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Attachment Not welcome!

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Aku Sheikh
  • Reference number: 1127
  • Submitted: 2022-06-27 - 12:58 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement
  • The CN rail hub should not be built in Milton in order to protect the environment and the health and safety of the town's residents, workers, and future students. It will be steps from the "protected" Niagara Escarpment, residential neighborhoods, the Mattamy National Cycling Centre, and the future Wilfred Laurier campus on Tremaine. Not only will traffic congestion, noise, and pollution be an issue but so will the safety of residents, cyclists, future students, and motorists. Milton has a unique opportunity to grow and thrive as a sporting (cycling) and educational capital attracting visitors, students, residents, and future workers at the university. Will this be possible when we have to contend with hundreds of trucks on Tremaine every single day? Milton is also developing a massive park system and those efforts are being undermined by the federal government and CN rail by introducing this major environmental disaster in Milton. If the CN hub project does go ahead, ignoring the outcry from local residents, town and provincial governments, the least the federal government can do is to ensure the carbon footprint of this operation is negative and not offset elsewhere. Operations at the yard and trucking should be zero emission using EV trucks and locomotives. Make CN invest in the clean future of Milton, just as we are.

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Attachment From Natural Resources Canada re: Comments on the Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Natural Resources Canada
  • Reference number: 1128
  • Submitted: 2022-06-27
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement
  • Please see attached document
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  • Archived: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 2:13:09 PM From: Smith, Walker Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 1:21:30 PM To: Conditions (IAAC/AEIC) Cc: McPherson, Kathy; Davidson, Laurence Subject: RE: Milton Logistics Hub Project - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement Sensitivity: Normal Good afternoon, As per the request below, NRCan has reviewed the information provided with respect to CN’s revised approach for their pipeline installation. Based on NRCan’s scope of review – which focused on quantitative hydrogeology (i.e., groundwater quantity, dynamics and flows) – the Department’s views/input provided to date remain unchanged. However, it is worth noting that given the increased depth of the reconfigured pipeline (13.4m), the closer it will be to the bedrock and sand and gravel layer (which likely corresponds to the units used for water supply in this area). This highlights the importance of NRCan’s recommendation to complete monitoring to confirm that pre-construction groundwater flow patterns and quality are maintained. Presumably, this change in pipeline configuration is something that the OEB/CER is abreast of, and they would be able to weigh in on any additional risk of contamination in the event of a leak (and if the proposed mitigation measures adequately address this potential risk). Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Walker Walker Smith Environmental Assessment Officer Office of the Chief Scientist Natural Resources Canada From: Conditions (IAAC/AEIC) <conditions@iaac-aeic.gc.ca> Sent: June 6, 2022 11:33 To: Cc: Subject: Milton Logistics Hub Project - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement UNCLASSIFIED - NON ...
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Attachment From Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP re: Comments on the Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
  • Reference number: 1129
  • Submitted: 2022-06-27
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement
  • Please see attached document
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  • Rodney Northey GOWLING WLG (CANADA) LLP 1 First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, Suite 1600, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1G5 Canada T +1 (416) 862-7525 F +1 (416) 862-7661 gowlingwlg.com Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP is a member of Gowling WLG, an international law firm which consists of independent and autonomous entities providing services around the world. Our structure is explained in more detail at gowlingwlg.com/legal. GOWLING WLG (CANADA) LLP 1 First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, Suite 1600, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1G5 Canada T +1 (416) 862-7525 F +1 (416) 862-7661 gowlingwlg.com Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP is a member of Gowling WLG, an international law firm which consists of independent and autonomous entities providing services around the world. Our structure is explained in more detail at gowlingwlg.com/legal. June 27, 2022 Via Email conditions@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 22nd Floor, Bell Place 160 Elgin Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 Dear Sir or Madam: Re: CN Milton Logistics Hub CIAR Ref.No. 80100 Proposed Changes to the Project Response to June 6, 2022 Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment We are writing on behalf of our clients, The Regional Municipality of Halton, The Corporation of the City of Burlington, The Corporation of the Town of Halton Hills, The Corporation of the Town of Milton, The Corporation of the Town of Oakville, and the Halton Regional Conservation Authority (together, the “Halton Public Authorities”). The Halton Public Authorities are very concerned with the present consultation initiated by your Agency. They consider this consultation to be inconsistent with cooperative federalism. The consultation concerns the ...
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Attachment Milton Logistics Hub Project - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • Reference number: 1126
  • Submitted: 2022-06-21
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement
  • To the Decision Statement Team for the Milton Logistics Hub Project, Thank you for the opportunity to review the Agency’s draft Analysis Report regarding CN’s proposed revision for the reconfiguration of two existing oil pipelines around the terminal area. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has reviewed both CN’s submission about the changes to pipeline reconfiguration and the Agency’s draft Analysis Report, and has no comments/concerns at this time. Best regards, Sheryl Sheryl Lusk Environmental Assessment Officer, Environmental Protection Branch Environment and Climate Change Canada / Government of Canada Agent d'évaluation environnementale, Direction générale de la protection de l’environnement Environnement et Changement climatique Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

