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[29-Nov-09] Governments Must Act to Protect Water: Blue Summit

[23-Nov-09] Council of Canadians warns against Alberta water market plans

[18-Nov-09] Support Bill 32 to close Site 41, says Council of Canadians

[22-Sept-09] Site 41 win highlights need for action on water at the provincial and federal level

[21-Sept-09] Council of Canadians calls on Simcoe County to Close Site 41 Permanently

[18-Sept-09] Council of Canadians calls for all Site 41 Charges to be Dropped

[16-Sept-09] Halifax Bans Bottled Water at City Hall - Coalition calls it “good first step”

[21-Aug-09] New Site 41 information makes a one-year moratorium imperative, Council of Canadians tells McGuinty

[20-Aug-09] Council Of Canadians And CUPE Ontario Take Site 41 Moratorium Message To Airwaves Across Simcoe County

[17-Aug-09] Site 41 controversy spills over into Wikipedia

[14-Aug-09] Site 41 debate heads from the courtroom back to council chambers

[12-Aug-09] Toronto to Rally for a Site 41 Moratorium

[11-Aug-09] Council of Canadians ups the ante on Site 41 with full-page ads calling for a one-year moratorium

[07-Aug-09] Site 41 needs a political solution, says Council of Canadians

[29-July-09] Council of Canadians Statement on Site 41 Case Adjournment

[27-July-09] Site 41 was never authorized by Simcoe County, Barrie Court to hear on Wednesday

[22-July-09] Controversy Over Site 41 Heads to Court, Simcoe County Targets Peaceful Protesters

[20-July-09] OPP Commissioner Fantino notified that Site 41 is Illegal, urged to ‘resume a neutral stance’

[16-July-09] OPP threatens arrests at Site 41, protesters will not yield

[14-July-09] New Conflict of Interest Confirms Site 41 is Out of Control, says Council of Canadians

[06-July-09] Simcoe County should stop Site 41 construction now

[18-June-09] Council of Canadians denied access to Aquablue press conference

[11-June-09] Council of Canadians demands halt to construction of waste dump

[7-May-09] Atlantic Water Speaking Tour Calls for Blue Communities Not Toxic Dumps

[6-May-09] Native Ceremonial Elders from the USA join Native Environmentalists from Canada to Protect the Waters of Georgian Bay from proposed Dump Site 41

[30-Apr-09] Vancouver Unbottles It in Time for Olympics

[29-Apr-09] Liberals encouraged to support right to water at Vancouver convention

[24-Apr-09] United Nations Discusses the Human Right to Water

[21-Apr-09] Maude Barlow to Address UN General Assembly

[17-Apr-09] Ottawa Folk Festival 2009 to be Unplugged and Unbottled

[22-Mar-09] Over Twenty countries challenge Ministerial Declaration of World Water Forum

[19-Mar-09] UN President tells corporate-controlled World Water Forum "water is a human right"

[17-Mar-09] Barlow says Harper must recognize the right to water to deserve UN Security Council seat

[16-Mar-09] Council outraged by police actions against water justice activists in Istanbul

[12-Mar-09] Parliament building to be painted blue for World Water Day celebration

[7-Mar-09] Tide Has Turned on Bottled Water, says Council of Canadians

[5-Mar-09] FCM bottled water resolution sends the right message to cities, says Council of Canadians

[24-Feb-09] Niagara Falls Unbottles It

[13-Feb-09] Barlow tells Brussels conference that water is a human right

[29-Jan-09] Coalition launches Facebook Campaign to Stop Dump Site 41

[20-Jan-09] UnBottle It Canada!

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MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 14, 2009

Site 41 debate heads from the courtroom back to council chambers

After two days in the Barrie Courthouse, the hard work of counsels Peter Rosenthal and Chris Reid has resulted in an agreement with Simcoe County on behalf of their client. The agreement will see the legal injunction remain in place while providing an opportunity for outstanding questions about Site 41 to be answered at the upcoming Simcoe County council meeting on August 25, says the Council of Canadians.

“The debate about Site 41 will soon be back where it belongs – in the council chambers of Simcoe County, which is what we’ve been saying all along,” says Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, who is concerned that construction at Site 41 is still taking place, despite several local councils in Simcoe County passing motions for a moratorium, including Tiny Township where the controversial dump is located.

"It would be imprudent for staff to proceed with further site construction now that everyone agrees that political direction for this ill conceived project is long overdue,” says Barlow.

“Simcoe County councillors will at last have the chance to vote for a one-year moratorium, the release of the ModFlow calibration, and dropping the charges against Site 41 protesters,” says Barlow. “Councillors will also be able to demand to know who authorized the county’s legal actions against its own constituents in the first place.”

As part of the agreement with Simcoe County, Monague consented to the injunction remaining in place until the conclusion of the Site 41 trials, which are expected to take place in October, and all parties have agreed to not seek any costs. Simcoe County has stated that portions of the meeting might be held in camera and that the meeting might last 2 days.

“We will be there calling on Simcoe County council to support an immediate one-year moratorium on further construction at Site 41,” concludes Barlow.

Last night, a rally for a Site 41 moratorium attracted 500 people in Toronto. Details about the growing campaign to Stop Site 41 are available at www.canadians.org/site41.

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For More Information:

Dylan Penner, Council of Canadians, 613-795-8685, dpenner@canadians.org.
       
 

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