The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association ("OSSGA") has
recently written to the Honourable Doug Ford, premier of Ontario,
to state that the Premier should not interfere in the licensing and
approval process for pits and quarries in the Province [1]. OSSGA did so in response to alarming
comments made by the premier about preventing, at any cost, the
licensing of a quarry in the Milton area. Comments here.
The aggregate industry is vital to Ontario. The stone, sand and
gravel which it supplies are used to build homes, schools,
libraries, colleges, universities, hospitals, fire and police
stations, as well as to construct roads, highways, water and sewer
infrastructure, public transportation systems, workplaces,
recreational and social centres, arenas and stadiums. We all
contribute to the need for aggregates and we all benefit from the
activities of the industry which extracts them.