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Attachment DFO Comments - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Reference number: 1125
  • Submitted: 2022-06-15
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement
  • Please see attached submission.
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  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pêches et Océans Canada Ontario and Prairie Region Région de l’Ontario et des Prairies Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program Programme de protection du poisson et de son habitat 650 – 2010 12th Avenue 650 – 2010 12e Avenue Regina, SK S4P 0M3 Regina, SK S4P 0M3 Your file Votre référence June 15, 2022 CEAA Registry 80100 Our file Notre référence 15-HCAA-00402 Decision Statement Team Impact Assessment Agency of Canada iaac.conditions.aeic@canada.ca Subject: CN Milton Logistics Hub Project – Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement – DFO Comments As requested, the Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (the Program) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is providing comments on the proposed amendments to the Milton Logistics Hub Project Decision Statement regarding the proposed revision by Canadian National Railway Company (CN) on the reconfiguration of two existing oil pipelines around the terminal area. DFO has reviewed the Draft Analysis Report prepared by Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and supports the conclusion stated by IAAC that “The Agency is of the view that no modifications to the mitigation measures and follow-up requirements included as conditions in the Decision Statement are necessary.” Further, DFO agrees that the proposed reconfiguration of the two existing oil pipelines will not result in potential adverse effects of fish and fish habitat that would be greater under this optimized approach because no fish or fish habitat would be located within the affected areas and no watercourse crossings would be required. DFO has no further ...
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Attachment Project will harm citizens of Milton

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Ian Jutsun
  • Reference number: 1124
  • Submitted: 2022-06-08 - 2:48 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on Proposed Amendments to the Decision Statement
  • I am disgusted at the hypocrisy by this Goverment with repect to this Intermodal project. For almost 2 years I and many others were not allowed to work due to the Pandemic. My industry was shut down and the reason given, was to protect our HEALTH! I lost Tens of Thousands of dollars, which will NEVER be recouped. As the Gov stated, this was to protect our HEALTH! Suddenly when it comes to CN and thier profit, health is NOT that important. An exhausting enviromental impact study was completed by professionals, CHOSEN by the Goverment, which included the following assessment " adverse HEALTH and enviromental impacts" will be the result of the project. How is it that our health is no longer important? If this is the case, then I expect to be reimbursed for the tens of thsousnads I lost and all mandates currently in place (to protect us from Covid) be lifted and NEVER implemeted again. The Gov cannot have it both ways, health is important when Covid rears its ugly head, but, "adverse HEALTH impacts" on the citizens of a town are of no concern when it comes to CN and thier profits. Minsiter Wilkinson completely disregarded his duties as Enviromental minister, when he approved (with conditions) the project. He did this after reading the report which stated "adverse Health and ENVIROMENTAL" impacts will be the result of this project. I dont beleive he spent any seriuos, if at all time in Milton. In fact, Oxford county was willing to have the project in thier vicinity, which was not near any housing, hospitals, long term care, and schools as it will be here in Milton. Somehow, he had no influence in making that happen. He stated that as Minister he wanted to leave a better world ...

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Attachment Please do not build the rail in Milton

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Ishita Maini
  • Reference number: 1115
  • Submitted: 2020-12-17 - 9:40 PM
  • Hi, I am about to become a resident of Milton, and while I understand this may overall have a positive environmental impact for the rest of Canada, it comes at the cost of polluting the Halton Region, a region occupied by 500,000 plus people and growing. There are a lot of young families and children in the area and aside from the pollution, it is not safe to have 1600 trucks going in and out of the city. please reconsider, these hubs are good but they need to be away from neighbourhoods. 

