Re: OEC

[Kathie Brosemer <kathie@cleannorth.org>]

Thanks for this, Peter.  I'm happy you were there and made those points. 
I'd probably have just bragged about CN if it had been me.

I hope the refreshments helped make it worth your while.

Kathie

--On Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:27 AM -0400 Peter McLarty 
<peter@cleannorth.org> wrote:

> Hi All
> I met with the Environmental Commisssioner (+ 3 of his staff + 5 members
> of his advisory committee). They had spent the day touring ASI and the St
> Mary's River...checking out our local "hotspots". Mike Riley
> (Bi-National....) and Brian Christie/ Gary McGuffin (Lake Superior....)
> gave lengthy presentations of their activities and I gave a 10 minute
> overview of our activities.
>
> I gave a pitch for
> 1) more gov. support to the WDO for funding waste diversion initiatives
> 2)legislation to help control urban sprawl and at the same force city
> planners to include bicycle paths, green spaces, public transit, etc in
> their plans...AND restrict development of the GTA by supporting the
> development of smaller/Northern communities through incentives/subsidies
> (and NOT subsidizing growth of the GTA) 3) Since Mike Riley raised the
> issue, I supported his concerns about the local Conservation Auth. seems
> to be out of sync with most of the "Envfironmental" community.
>
> Gord Miller ( the former PC MLA from Northbay) was attentive but for the
> most part seemed to be going through the motions. I had a good follow-up
> discussion with 2 of his staff. Neither the EC or any of his "advisory
> committee" took time to talk with me after the meeting. They did seem to
> take a special interest in the ST Mary's River remediation and the Great
> Lakes conservation issues...particularly in the funding and regulation
> jurisdictions.
>
> Overall, it went well. They offered wine , beer and snacks after the
> meeting.



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