Domenic Filippone on February 18, 2020
1. Do you support Lake Simcoe Watch’s recommendation that the Government of Ontario should develop a plan to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution to 44 tonnes per year by 2026? If no, do you support the achievement of the 44 tonne per year target by a later date? If yes, please specify the date.
Absolutely in support
2. Do you support Lake Simcoe Watch’s proposed actions to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution? If no, please explain why not and outline alternative actions that you believe should be taken to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution?
Absolutely in support
3. Do you agree that the Development Charges Act should be amended to permit the Government of Ontario and Lake Simcoe municipalities to levy development charges to recover 100% of their costs of reducing Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution? If no, please explain why not and outline how you believe the pollution reduction measures should be paid for.
Yes
4. Please provide any other comments about Lake Simcoe Watch’s report: Cleaning Up Lake Simcoe: A Discussion Paper.
I am a resident living on Canal Road right on the Holland Marsh. That being said I live on 2.5 acres, and rent out my muck land to a farmer. My biggest concern and beer is that there are no incentives for the land owner to create native plant windbreaks, followed by my most important concern. What type of chemical weed killers are these farmers applying to the land. I do not, nor, have I EVER seen any Ministry of Agriculture staff around to inspect what they are spraying on the land. I will be asking my tenant farmer and would love to see a blitz as to what is being sprayed. I also want to see more native plant species planted along the whole stretch of the Canal both soouth and north sides.