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SCO submission on Pickering Nuclear request for extension

Sierra Club Canada and the Ontario Chapter submitted a detailed report on the Pickering Nuclear Station request for permit extension. Our research has turned up a good argument for immediate closure of the plant - certainly not operating it beyond its own planned obsolescence.
From the report:
Great Lakes ‘in terrible trouble,’ Barlow tells crowd

by Andrew Philips,

Council of Canadians chairperson says governments more interested in profit than protection
The time to act to restore our water level is now

Some of the 600 people attending Monday's night's hearing. DOUGLAS GLYNN The Free Press

The International Joint Commission (IJC) was told Monday that a “do nothing” approach to restore the water levels of Lakes Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay is unacceptable.

Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton joined Great Lakes advocate Mary Muter of the Sierra Club and scores of North Simcoe residents in calling on the IJC to act.

The commission is an independent binational body established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.
Sierra Club Ontario's letter to the International Joint Commission

August 27, 2012

International Joint Commission, Canadian Section
234 Laurier Avenue West, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1P 6K6 Canada

The Hon. John Baird
House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada

International Joint Commission United States Section,
2000 L Street, NW
Suite #615
Washington, DC 20036 USA

Dear IJC Canadian and United States Commissioners;

Thank you for providing the opportunity to comment during your recent public hearings and in writing on the International Upper Great Lakes Study Board’s (IUGLSB) Reports.
Passing of Budget Bill is Bad News for Canadians and the Environment

Movement to protect nature and democracy in Canada will continue to build
(Ottawa) - Today, our elected Members of Parliament passed Bill C-38, ignoring thousands of Canadians who spoke up for nature and democracy. The budget, which represents sweeping changes to environmental protection laws, eases the way for industrial developments that could put the future of our land, water and climate at risk. It also attempts to silence voices of dissent against such developments by making it more difficult for environmental charities to participate in the public policy process.
Save the date: Complete Streets Forum - May 27, 2013

Join the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) at the sixth annual active transportation conference - the
Tell the IJC to Restore our Water Levels!

The IJC meetings on the Great Lakes water levels finished off mid-July with some of its most successful turnouts (read about the Midland meeting, where 600+ people attended). The struggle is not over yet. Please remember that the IJC is accepting public comments via mail by September 30, 2012. It is also important to write your MP with the same message: Restore our water levels!

Before writing your letter(s) please ask yourself these questions:

1. What do 13 unprecedented years of low water levels mean to you economically and environmentally ( eg loss of wetlands and fish habitat, water quality concerns, invasion of Phragmites australis on exposed shorelines)?
Sierra Club letter to Canada
Sierra Club Peel Annual General Meeting: Nov 21, 2012
Province adds more protection for river lands

Local environmental organizations say a decision by Queen's Park to enhance its plan to protect the environment will be a boon for the Credit River.

Premier Dalton McGuinty announced today that the Province is expanding its Greenbelt Plan and adding provincially owned lands in Oakville to grow the greenbelt to nearly two million acres of protected land across the Golden Horseshoe.
The greenbelt stretches about 325 kilometres from Rice Lake, near Peterborough, to the Niagara River and was created to protect environmentally sensitive lands from urban development and sprawl.