Citizens Turfed from Long Point Region Conservation Authority Meeting

We've received an email from a senior citizen saying that he and a younger resident were asked to leave the November 6th meeting at the LPRCA, just for being there.

Both residents were concerned with the neglect of Backus Mill and wanted to listen to the public meeting so they would know what was going on in the effort to get the Mill repaired.  They were allowed to listen in while the acceptance of the last meetings motions were being discussed.

As soon as new business was to be discussed the pair were asked to leave the meeting by Ms Betty Chanyi and then by Mr. Cliff Evaniski.

Is Betty Chanyi A Two Timer?

In a Council meeting in September, 2013 Betty Chanyi moved a motion to close the 4th Concession at the bequest of the NCC.  At that time it wasn't publicly known how cozy the relationship between NCC and Ms Chanyi actually was.  Let us enlighten you.

Betty Chanyi is not only the Councilor of Ward 1, Norfolk County, she is also a director on the board at Long Point Region Conservation Authority as well as a director for the Long Point Basin Land Trust.

NCC dontated $400,000 to the Long Point Basin Land Trust in 2012.
Was this the payment for Ms Chanyi's support for the road closure?

NCC donated $94,174 to the Long Point Region Conservation Authority in 2010.
The same year the deal was cut to purchase Backus Woods.

Norfolk County Councillors at the Trough in LPRCA

Are Norfolk County Councillors the best choices for running the LPRCA?  Each meeting of Directors cost the LPRCA an estimated $9,500.  10 Directors for a Company with 20 full time employees.  $19,663 charitable donation receipts given.  The Directors alone cost $6.75 for each $1 donated.

Would you invest in a Company that loses money every single year?  Last year net profit was -$126,834.

Toads, Toads and more Toads.

So you received a brochure on an endangered species and are wondering how it will affect your property on Long Point?  We've put together the facts so that you are aware of the situation you are now facing.  It's not nearly as sugar coated as Councillor Chanyi would have you believe.

The long and short of it is that NO development must occur in the area.  The area is deemed to be 700 metres inland from the waters edge.  This includes all the cottages on Long Point.

This has not been finalized yet so you still have time.  If this does happen to go through you will need to get approval for any 'development' from LPRCA.  There is a cost and from all accounts working with LPRCA as a private citizen compares to a root canal.  If you happen to buy Backus Woods on the cheap from them, there is no issue getting whatever you want as in the case of NCC.

Norfolk Council Salaries 2012

Norfolk Council Salaries 2012

Mayor Dennis Travale was paid $59,600 plus $6,506 in expenses.

Travale was provided an additional $600 per diem and $306 in expenses to sit on the
Long Point Region Conservation Authority as well as $7,025 as a member of the
Norfolk Power Inc. board of directors.

Should the Long Point Region Convervation Authority become an Endangered Species?

 Long Point Region Conservation Authority (LPRCA) costs $3.5 million dollars every year.

$1.8  million dollars is generated in user fees.  They claim to manage any where between 8000 and 12000 acres depending on what document you read.  I'm not sure that they actually know themselves since every report I've read is different.

In 2011, the LPRCA sold the 875 acre Backus Woods to The Nature Conservancy of Canada for $5.25 million.

The NCC and Norfolk County

TheNature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), on the surface, sounds like a wonderful organization dedicated to the preservation of Lands in Canada for future generations. Their mission statement says, “The Nature Conservancy of Canada will lead, innovate and use creativity in the conservation of Canada's natural heritage. We will secure important natural areas through their purchase, donation or other mechanisms, and then manage these properties for the long term.” According to the NCC's web site the organization was started in 1962 by a group of Naturalists to promote conservation. As the NCC grew through the purchase of many key properties, so did its visions of grandeur. The NCC and their partners now own 2.6 million acres across Canada and growing. I have to say that this is an incredible amount of property, and if conserved properly, will help protect the natural beauty of our country. However, there are a few issues with what the NCC has done and is currently doing in communities across Canada that are worth discussing. The NCC has entered into agreements with major industrial forces who are poisoning the rest of the planet to essentially mask their pollution, there are financial implications stemming from the NCC’s purchase of thousands of acres of land that will affect the residents of Norfolk County and we are losing some of Ontario's most fertile farmland.