Mega Quarry Film

Do you care about the safety and integrity of Ontario's drinking water? We do and so should you. Check out this piece to get the facts on the Highland Companies' application for a mega quarry in the Hills of the Headwaters. The proposed quarry would be bigger than most cities and 1.5 times the depth of Niagara falls. The location is 1 hour outside Canada's largest city, at the source of Ontario's pristine watersheds. Please share this link widely and get people informed about this epic environmental disaster in the making. Spread the word and take action.

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[bikerrunnerdude]

Where are you guys going to get your limestone from? If not this quarry then which quarry? Maybe you prefer having immigrants and your children pay more for building materials? What about the increased fossil fuel consumption required to transport rock from afar, because of your anti-development agenda? When you say no to a quarry you are denying the rights of others to achieve the standard of living you are currently enjoying. Resource hogs, that's what you are!

[AsymetricMedia]

I would prioritize clean water and food over aggregate - you can't eat rocks. If we can't get better at recycling aggregates, I would imagine that the long term carbon impact of mining aggregate in an area further away that is not Class 1 prime agricultural land and the headwaters of 5 major rivers is less that the carbon impact and actual cost of importing our food from overseas forever. This will only become more true as oil prices climb and oil supply dwindles.

[rosedale71]

I'm all for supporting the effort to stop the quarry, because it's going to sacrifice productive farmland.  And I'm certainly in favour of protecting our precious water supply. But to be honest, I didn't get the connection here... the video didn't clearly explain how the quarry is going to pollute or otherwise threaten the water.

[AsymetricMedia]

Good question. When you let 600,000,000.00 litres of water a day every day drain out of rivers and natural acquifers and become polluted with the toxic effects of massive industry and heated to the point where fish which rely on cold water to reproduce can no longer breed, water and life are threatened. This volume of water needs to be re-circulated in perpetuity (10's/100's/1000's of years) - what happens when the pumps break down or the company decides to leave? Who pays for that?

[imdjc4]

This would be another beginning of Canada's depleting natural resources to the cash grabbing, soul stealing opportunists south of the 49th. We've jokingly anticipated their upward eye rolling and hand rubbing antics for years and now we're witnessing potential IV sucking pipelines and soon land scarring mineral stripping. All this and for what in return....TMZ? Has Canada given in and souled out too?

[wh1tef1re]

too bad jane pepino defended orica which would supply explosives for this mega quarry.

[MtNemoMopar]

Who says it isn't? And at least the valuable JOBS will be in Canada

[mountain4415]

and by the way , who says this gravel is going to be in Canada to build all these buildings, pools, arenas you speak of......?

[mountain4415]

nice to be on the payroll eh?

[MtNemoMopar]

Nice answer. your intelligence is stunning. Enjoy the roads, buildings, pools, arenas, etc that they supply materials for anyway. 

[decibel333]

I believe "GFY you wanker" sums up how most people feel about you. Oh, and maybe rethink your values.

[mountain4415]

you are an idiot.

[kathryncolantonio]

Why in heaven's name was this land sold to the hedge fund company in the first place? NO, NO, NO is what I say.......and again I say NO!!!!!!!!