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Attachment Please don't do this to our families

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Sara S
  • Reference number: 1112
  • Submitted: 2020-11-22 - 7:10 PM
  • I am a new mother. My family and I are new residents of Milton. And we are first time homebuyers. We instantly fell in love with this beautiful town of Milton. Please, please don't build this in our peaceful and quiet and currently safe town. We moved to Milton because we wanted to give our baby a brilliant life, mixed with nature and a safe and friendly area. Building this project will remove the safety from our lives. Please think about the air we breathe. Please think about the little kids running up and down the streets in the summer, trying to enjoy fresh air. Please don't take that away. We worked so hard to buy and create our home here as did thousands of families in this town. Please think about us. We are simply asking to find a different spot, away from ANY residential areas.There is so much wildlife that we love to see on a daily basis. Families of deer and coyotes love to roam free in the little conservation land they have left. Please consider their well-being too. I have confidence you can figure out a different place in this wonderful country of ours that does not risk the lives of innocent people. Thank you

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Attachment CN Intermodal Hub Proposal

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Stephen Hill
  • Reference number: 1111
  • Submitted: 2020-11-21 - 10:16 AM
  • Dear Members of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding CN's Intermodal Hub Proposal for Milton Ontario. I have been following the CN Intermodal Hub plan with great interest. We have purchased a new condo that is being built in Milton and will move there in late 2021, so we have a strong vested interest in this project. As an aside, ironically, the condo we purchased will a “Net Zero” building and that is precisely why we chose this location to purchase. Next to no other low rise condo builders in Canada are offering such low carbon footprint residences. Early on, I had assumed it was obvious that CN’s Intermodal Hub plan would be rejected. Who in their right mind would build such a facility right next to a large residential community. Surely the prospect of a 24/7 operation with 800 trucks per day coming and going and the resulting pollutants and noise and negative health impacts to families in this community would never be approved. The objective of removing large numbers of long haul trucks from Canada’s highways is of course a terrific objective for the health of our country and our planet. It helps Canada move forward towards its climate change goals of reducing our GHG emissions. But how do we deal with a proposal that is great for Canada but very harmful to residents of a community like Milton? I have no idea what other competing sites CN considered for this Intermodal Hub. If there are truly no other preferred sites that would limit the impact on a residential community, then the discussion should turn towards the challenge of dramatically reducing the negative impacts on the community in Milton. If the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada ...

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Attachment Shocked

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Michelle chen
  • Reference number: 1110
  • Submitted: 2020-11-13 - 1:46 PM
  • I have just moved into 1KM buffer of this proposed project.  I understand how an Intermodal Rail will greatly assist in the GTA's growing demand for goods, HOWEVER, the thought that 1600 trucks will be travelling in and around my neighbourhood 24/7 - in already congested roads and in some cases 1 way roads boggles my mind.  If the region knew that CN was proposing this project to eventually approving it then you have not done any justice/due diligence to the residents who moved here.  Because then you would have REJECTED new housing and school developments in this area years ago.  Why destroy the lives of thousands to create minimal jobs when there are other locations which would be best suited for something of this magnitude.

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Attachment Big No to Milton Logistics Hub Project

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: joan zhu
  • Reference number: 1109
  • Submitted: 2020-11-06 - 5:01 PM
  • Hello Goverment of Canada, CN picked up the wrong location to build the Hub. The project might bring the convenience and profit to CN, but the residents and environment will permanently and constantly suffer so much. The project is a big threat to people's health and pollute the environment. I am totally against it and demand Government to disapprove the project. Please think about your people and do the right thing. Thank you! Regards, Joan

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Attachment Concerned Milton resident

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: David Smith
  • Reference number: 1105
  • Submitted: 2020-09-10 - 7:39 PM
  • I am Milton resident very concerned about the CN Hub proposal. The amount of truck traffic that would be forced directly through the core of our city is unacceptable. We currently don't have the infrastructure to handle the existing traffic volume let alone something of this magnitude. I will be paying very close attention to the federal government's action on this matter and will vote accordingly.

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Attachment Possible Solution?

