Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Please note the online petition is for public viewing only
Hard copy petition to start circulating the area June 9th, 2018
**To Sign hard copy petition to be presented to the Legislative**
- Visit Hair Passion @ 517 Marion St, Winnipeg, starting June 9th, 2018
**Or if you know people who would like to sign**
- Print copy http://www.ssbra.ca/Petition.pdf and drop off @Hair Passion 517 Marion St, Winnipeg
The reasons for this petition are as follows:
1. The area known as the Mission Industrial Lands has for years been home to some of the most toxic and environmentally-damaging industries and manufacturing businesses in Winnipeg.
2. Within this area there are numerous sites that have a dangerous goods license as they handle goods which can be potentially dangerous to human health.
3. This area has seventeen sites listed by the City of Winnipeg as contaminated, some with restricted use.
4. There is a small M2 zoned buffer of land on the east side of Archibald street directly opposite the residential neighbourhood on which Rakowski Recycling appears to have been operating a scrap processing and auto wrecking facility without an environmental license or appropriate zoning.
5. Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking’s application to the City of Winnipeg for this land to be rezoned as M3 in 2008 so that they could operate as an auto wrecker was denied by the City of Winnipeg, because “the rezoning of the subject property to an “M3” Industrial District has significant potential to adversely affect the surrounding area.”
6. The provincial Department of Sustainable Development has received over two hundred complaints from local residents that have concerns for their safety.
We petition the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as follows:
1. To urge the Provincial Government to provide residents a safe environment and for the province to take this opportunity to start to reverse the environmental impact from the Mission Industrial Area’s excessive number of Dangerous Goods Licenses by denying another Dangerous Goods license.
2. To urge the Provincial Government to take further steps to reduce, as opportunities come forward, the number of businesses dealing with dangerous goods and contaminated sites that, by the large numbers of such businesses and sites concentrated in a small area, have a negative effect on the environment.
3. To urge all Members of the Legislative Assembly to support the residents’ concerns and work to deny an environmental license FILE: 5699.00 to Rakowski Recycling.
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Updates
June 9, 2018
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING ALL MY TIME FIELDING QUESTIONS AND PRINTING FRESH COPIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SIGN!! THE LEVEL OF ANGER ABOUT THESE TOXIC SITES IS MASSIVE AND HONESTLY IT IS COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED!! KEEP DROPPING OFF YOUR PAGES AT HAIR PASSION BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LETTING THIS GO UNTIL WE GET ANSWERS!!
June 9, 2018
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!! PEOPLE ARE FINALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TOXIC REALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ENERGY IS EXPLODING!! LET US KEEP PUSHING UNTIL THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CANNOT IGNORE US ANY LONGER!!
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South of Archibald and Marion strong smells of paint/chemical have been noticeable, strong enough to make you feel sick and to make you not want to be outside. These are new to the area in the last few years.
I’m tired of the smell and the noise it always sounds like a train is going through Saint Boniface day long and the sometimes theres a loud bang after the Crunching noise.
This operation in defiance of the law, and not licensed must be stopped. It is shameful that it has operated so long with no timely verification by the authorities.
5699.0 5972.0
Noise and air quality is terrible, please remove the metal shredder from my community.
I strongly support this petition
Please remove the metal shredder from my community. Please monitor air quality in st.boniface!
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Please note the online petition is for public viewing only
Hard copy petition to start circulating the area June 9th, 2018
**To Sign hard copy petition to be presented to the Legislative**
- Visit Hair Passion @ 517 Marion St, Winnipeg, starting June 9th, 2018
**Or if you know people who would like to sign**
- Print copy http://www.ssbra.ca/Petition.pdf and drop off @Hair Passion 517 Marion St, Winnipeg
The reasons for this petition are as follows:
1. The area known as the Mission Industrial Lands has for years been home to some of the most toxic and environmentally-damaging industries and manufacturing businesses in Winnipeg.
2. Within this area there are numerous sites that have a dangerous goods license as they handle goods which can be potentially dangerous to human health.
3. This area has seventeen sites listed by the City of Winnipeg as contaminated, some with restricted use.
4. There is a small M2 zoned buffer of land on the east side of Archibald street directly opposite the residential neighbourhood on which Rakowski Recycling appears to have been operating a scrap processing and auto wrecking facility without an environmental license or appropriate zoning.
5. Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking’s application to the City of Winnipeg for this land to be rezoned as M3 in 2008 so that they could operate as an auto wrecker was denied by the City of Winnipeg, because “the rezoning of the subject property to an “M3” Industrial District has significant potential to adversely affect the surrounding area.”
6. The provincial Department of Sustainable Development has received over two hundred complaints from local residents that have concerns for their safety.
We petition the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as follows:
1. To urge the Provincial Government to provide residents a safe environment and for the province to take this opportunity to start to reverse the environmental impact from the Mission Industrial Area’s excessive number of Dangerous Goods Licenses by denying another Dangerous Goods license.
2. To urge the Provincial Government to take further steps to reduce, as opportunities come forward, the number of businesses dealing with dangerous goods and contaminated sites that, by the large numbers of such businesses and sites concentrated in a small area, have a negative effect on the environment.
3. To urge all Members of the Legislative Assembly to support the residents’ concerns and work to deny an environmental license FILE: 5699.00 to Rakowski Recycling.
Updates
June 9, 2018
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING ALL MY TIME FIELDING QUESTIONS AND PRINTING FRESH COPIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SIGN!! THE LEVEL OF ANGER ABOUT THESE TOXIC SITES IS MASSIVE AND HONESTLY IT IS COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED!! KEEP DROPPING OFF YOUR PAGES AT HAIR PASSION BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LETTING THIS GO UNTIL WE GET ANSWERS!!
June 9, 2018
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!! PEOPLE ARE FINALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TOXIC REALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ENERGY IS EXPLODING!! LET US KEEP PUSHING UNTIL THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CANNOT IGNORE US ANY LONGER!!
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*Update* Door to door petition at last count was approximately 180 signatures. Thank you @Mamadou Ka and @Greg Selinger for coming out today to help residents with the door to door petition! Thank you to all the residents working to get as many signatures as possible so that this can also be submitted for the Environmental license application!
South of Archibald and Marion strong smells of paint/chemical have been noticeable, strong enough to make you feel sick and to make you not want to be outside. These are new to the area in the last few years.
I’m tired of the smell and the noise it always sounds like a train is going through Saint Boniface day long and the sometimes theres a loud bang after the Crunching noise.
This operation in defiance of the law, and not licensed must be stopped. It is shameful that it has operated so long with no timely verification by the authorities.
5699.0 5972.0
Noise and air quality is terrible, please remove the metal shredder from my community.
I strongly support this petition
Please remove the metal shredder from my community. Please monitor air quality in st.boniface!
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*Update* Door to door petition at last count was approximately 180 signatures. Thank you @Mamadou Ka and @Greg Selinger for coming out today to help residents with the door to door petition! Thank you to all the residents working to get as many signatures as possible so that this can also be submitted for the Environmental license application!