Eramosa Karst Feeder Lands Protection Act, 2010 Hudak, Tim Miller, Paul — Bill 59 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 59, 39-2

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Bill 59, Eramosa Karst Feeder Lands Protection Act, 2010

Hudak, Tim

Miller, Paul

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Bill 59 2010

An Act

to protect the feeder lands of the Eramosa Karst

Preamble

The Eramosa Karst Conservation Area in Stoney Creek

was designated by the Ministry of Natural Resources as Ontario's first

provincially significant Area of Natural and Scientific Interest in 2003. In

October 2006, the Government of Ontario donated approximately 73 hectares of

this land to the Hamilton Conservation Authority to be preserved as a

conservation area. However, approximately 36 hectares of feeder lands, east of

the Eramosa Karst Conservation Area, is managed by the Ontario Realty

Corporation. The Ontario Realty Corporation plans to sell the feeder lands for

development. Development of the feeder lands would cut off the existing

natural water supply to the Eramosa Karst Conservation Area and ultimately

cause its demise as a natural ecosystem.

Saving the feeder lands from development is in the

long-term public interest. The public interest must triumph over private gain

and a short-term increase in government funds.

It is essential that the geologically unique Eramosa

Karst and feeder lands be protected and preserved as a conservation area for

this and future generations.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as

follows:

Eramosa Karst Feeder Lands

1. The Government of Ontario shall take

immediate action to,

(

a) protect from development the 36 hectares, more

or less, of feeder lands, east of the Eramosa Karst in Stoney Creek;

(

b) direct that the feeder lands be used as a

conservation area; and

(

c) ensure that the feeder lands remain

contiguous with the 73 hectares, more or less, of land that comprises the

Eramosa Karst.

Commencement

2. This Act comes

into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

3. The

short title

of this Act is the Eramosa Karst Feeder Lands Protection

Act, 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill requires the Government of Ontario to take immediate action to protect

from development the feeder lands of the Eramosa Karst in Stoney Creek, to

direct that the feeder lands be used as a conservation area, and to ensure that

the feeder lands remain contiguous with the Eramosa Karst.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 10, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 10, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 59, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 59 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	94a49e5ea5045f75ae47d330301366702bc1e866

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