Response from the office of Rosario Marchese (NDP) November 5 2013Thank you for this email. I think you make some fair points.This is a consensus report between all three parties, and while it includes many good measures and establishes some promising themes, this is obviously not the report Rosario ...

Megaquarry News November 1 2013We continue to analyze the Standing Committee's report on the Review of the Aggregate Resources Act and are extremely disappointed. There are no recommendations to protect prime farmland and source water regions. The presentations made by agricultural stakeholders were ...

Megaquarry News October 30 2013Two years ago, during the last provincial election, the Ontario government ordered a review of the outdated and flawed Aggregate Resources Act because of the concerns raised about the proposed Highland Mega Quarry. ...

Mega-quarry News September 17 2013It's been two years since the Ontario government announced a review of the outdated Aggregate Resources Act, but we're inching ever closer to seeing a report on possible revisions. As the outcry over the proposed Highland Mega Quarry escalated in 2011, the Liberals a...

Megaquarry News September 9 2013It's back to Queen's Park for Ontario's MPPs today and, over the coming weeks, we'll be paying close attention to the fate of the Aggregate Resources Act. Over the summer, the Standing Committee on General Government began writing its report on possible revisions to th...

Letter to the Orangeville Banner August 14 2013Many people think the mega quarry battle is over now that Bonnefield has bought the farmland that was first proposed for the mega quarry. ...

Celebrate Food & Water First! Sunday Aug. 18th in Honeywood ONNDACT release August 14th 2013After more than four years of struggle, the fight against the proposed Mega Quarry north of Orangeville ended abruptly last month. Farmland trust investment firm Bonnefield Financial bought the land from the H...

Time for legislative committee to act on aggregate legislationFrom the North Dufferin Agricultural Task Force April 2 2013It's been nearly a year since public hearings were held into the Aggregate Resources Act. Excellent, thoughtful presentations were made by agricultural stakeholders and mega quarr...

Province will pay cement firm $15mBy Daniel Nolan Hamilton Spectator Mar 09 201A controversial Carlisle quarry is no more.The Ontario government and St. Mary’s Cement have reached an agreement that will ensure a huge quarry near Carlisle will not be built and protect local wetlands and water supply....