Waterloo Region Airport Runway

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Environmentally Impact:

Trees are essential to life on this planet.   Trees are the lungs of the world. Trees absorb devastating carbon.  Protection of the trees is every ones responsibility. It not simply the responsibility of another region, province or country.  The two articles below reflect how critical trees are to humanity.

 

  1.   Deforestation and Pandemics

The April 12, 2021 episode of the Current on CBC discusses how our undprecedented deforestation is impacting humanitity.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-12-2021-1.5983766

As this pandemic drags on, scientists are already looking at how to prevent the next one — and some say a key factor will be tackling deforestation. We discuss why with Dr. Jonathan Epstein, a veterinarian and disease ecologist; Kimberly Fornace, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Terry Sunderland, a professor of forestry at the University of British Co

 

  1. The Nature of Things – What Trees Talk about

 

The Nature of Things- What Trees Talk About. This stunning documentary explores the secret life of trees, and how the world’s last great forest has the power to shape not only the lives of the plants and animals that live within it but our lives and life across the entire globe.

 

www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/what-trees-talk-about (http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/what-trees-talk-about)

 

Instead of Destroying Wetlands and Trees :  

Mr. Galloway said the new runway expansion is so planes won’t have to be diverted to Toronto under certain weather conditions, and the passengers won’t have to be inconvenienced.  I suggest there are far greater needs in our region to spend tax dollars on, than some inconvenienced passengers.    Here are some suggested ways to spend the 375 MILLION in Tax Dollars of the Residents of Waterloo Region.

  1. Permanent Housing for the Homeless
  2. More Investment in Opiod Treatment and Prevention
  3. Build a New Regional Nursing Home
  4. Supplement Provincial Health Care Funding Costs in the Region

This proposal reflects continuing disregard for our precious natural resources.

 

Submitted by
Sandra Brassard
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Planning
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Date Submitted
2021-04-18 - 9:36 PM
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