Letters to the MTO

On November 15, 2013, the Agriculture Business Community filed its Volume 9 Report.  It contains the concerns continually raised by the agriculture and rural community over the course of the Environmental Assessment.

As part of our intent to keep everyone as informed as possible ABC also supplies copies of its material to our  MPP and rural municipalities.  On Dec 3, 2013, we received a copy of a letter submitted by Randy Pettapiece MPP to the Minister of Transportation, the Hon. Glen Murray,MPP.

See it below.

Pettapiece Letter to MTO by hwy7and8

Mpp sends letter to Minister

Below are pages one and two of a letter from MPP Wilkinson, sent to the Minister of Transportation, which summaries the results of a meeting with the MTO.
JW Letter to MTO Pg 1 Aug 2011




JW Letter to MTO Pg 2 Aug 2011

Fall Update

Fall Update

Earlier this year the Minister of Transportation wrote to ABC. ABC thought long and hard about what was being offered to us by the Minister of Transportation. (See letter at www.hwy7and8.blogspot.com )

A volunteer meeting to consider all options was held. As it was high season for agriculture in a difficult year, we asked for time to consider what the Minister was suggesting. ABC again did more research and had decided to refuse the Minister.

Before we took that final step we asked Mr. Wilkinson, MPP for advice about our response for the Minister. Mr. Wilkinson eventually facilitated a meeting to see if there was any common ground. The letter of Aug 1st is the result.

ABC has held meetings over the summer to try to identify the MTO next steps. At this time the selected route has not been confirmed.

We continue to stress the importance of retaining agricultural land and businesses and the potential impacts to our livelihoods that would result from restricted road access.

More recently we spoke with the MTO Regional Director for the study area about the issues.

A copy of the letter to the Minister of Transportation summarizing the meeting with ABC and MTO staff has been posted to the website.

Read the letter for all the details at : www.hwy7and8.blogspot.com

Minister of Transportation Responds to PIC concerns

Earlier this spring, ABC responded to the March PIC deadline . At that time letters of concern were forwarded to both the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Transportation as the result of material sent to ABC by the consultants. The Minister of Transportation responded to our concerns and her letter is below. ABC called a volunteer meeting at that point to discuss possible responses. Any strategy or direction we finally take will be vetted by the volunteers and the Executive of ABC. The response sent back to the Minister is further down this page.

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Minister of Transportation PIC 4 05132011[1]

Minister Wynne responds

Earlier this year ABC had some concerns that the Minister's Office (Ministry of Transportation) had not received material sent to them by our MPP John Wilkinson. Eventually we received this letter below. The Minister DID receive the material and is supporting the Regional Office responses.

Minister Wynne Letter

MPP sends letter to Minister

John Wilkinson, MPP sent the letter below to Minister Wynne. Along with the letter from Mr. Wilkinson, the material sent to Minister Wynne included a Summary of the issues ABC still has and a copy of the mapping presentation, which was presented at the March 2010 workshop. A copy of the Issues is also below.

JW Letter to Minister 062010

June 24 Final

ABC brings concerns to MPP

In April of 2009, ABC visited with John Wilkinson, MPP for Perth-Wellington. During our visit we provided MPP Wilkinson with some issues of concern to our members. We were invited to provide his office with a summary and our issues were passed on to the Minister as we had requested.

Much thanks to Mr. Wilkinson for moving these agricultural issues forward to the Minister.

Below are our letters to Mr. Wilkinson and his resulting letter to Minister Bradly.

MPP Wilkinson MTO Considerations


Appendix A



Suggested Changes to MTO Boiler Plate for Class EAs


Letter to Minister