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Kait Pataki
Dresden resident and community spokesperson who has been publicly vocal about the threat posed by the York1 landfill expansion to the town of Dresden and the East Sydenham River watershed. Pataki represents the community members who would be most directly affected by 700 diesel trucks daily, 24/7 operations, and the risk of leachate contamination in a watershed home to 33 species at risk.
Connected Scandals
The Ford government promised a comprehensive environmental assessment for a proposed landfill directly upstream from Canada's only population of the salamander mussel — then buried the reversal inside omnibus Bill 5 after winning a byelection on the promise, exempting a company whose owners donated $200,000 to the PCs from all provincial environmental review, leaving 33 species at risk in one of Canada's most biodiverse rivers with no provincial protection.
Dresden resident and community spokesperson opposing the York1 landfill expansion; represents the residents of a 2,500-person town facing a proposed 6,000 tonnes/day waste facility with no comprehensive environmental assessment.