfill and I am against Ottawa taking Toronto's garbage. I will be using opportunities at the city to press council to take a position.

It is also important that individual residents are heard. On March 1st, there is an Open House being held at École élémentaire catholique Jean-Paul II (gymnasium), 5473 Abbott St., Stittsville, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, so that residents can have an opportunity to hear about the proposed expansion, and so that feedback from the community may be provided to Waste Management.

For anyone who wishes to provide feedback expressing concerns/comments on the Draft Terms of Reference (PDF), comments should be provided by May 12, 2006 to Michael Walters at mwalters@wm.com and Hayley Berlin at Hayley.Berlin@ene.gov.on.ca who is responsible for overseeing the proposed expansion Environmental Assessment process at the Ministry of the Environment.

All comments/concerns will be placed on public record, and at the end of the public consultaion period (May 12, 2006) all comments/concerns will be forwarded to Hayley Berlin at the Ministry of the Environment, who is responsible for overseeing the proposed expansion Environmental Assessment process.

The final decision on whether or not to expand the Carp Landfill, or whether to allow it to accept Toronto garbage – ultimately rests with the provincial government.

If the provincial government feels that people in Ottawa don't care about an expansion of the Carp Landfill, or that they can escape blame for the decision, then the province is more likely to allow the landfill to expand.

People need to be contacting both our Member of Provincial Parliament, Norm Sterling, and the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, to express their concern.

Norm Sterling can be reached at 1-888-253-1171, 1-800-267-1020 or norm.sterling@pc.ola.org

Dalton McGuinty can be reached at Dalton.McGuinty@premier.gov.on.ca

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