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Base Cafe
  • Reference number: 1104
  • Submitted: 2020-09-07 - 10:50 AM
  • There is possible solution to all this.  Issue is that residents near tremaine rd don't want trucks 24/7 driving up and down the road.  possible solution:  one solution could be to have New proposed HWY for easy traffic flow exiting to CN site. Extension from HWY 403 to HWY 401 near Walkers lane or Appleby line in Halton. (Connecting both Hwys in the west of milton, from North to South and adding a EXIT close to the CN Hub Site. 1st side rd).  ****Attach Picture  residents will like the HWY idea as trucks will be far from there sight and not intefer in there day to day life.   
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Attachment CN and the Town of Milton

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Bev Andersen
  • Reference number: 1097
  • Submitted: 2020-08-31 - 6:43 PM
  • I honestly don't even know why there is a discussion about the CN lands in Milton.  CN have owned these lands for many, many years when Milton was nothing but a small town.  But then.......land in the area became available and the land was sold to developers who knew the land nearby was owned by CN!!  They didn't bother to inform the buyers and now all these newbies don't want it "in their backyard".  They probably don't want the planes from Pearson flying overhead either. If CN is forced out of this area by a bunch of newbies, they next thing they will be complaining about will be the price of goods, food, etc. The residents that are complaining should be told that this land belongs to CN and tough on you.  If they didn't have the brains to find out what was in the area before they purchased a home, too bad.  We have a CN rail line within walking distance of our home.  We knew that before we bought our home.  We also have an airport close by in Hamilton.  We knew that.because we looked around to see what was here. You can tell the people of Milton to either put up with it, or move.  Their choice!  We cannot do without our rail lines.  To get from the rail to the store or the company, we need trucks.  It has to happen somewhere.  

Attachment I 100% oppose to this Milton Logistics Hub Project

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Jackie Poon
  • Reference number: 1082
  • Submitted: 2020-08-31 - 1:02 AM
  • My family had moved to Milton since 2016 because it's a great city to start a family due to the wildlife, abundant conservation area, quite city, high residential zones, under great HSDB, and government facilities such as hospitals, community centres, libraries, etc. It's a perfect city to grow our future generations of kids in their tweens and young teens. Transportation into downtown Toronto is efficient with highways around. However, knowing this project happening is devastating to us. Seeing the upcoming noises, serious traffic issues, asthma and allergy prone children having health problems, destroyed wildlife and farm lands or green spaces, we are seeing us having to leave this beautiful city only because of CN only care about convenience and money while ignoring humanity and nature. Milton once one of the fastest growing city in Ontario will be destroyed and become a wasteland. Families will run from it. Milton will only be known as logistics hub and nothing else. With current COVID situation, families all over the world including families in Milton have already suffered enough. We cannot be negativity affected by anything more! STOP THIS PROJECT IN MILTON! CN go and bring this project somewhere else!

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Attachment I oppose the Milton Logistics Hub Project

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Italo Siciliano
  • Reference number: 1081
  • Submitted: 2020-08-31 - 1:00 AM
  • My family and I moved to Milton because it’s a great city, away from Toronto’s traffic, pollution and noise. Milton's community of families, nature and safety is why we live here, but now with this new CN proposal, causing an astronimical increase in pollution due to the volume of trucks and trains from this proposed facility - will ruine this great city, and the health and safety of our family - so it will force us, along with many other Milton residents like us to move away. Please don't ruine Milton. Please stop this Milton Logistics Hub Project - before it turns this thriving, heathy city into another industrial wasteland.

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Attachment CN Hub

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Melissa Lima
  • Reference number: 1072
  • Submitted: 2020-08-27 - 11:30 PM
  • My husband and I with our two small daughters moved to Milton less than a year ago. We moved here because we loved how family oriented it is, how beautiful the escarpment is and how our children have the opportunity to play outdoors and be safe.  Learning about the CN Hub being built only a couple kms from my home is very worriesome. Our roads with be congested with trailers, the noise will be horrible and we'll be subjected to a lot of pollution. This is not the Milton we wanted to live in & putting this Hub in will ruin Milton's wholesome name and will force people to move away from this beautiful town. This sort of Hub should be in an industrial area where no homes, families and community will be at risk.

