I was scrolling through Facebook when a really shady page called People for Parks Burlington caught my attention. At first glance it looks nice but going in the comments on some of their recent posts you'll see people calling out the page:
> This is so self serving, pretending to do the city of Burlington a favour in giving them a park which is something they have promised for a long time already at the cost of 124 acres of escarpment land they plan to blast..please don’t fall for this!
> We already have a park- it’s called the Niagara Escarpment!! Empty promises. Restore the 500 acre hole you already blasted over the past 70 years! No more destruction of farmland, forest & waterways.
> People for the Parks Burlington are lying. They are just a front for a strip mining company trying to gut the escarpment further. Don't let them.
Scrolling through the comments, I found a link someone shared to a website called CORE Burlington, Here's what it is:
> We are a non-profit organization of volunteers opposed to an application from Nelson Aggregate to blast an additional 124 acres into two open-pit limestone mines on Mt. Nemo in Burlington's UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve on the Niagara Escarpment.
> To preserve the ecological integrity of rural Burlington, and to advocate for healthier communities by protecting our land, air and water.
PLEASE GO TO CORE BURLINGTON's website and read through it. There are instructions on how and where to properly write and send your comments of opposition against Nelson Aggregate's new proposals. Letters must be sent to the Niagara Escarpment Commission--as instructed on the website--in order to influence the Niagara Escarpment Commission's decision to approve or DISAPPROVE Nelson Aggregate's sought-after amendment.
In this thread, you will see MY copy of my opposition I sent. Feel free to copy and paste it for your own submission. But I encourage you to read the other additions and adjustments for your copy-paste letter as recommended by CORE Burlington.
I am NOT affiliated with CORE Burlington. I am just a random Burlington resident who coincidentally found out about this on April Fool's Day
Training to push myself the 500kms from Niagara Falls to a campsite in Algonquin Park here in Ontario. I want to ride to the only spot in Ontario with clear enough skies for me to see the milky way unaided. I want to feel the accomplishment of riding back through Toronto along the lake and see my city all along the route. I love cycling, and I'm looking forward to this freedom it's given me.
