Make It Count!

South Island Aggregates owns a quarry on Stebbings Road, south of Shawnigan Lake. The Minister of Environment has drafted a permit to allow discharge of up to 100,000 tonnes per annum from 5 million tonnes of contaminated material (from Victoria) to be dumped at the site. The landfill and discharge are adjacent to Shawnigan Creek and hence downstream to Shawnigan Lake and the drinking water of up to 8000 residents. The demand is for the Minister of Environment to not allow the dumping permit.