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Protest groups unite against waste projects
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Olivia Nixon (left), Maddy Nixon and Har- old Moore of No Dump stand shoulder- to-shoulder with Laurie McCannell of Dump This Dump 2 and Harry Baker of Dump the Dump Now at Ottawa’s Green Living Expo over the April 27 weekend. The three groups are uniting against Taggart-Miller’s waste recycling project in the City of Ottawa’s eastern rural sec- tion, and Waste Management Inc.’s pro- posed expansion of the Carp Road land- fill site on the west side of Ottawa. landfills if these waste companies have their way.” The three groups began their combined campaign against both projects by sharing a booth at the Ottawa Green Living Expo at the Ottawa Convention Centre over the April 27 weekend. predicted has, in fact, happened.” The 2013 UCPR budget was based on confirmed capital expenses for works proj- ects and equipment purchases along with projections of daily operating expenses based on past years’ costs and allowing for inflation and agreed wage increases. It also included in the revenue section projec- tions of support funding from senior gov- ernments and other sources, which could change once those other budgets with their grant programs were confirmed. All of the conditions attached to the 2013 counties budget have now come through. The new counties tax levy is $37,445,000. The UCPR’s residential property tax rate is now $464.73 for every $100,000 assessed value of the house and land. This is $2.46 per $100,000 less than the 2012 residential property tax rate for the counties.
OTTAWA | Three grassroots protest groups have joined forces against proposed land- fill and waste recycling projects. West Carleton’s No Dump group is band- ing together with the Dump the Dump Now group from Russell Township and Dump This Dump 2 in the Carlsbad Springs area to share information, support and mutual public awareness opportunities about their respective targets. The Carleton group opposes the pro- posed Carp Road landfill expansion while the other two are lobbying against a com- mercial and industrial waste recycling facil- ity that Ottawa-based Taggart-Miller plans to set up in Ottawa’s eastern rural sector. “We need to get the word out within the City of Ottawa and surrounding townships,” stated Olivia Nixon of No Dump. “Canada’s national capital would be bookended by
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L’ORIGNAL | The counties may be taking a smaller share of the whole tax pie this year than expected. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell council (UCPR) passed the resolution ap- proving the 2013 tax rates and the county levy during its April 24 session. What makes this resolution stand out is that it approves a 0.5 per cent decrease in the residential property tax rate approved earlier this year in the UCPR’s 2013 budget and that was al- ready holding at a zero per cent increase. “The (tax) rate is no longer zero, it’s nega- tive point five,” said Stéphane Parisien, UCRP chief administrator. “What we had
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