Water Debate in Guelph

Nestle gets approval! (with conditions) LOL!

A question that no one from the ministry or Nestle seems to
want to answer is:
- If the water supply is so sustainable, why is it that
Guelph is consistently under a water restriction program?
- City staff and consulting companies have determined that
the city cannot grow pass a certain population size with
current water supply and usage (I think the population
number is 170 but you would have to verify it with the city).
The point is that there is a threshold and for some reason
no one wants to admit or accept it.

On a sidebar - the ministry is taken its time and so called
due diligence because its a political issue for our current
MPP (Liz Sandals)and she was heavily criticized during the
last election because of her inaction and indifference. In
fact there was a quote in the Mercury during the election from
her that Nestle was a good corporate citizen and created jobs.
 
Between you and I, Nestle got permit to its permit, however
Mrs. Sandals will be able to say that her perfect government
went through the necessary process and determined through
extensive analysis that Nestle has no adverse impact on our
water table and case closed. 

Meanwhile, we will continue to have water issues, water
restrictions etc.
BTW - The KW Record newspaper, published a story from the
Grand River Conservation Authority that is quite contradictory
to what
the Ministry is saying about watershed issues.  It was a great
story that interviewed the head of the GRCA and he provided
startling facts about the decrease in water with in the GRCA
and the increase in water temperature.
So maybe the ministry could start there - lol!

Its somewhat disappointing that in this day and age we as in Canadians do not exert the actual power we have over government. There is a movement with in Guelph (and other regions) to or at least desire to properly manage our Canadian water resources. Of course the government's position (in this case the Province of Ontario) offers no solutions but rhetoric and blame and the old we will consult baloney tactic.

In this particular case, Nestle has applied for a new permit to extract water from the exact same source that the city of Guelph uses for municipal water supply. Of course rather than being a true representative of the community, the local MPP - Liz Sandals is non-committal and even defends the current situation with Nestle. In a perfect world we would toss her out on her red butt! Of course this will not happen and she knows it.

I read a PR newsletter that Liz sent to Guelphites last week (and I am sure at our expense) and it at first made me angry than I had to laugh at the state of affairs. The first statement was proudly representing her constituents - lol! that is the last thing she has done - it should have said the following : " Representing only as much as what will get me re-elected and not any more than that"