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By lawrence (registered) - website | Posted October 18, 2012 at 10:25:56
A shame (and not to divert attention from an important issue), that this extremely sensitive topic has 8 comments and the stadium is breaking records with over 200. Also, that highway on our escarpment is coming up again too. It's like the stadium is a smokescreen to divert us from much more environmentally important issues at hand.
Thanks for the council update Undustrial. Good to know council's standpoint.
If we can't stop this from happening, we need higher level of governments to protect us and at least have some solid agreement that:
We need ways to protect us from bureaucracy, bankruptcy protection, etc. I don't pretend to know a great deal how pipelines and what not work, but if they are going through water bodies there must be multiple shut-off valves including before/after they enter the water,or any place that would create immediate and large devastation of wildlife if a spill couldn't otherwise be be controlled without these protective precautions in place.
I'd rather a pipeline across land than tankers going across oceans that when stuff happens, it's just a big out of control mess.
Ensure there are acceptable measures in place to limit destruction, and ensure there is a watchdog that is constantly checking the quality of valves or connection points that are prone to corrosion or breakage. Put road type systems like man/hand holes every so often so there aren't miles and miles of buried pipes that can't easily be accessed to check for quality. Maybe this is already the standard but if not, would this help?
It's not about being NIMBYists, it's about caring for our land and all of it's creatures including us.
I don't like it and would rather be a NIMBYist and say not in my back yard, but ensure our protection and we won't be so quick to tell you to get lost.
Ward 3 Trustee for HWDSB.
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