08-01-2024, 06:42 AM
Agreed about the wasted corn, absolutely ridiculous. I disagree about Redman though, not poor leadership, none what so ever, she has been a career politician which just equals the same ole.
Farmland conversion and landfill sites
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08-01-2024, 06:42 AM
Agreed about the wasted corn, absolutely ridiculous. I disagree about Redman though, not poor leadership, none what so ever, she has been a career politician which just equals the same ole.
08-01-2024, 10:41 AM
I don't think the city mayors have any real say in this, other than a single vote on the regional council.
08-01-2024, 11:02 AM
(07-31-2024, 11:19 PM)jeffster Wrote: Very concerning that Redman and the Region went ahead and destroyed the fields for their project. While I do understand the why - it made no sense to destroy all that corn. Harvested before the destruction, this could have been feed for farm animal. Wait a few weeks, you would have had enough of a crop to make 2.5 million box of cornflakes (400g). Basically enough food to feed every single resident in the region (625,000) for 3 or 4 days. That's a lot. Where did you read about destroyed corn? I drive by there once a week and have not seen any activity on the site. Admittedly I can’t see the entire site from the highway.
08-01-2024, 01:53 PM
Here's a Facebook post from a Wilmot councillor:
Quote:Harvir Sidhu Ward 3 Councillor https://www.facebook.com/harv4council/po...VUFf5npCUl
local cambridge weirdo
08-01-2024, 02:32 PM
(08-01-2024, 11:02 AM)creative Wrote:(07-31-2024, 11:19 PM)jeffster Wrote: Very concerning that Redman and the Region went ahead and destroyed the fields for their project. While I do understand the why - it made no sense to destroy all that corn. Harvested before the destruction, this could have been feed for farm animal. Wait a few weeks, you would have had enough of a crop to make 2.5 million box of cornflakes (400g). Basically enough food to feed every single resident in the region (625,000) for 3 or 4 days. That's a lot. It was a cover photo on the Record the other day.
08-01-2024, 02:33 PM
It'd be nice to see more than just an FB post referring to an unnamed resident to understand what is happening.
08-01-2024, 03:12 PM
Honestly, destroying food is heinous. It's hard to believe any regional councillor would be this blind to optics. Mediocrity to the extreme.
08-01-2024, 03:38 PM
Most of the crop is used domestically as the main energy ingredient in livestock feed and for fuel ethanol production. Corn is also processed into a multitude of food and industrial products including starch, sweeteners, corn oil, and beverage and industrial alcohols.
It may not actually have been food grade corn.
08-02-2024, 12:35 PM
I thought the region said this land wasn't usable as farmland. Or does that just mean that feed corn doesn't count?
08-02-2024, 12:59 PM
Some more detail on CBC now:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.7283467
08-02-2024, 01:22 PM
08-02-2024, 02:02 PM
"There is a right and wrong way to do things, this process has been mishandled since Day 1."
My thoughts on this whole affair. It's been frustrating and perplexing in equal measure since the news broke.
08-02-2024, 02:58 PM
(08-02-2024, 02:02 PM)KevinL Wrote: "There is a right and wrong way to do things, this process has been mishandled since Day 1." Honestly, this is what makes it so confusing and so suspicious. Why would they take these clearly improper actions and not do it the right way unless there was something to hide that would come out in the proper process.
08-02-2024, 09:31 PM
It's not about hiding something, it's about many, many millions of dollars. The real issue is how much will the Region have to pay to buy the land. Certainly far more than the $35G per acre that's been offered.
08-16-2024, 03:55 PM
So the province is admitting this is all at their initiative, but in the form of a statement blasting the Region for supposedly handling it poorly. Redman has shot back that she did things exactly as Queen's Park asked. A true mess. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/minister-an...-1.7001921
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