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CHRISTOPHER SMITH christopher.smith@eap.on.ca
The ‘7 in 7’ housing plan promises to bring a total investment of almost $200 million to Prescott-Russell. During the committee of the whole meeting on May 10, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell council viewed a QSFTFOUBUJPOGSPNUIF&BTUFSO0OUBSJP8BS - EFOT$BVDVT &08$ SFHBSEJOHBOBGGPSEBCMF IPVTJOHQMBOCFJOHTQFBSIFBEFECZDBVDVT DIBJSNBO1FUFS&NPO"MTPQSFTFOUXBT Jim Pine, chief administrator of Hastings $PVOUZ BOE.FSFEJUI4UBWFMFZ8BUTPO &08$ manager of government relations and policy. 5IF&08$XBOUTUPUBLFBSFHJPOBMMFB - EFSTIJQSPMFJOUIFDPOTUSVDUJPOPGBGGPSEBCMF IPVTJOHPQUJPOTCZEFWFMPQJOHXIBUJUDBMMT the ‘7 in 7’ plan. The aim is to deliver 7000 BGGPSEBCMFDPNNVOJUZSFOUBMVOJUTPWFSUIF next seven years and create incentives for QSJWBUFBOEOPOQSPàUCVJMEFST CPUIMBSHFBOE TNBMM UPEFMJWFSBOPUIFS BUUBJOBCMF NBSLFUSBUFVOJUT5IFQMBODBMMTGPSBUPUBM JOWFTUNFOUPGCJMMJPOBDSPTTUIF&08$T NFNCFSNVOJDJQBMJUJFT PGXIJDI1SFTDPUU and Russell would receive $195.4 million. i8BJUMJTUTGPSDPNNVOJUZIPVTJOHDPOUJOVF UPHSPXBDSPTT&BTUFSO0OUBSJP uTBJE&NPO i8FLOPXUIBUUIFSFBSFCFUXFFO and 14,000 households in desperate need of access to community housing that our municipalities operate. People on our com- munity housing waiting lists, whether it’s here or in my county of Renfrew, are left
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Le plan de logement “7 en 7” promet un investissement total de près de 200 millions de dollars à Prescott-Russell. -Photo du site web
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to launch pilot projects and prepare requests GPSQSPQPTBMTGPSSFMFBTFCZ8JOUFS i8FSFIPQFGVMUIBUZPVSDPVODJMTFFT the merit in this approach and will support our efforts to convince the federal and pro- vincial governments to partner with us as
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JOSEPH COPPOLINO joseph.coppolino@eap.on.ca
As municipalities across the province prepare for the transition of their recycling programs to a producer res- ponsibility framework starting in July 2023, some of Clarence-Rockland’s businesses will be left out. 4UBSUJOH+VMZ 0OUBSJPXJMMCFHJOUSBO - TJUJPOJOHJUTCMVFCPY JODMVEJOHCMBDLCPY programs, currently managed and operated CZUIFNVOJDJQBMJUJFTUIFNTFMWFT UPBQSJWBUF model that places the onus on producers to pay for and operate the province’s collection BOEQSPDFTTJOHPGSFDZDMBCMFNBUFSJBMT 2I[ &IKMRRMRK 'LYVGL
8IJMF UIF USBOTJUJPO JT FYQFDUFE UP save municipalities and reduce their tax CVSEFO $MBSFODF3PDLMBOETBENJOJTUSBUJPO is concerned that industrial, commercial BOEJOTUJUVUJPOBM *$* TPVSDFTXJMMOPUCF FMJHJCMFGPSUIFOFXQSPHSBN4PNFPGUIFTF CVTJOFTTFTBSFOPUSFRVJSFEUPSFDZDMFBOE UIFDPODFSOJTUIBUUIFZXJMMQVUSFDZDMBCMF materials out for waste collection, which is still municipally managed and funded. Under the new program, single and multiple family homes, apartments atta- DIFEUPCVTJOFTTFT TDIPPMT USBJMFSQBSLT seasonal dwellings and long-term care faci- MJUJFTSFNBJOFMJHJCMF.VOJDJQBMGBDJMJUJFT TNBMMCVTJOFTTFTBMPOHSFTJEFOUJBMSPVUFT TFSWJDFTDMVCTMJLF3PUBSZ -JPOTBOEBMTP places of worship, industrial and commercial GBDJMJUJFTXJMMOPMPOHFSCFQFSNJUUFEUPVTF the municipal recycling program. 5P FMJNJOBUF UIF SJTL PG JOFMJHJCMF GBDJMJ - UJFTEVNQJOHUIFJSCMVFCJONBUFSJBMTJOUIF USBTI $MBSFODF3PDLMBOEJTBNFOEJOHUIF NVOJDJQBMJUZTXBTUFDPMMFDUJPOCZMBX The new law will essentially give ICIs an ultimatum. If ICIs wish to participate in the DJUZTHBSCBHFDPMMFDUJPOQSPHSBN UIFZNVTU provide proof of a collection contract for UIFJSSFDZDMBCMFNBUFSJBMPOBOBOOVBMCBTJT The city notes that while collection of SFDZDMBCMFNBUFSJBMTGSPN*$*TJTDPWFSFE VOEFS0OUBSJPSFHVMBUJPO UIFNVOJDJQBMJUZ included ICIs in the program after seeing
Le passage à un programme de boîtes bleues privées laisse de côté les sources industrielles et commerciales, ce qui fait craindre que les matériaux recyclables ne se retrouvent dans les décharges municipales. - photo Joseph Coppolino
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MPUTPGSFDZDMBCMFTJOUIFDJUZTEVNQ “The inclusion of ICI in the City’s recycling collection service started organically as staff noticed lots for recycling materials ending VQJOPVSMBOEàMMBOEGPMMPXJOHSFRVFTUTCZ the ICI community to participate in a recy- DMJOHQSPHSBN uSFBETUIFBENJOJTUSBUJPOT CBDLHSPVOEUPDPVODJMi5IJTOFXCZMBXXJMM provide the city with necessary tools and MBOHVBHFUPFOTVSFUIBUSFDZDMBCMFNBUFSJBMT are not found in our waste stream for the
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