Get Involved!
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If you are as passionate about peat as we are, you can help!
If you are as passionate about peat as we are, you can help!
Peat Mine Licenses Petition
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Download a copy of our petition to increase the moratorium on peat mines from the current time of two years to five years. It is our hope to delay any future mine operations and give the Manitoba government time to ban the process of peat mining altogether.
Have your friends and family who are also interested in joining the cause to sign the petition. Here are the rules for submitting a petition:
- print out a hard copy of the petition from this website
- it must have at least 15 legal signatures of Manitoba residents
- the petition must be presented to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly by an MLA
Ask your local MLA to submit your copy of this petition with valid signatures the next time they are in session. Speak up and get involved in the democratic process!
Download a copy of our petition to increase the moratorium on peat mines from the current time of two years to five years. It is our hope to delay any future mine operations and give the Manitoba government time to ban the process of peat mining altogether.
Have your friends and family who are also interested in joining the cause to sign the petition. Here are the rules for submitting a petition:
- print out a hard copy of the petition from this website
- it must have at least 15 legal signatures of Manitoba residents
- the petition must be presented to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly by an MLA
Ask your local MLA to submit your copy of this petition with valid signatures the next time they are in session. Speak up and get involved in the democratic process!
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This petition has room for 100 signatures, but because it is in a Microsoft Word document, feel free to add as many spaces for signatures as you like!
Letter of Concern to the Minister
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We have below a template for a letter of concern to Manitoba's Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship, Gord Mackintosh. With this template, you can fill in your information and any additional concerns that you have about peat mining, and kindly send them to him by email or letter mail. The letter is addressing the concerns about the proposed peat mine within the Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park.
We have below a template for a letter of concern to Manitoba's Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship, Gord Mackintosh. With this template, you can fill in your information and any additional concerns that you have about peat mining, and kindly send them to him by email or letter mail. The letter is addressing the concerns about the proposed peat mine within the Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park.
Gord Mackintosh
Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship
Room 330, 450 Broadway
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0V8
[email protected]
Dear Gord Mackintosh,
My name is (your name), and I am a concerned citizen of the province of Manitoba. I am writing your office today in regards to the review of the proposed peat mining operation by Sun-Gro Horticulture in the Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park.
I understand that their rights to a peat mining license pre-dates the amendment in the Save Lake Winnipeg Act, however I feel that allowing such a development undermines the spirit of the act, as well as that of a provincial park.
I am concerned about the potential environmental effects of such a development in Manitoba, such as the continued pollution of Lake Winnipeg, as well as exasperating climate change through the removal of this valuable carbon sink.
I ask that you do not approve or allow approval for this development and hope you consider banning the extraction of peat material in Manitoba altogether.
Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge my concerns.
Sincerely,
(Your name and address)
_ENVR 4000 Sustainable Water Management 2012