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Action Champlain asks township help with appeal costs
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Action Champlain a demandé au canton de Champlain de contribuer financièrement à son appel contre une demande demodification de zonage pour le projet de cimenterie de ColacemCanada, qui serait situé près du village de L’Orignal. Charles Despins, directeur fondateur d’Action Champlain, a suggéré au conseil municipal lors de la réunion du 14 février qu’il devrait couvrir jusqu’à la moitié des frais juridiques. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
&/ #3&' r #3 * &'4 Coûts des travaux de l’aréna Les coûts des travaux de rénovation de l’aréna du Complexe sportif Robert Hartley de Hawkesbury seront dévoilés par voie de communiqué. C’est ce qu’a déclaré la mairesse Jeanne Charlebois lors de la séance du conseil municipal du 12 février. Elle a reconnu être interpellée à ce sujet par la presse. « Il y a aussi les contribuables qui m’écrivent et qui me demandent des rapports à ce sujet-là », a-t-elle mentionné. Interrogée sur la date de publication des chiffres, Mme Charlebois a avancé qu’ils seraient disponibles dans environ deux semaines. Rappelons qu’une de nos sources avait rapporté que les travaux auraient coûté environ 1 M$, information aussitôt démentie. Les rénovations de l’aréna sont intervenues à la suite de sa fermeture pour quelques mois, en raison de la présence de moisissures. Where’s the Orange? There will be Liberal red ballots and Tory blue ballots cast for certain at the polls in Glengarry- Prescott-Russell during the provincial election in June this year. But so far there is no one confirmed to carry the orange banner for the NDP in the riding.The NDP head office in Toronto confirmed, during a phone query, that there is no candidate for the party yet in the Glengarry- Prescott-Russell riding. The official start for the provincial election campaign is May 9.The NDP head office confirmed that the candidate nomi- nation process for the GPR is in progress but gave no further details. – Gregg Chamberlain ten summary, with figures, of its fundraising and appeal expenses to date. He also noted that the township is already dealing with the costs of its own legal defence in the cement plant issue. “We spent $7000, roughly, last year and have budgeted $15,000 this year,” saidMayor Barton, “and we don’t think that’s going to be enough.”
Action Champlain has reached out and asked Champlain Township to help with funding some of the costs for its appeal against a rezoning request for Colacem Canada’s proposed cement plant project. “It’s a David versus Goliath scenario for us,” said Charles Despins during the Feb- ruary 13 session of Champlain Township council. Despins is the founding director of Action Champlain, The community activist group is cam- paigning against ColacemCanada Inc.’s plan to build a cement plant near the Village of L’Orignal. The proposed site is adjacent to one of ColacemCanada’s existing quarries. The quarry would serve as a supply source for the cement plant. ColacemCanada’s rezoning request has gone to the OntarioMunicipal Board for an appeal hearing later in the fall. Township council had rejected the rezoning request and that decision is under appeal by the company. Action Champlain is appealing the United Counties of Prescott-Russell’s approval of the rezoning request. Action Champlain has funded both its lobby campaign and appeal so far through public donations.The group has raised about $100,000 on its own and spent some $70,000 on legal costs and consultant fees. Despins indicated, however, that the final cost could be much higher. “We are opposing a large multinational company intent on going ahead with the project despite the opposi- tion of council and the (local) population.” Despins asked the township to commit to helping cover half of the anticipated costs for its appeal or “at a very minimum $200,000”. The township’s contribution, Despins stated, would go towards the fees of technical ex- perts and consultants for Action Champlain as part of its appeal preparation. Council received Action Champlain’s request for later discussion. Mayor Gary Barton asked for the group to provide a writ-
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