OSSGA News

Bill 56, the private member’s bill proposed by Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones, is another step closer to reality following Second Reading in the Ontario Legislature yesterday with support from all three political parties.

Is your job addictive? Does the adrenaline rush of crushing big rocks into little rocks keep you up at night? Is getting a paycheque for what you do just an added bonus?

Find out why the presence of surface blemishes, such as aggregate pop-outs, is not necessarily an indication of a weak or low-durability pavement surface.

Read a letter from OSSGA and four sister associations urging Ontario MPPs to support Bill 56, the Aggregate Recycling Promotion Act, as proposed by Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones, when it comes up for Second Reading in the Legislature this week.

All work-related fatalities are tragic and must be prevented.

As part of our outreach efforts, OSSGA members and staff sent a letter of introduction to the candidates from all three major political parties in each of the five Ontario by-elections taking place on August 1, 2013.

In a victory for fact-based decision-making and the validity of the regulatory process, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC)’s application for a judicial review of the June 2012 approval by the Consolidated Hearings Board of Walker Aggregates’ Duntroon Quarry expansion.

Now is the time to start taking pictures of your aggregate properties for the 2013 OSSGA Industry Advancement and Environmental Achievement award applications. Applications are due November 1. (Please contact Eva Dasilva to obtain your member login information.)

During OSSGA’s 2011 Annual General Meeting, speaker Ray Pichette of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) spoke to OSSGA members about facilitating public access to information on pit and quarry operations authorized under the Aggregate Resources Act.

It’s time to update your free listing in OSSGA’s annual membership directory! The deadline to make changes has been extended to May 24.