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Toronto: a 'maritime community'
Toronto grew up as a nautical city and yet its relationship to the water has been cut off. And thats what happens to our water resources, to the public trust, to the commons; we allow industry to privatize to take them over and take them away from the public and the public thinks its okay because they're doing it and they turn their backs on the water and go play golf or do some other activities.
Fixed Link Environmental Assessment is incomplete
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper finds that the Toronto Port Authority environmental assessment is incomplete, contains questionable statements, and that transparency and public process have been lacking.
Deloro Environmental Assessment
The Minister of Environment (MOE) is the proponent of the Deloro Mine Site clean-up and thus the requirements of provincial legislation must be addressed. We are concerned that the requirements of the the Environmental Assessment Act will not be addressed until after the Federal Environmental Assessment is completed and thus unnecessarily delay the achievement of the end goal for the Deloro Mine Site, complete clean up of the radioactive and hazardous waste.
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