那里的民众正在群起反对一家私营垃圾站，在环境局的公告时期有383个公众意见提交，迫使这家垃圾站撤回了申请，环境局表态：

Should the proponent wish to re-apply, the ministry will continue to ensure the protection of the health and safety of the environment and public in its technical review of the applications.

目前，他们在网上发起了请愿，已经有九千多人签名，


如果你住在世家堡，你住在多伦多，你想关心一下这件事情，你可以去看看上面链接的请愿，也可以去看看环境局的网上公告，链接在下面：


我终于看到了勇敢站起来的多伦多人，大声地说出我们反对破坏环境和损害公众健康，加油，多伦多！

花了点时间看了网上的资料，这家公司是向环境局提出了两个申请，分别收到了 383 和 499 个公众意见：

https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-1444

https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-1446


在这个过程中，当地 （Ward 25）的市议员和省议员都帮助了公众，一个要求市政府去信环境局，并由市政府的人员参与做了交通方面的调查，另一个直接和环境局联系，不仅将公众意见征询的时间延长，而且将范围扩大，从方圆 100 米到 500 米，使更多的民众参与：

https://www.change.org/p/petition-a...ation-drive-waste-processing-plant/u/26703193

https://ccranews.com/councillors-message-june-2020-2/


媒体也参与了：https://www.toronto.com/news-story/...sal-angers-east-scarborough-community-groups/

民众发起网上请愿，获得超过九千个签名：

https://www.change.org/p/petition-a...tion-drive-waste-processing-plant?signed=true

这是一个成功的案例。

但是多伦多有很多这样的事情发生，因为没有通知到社区，没有在社区组织公众意见征询，使得一些污染企业获得了不应该得到的许可，最终对公众健康和社区环境造成破坏，而且问题久拖不能解决。我们社区过去和现在都发生过这样的事情，我们仍然在抗争。

从源头上来说，原因是主管部门没有直接通知社区，没有组织社区的公众意见征询，在一个民主的国家里使得民主在决策过程中变成空白，其实只要在法律上规定凡没有在社区组织公众意见征询的决策无效，他们就不能长期地忽视民意，自作主张了。

希望在多伦多不断发生的此类事件能通过完善法规来杜绝，未来人们将不再因此受罪。

Councillor Jennifer McKelvie

Scarborough-Rouge Park

Jennifer and her family have lived in Scarborough-Rouge Park since 2005. She is a proud graduate of the University of Toronto Scarborough (B.Sc. Environmental Science) and a Professional Geoscientist. Her graduate (Ph.D. 2006) and postgraduate research was supported by numerous provincial, national and international awards, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada Graduate Scholarship and the L’Oréal/United Nations Educational Scientific Organization (UNESCO) Women in Science Fellowship. Prior to becoming Councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park, Jennifer managed industrial-academic partnerships and environmental research in the non-profit sector.

Jennifer has a long-record of community service. She recently served as first President of the Scarborough Community Renewal Organization (2016-2018), and as President of the Centennial Community & Recreation Association (2015 to 2017). In this capacity, she worked collaboratively with stakeholders and residents to advocate for investment in Scarborough. Jennifer has also served as a member of the UTSC Council (2015-2018), as a citizen member of the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (2015-2018) and as a member of the Scarborough Women of Philanthropy (2015-2018), a council in support of the Scarborough & Rouge Hospital Foundation.

In 2017, Scarborough Rotary Clubs recognized Jennifer for her dedicated community work with the Paul Harris Fellow award. She is also a recipient of the Leading Women, Building Communities Recognition Award by the Province of Ontario (2015) and was a University of Toronto Scarborough Canada 150 Neighbour (2017).

也许这位学环境科学的市议员能够从科学和客观的角度看问题，所以全力支持民众。

这实际上就是一个科学的问题，污染影响了公众健康，对健康的慢性损害类似于慢慢下毒，属于谋杀的一种，这样的污染必须停止。就这么简单。

我们有的政府工作人员允许污染不断地侵害公众健康，这样的政府工作人员真是民众的灾难。