Updated: November 3, 2005
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Canadian Trash in Michigan:
Criticism of Ontario's Environmental Assessment Process
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- "... the province has to address the delays in finding sites for new landfills in Ontario because of the complexity of its environmental assessment legislation. It takes about 11 years in Ontario to get through all the legal hurdles to open a new landfill, compared to only about three years in the U.S., said [Todd] Pepper [of of Essex-Windsor Solid Waste]." Gary Rennie, "State moves to ban T.O. trash: Ontario landfill operators nervous over Michigan legislation," Windsor Star (Sept. 22, 2005): A3
- "Blame it on a combination of the two most deadly political sins: BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone) and NIMTO (Not in My Term of Office). Successive Ontario governments and footdragging municipalities have opted to export the problem instead of dealing domestically with their waste. And landfill builders hoping to increase dump capacity face a 10-year-long and costly process to clear environmental hoops while enduring the never-ending NIMBY (Not in my Back Yard) public backlash that greets every potential landfill site". Don Martin, "Ontario vs. Michigan, NAFTA vs. NIMBY," National Post (Oct. 13, 2005): A20
- “The problem is that the province's
environmental assessment requirements are onerous and it can take a decade
to win approval to expand or build disposal infrastructure such as landfills
or waste-to-energy plants. Such solutions would be useful in the long-term,
but will be of little use in a short-term crisis.”
”Ontario cities furious over leaked report,” eSource Canada
Business News Network (Sept. 30, 2005) Factiva (accessed Oct. 30, 2005)
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