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Attachment Duluth Cargo Connect Supports Milton Logistics Hub

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Jonathan Lamb
  • Reference number: 1071
  • Submitted: 2020-08-27 - 8:22 PM
  • Please see comments from Duluth Cargo Connect in the attached letter.
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  • A working partnership of Duluth Seaway Port Authority and Lake Superior Warehousing Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson Minister of Environment and Climate Change House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Via email: Jonathan.Wilkinson@parl.gc.ca Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 160 Elgin Street, 22 Floor Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 Via email: iaac.conditions.aeic@canada.ca Re: Support for approval of CN Milton Logistics Hub Dear Minister Wilkinson and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Thank you for the opportunity to express our support for CN’s proposed Milton Logistics Hub project. This project will provide critical additional intermodal terminal capacity in southern Ontario, creating greater supply chain fluidity and network capacity across North America. Duluth Cargo Connect is a multimodal cargo hub located in Duluth, Minnesota, connecting to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System for a fast, flexible freight network that extends across the U.S. and Canada. Duluth Cargo Connect is a working partnership of Duluth Seaway Port Authority and Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc. Together, we provide cargo handling, storage, distribution and transportation logistics services for breakbulk, heavy lift and other project cargoes moving in and out of North America’s heartland via the Port of Duluth. CN provides an important rail connection via the CN Duluth Intermodal Terminal, which connects the region to containerized imports and exports via a high-capacity rail network that spans the continent, providing direct service to and from the East, West and Gulf Coast ports. This partnership between CN and Duluth Cargo Connect opens up a congestion-free ...
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Attachment Significant adverse effects

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Carolyn Mcminn
  • Reference number: 1068
  • Submitted: 2020-08-26 - 9:45 PM
  • The proposed site is immediately adjacent to existing and planned residential areas. Approximately 34,000 current and future residents, twelve schools, two long-term care homes and one hospital are located within one kilometer of the site. The proposed hub will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and result in 1,600 truck trips to and from the site each day.  These truck routes will lead to more traffic on our roads and traffic will continue to increase as the site’s capacity grows. This congestion poses a      risk to the safety of motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and families in the area.  The proposed facility is contrary to Halton’s planning strategy developed over 20 years ago —planning that is irreversible at this stage. Through their review, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada determined that CN’s proposed truck-rail hub in Milton is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects on air quality and human health.  The Panel identified six potentially significantly adverse effects on human and environmental health as well as a risk for at least 16 additional potentially adverse effects, including the impact of noise on residential communities. This is not business as usual — the impacts to air quality and human health are unprecedented and put Halton residents at risk. 

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Attachment Letter of support re Milton Logistics Hub

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Bruce Rodgers
  • Reference number: 1067
  • Submitted: 2020-08-26 - 1:44 PM
  • August 26, 2020  RE: Milton Logistics Hub – Letter of Support The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) is pleased to continue to lend our support to CN’s proposed Milton Logistics Hub project. CIFFA represents some 260 regular member firms from the largest of global multi-national freight forwarding firms to small and medium sized Canadian companies. CIFFA member companies employ tens of thousands of highly skilled international trade and transportation specialists. As a vital component of Canada’s global supply chain, freight forwarders facilitate the movement of goods, helping Canadians do business with the world. These global logistics service providers are the foremost experts in cargo transportation solutions and essential partners in advancing the Canadian economy and the economic prosperity of Canadians. CIFFA first wrote to the Review Panel in August 2017 to express our support for this project and the important benefits it provides. We reiterated this support in another letter in May 2019, and with a presentation during the Review Panel public hearings in summer 2019. We welcome the opportunity to express our support for this project once again through this important process, and to comment on the draft project conditions. CIFFA’s mission is to represent and support members of the Canadian international freight forwarding industry in providing the highest level of quality and professional services to their clients. To do so, we rely on an efficient and fluid supply chain, in which CN plays a critical role. CN’s network provides our members with reliable and cost-effective rail service for moving goods across Canada to east and west coast ports ...
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Attachment FW: Milton Logistics Hub - CN Comments on Draft Conditions

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Canadian National/Darren Reynolds
  • Reference number: 1064
  • Submitted: 2020-08-24
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Draft Potential Conditions
  • From: Darren Reynolds <personal information removed> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 4:01 PM To: Mailloux, Julie (IAAC/AEIC) <julie.mailloux@canada.ca> Cc: Sean Finn <personal information removed>; Mark Lerner <personal information removed>; Luanne Patterson <personal information removed>; Devin, Sarah (IAAC/AEIC) <sarah.devin@canada.ca> Subject: Milton Logistics Hub - CN Comments on Draft Conditions   Hi Julie,   Please find attached a letter and accompanying annexes regarding CN comments with respect to the draft conditions for the Milton Logistics Hub as well as the additional information requested on July 2.    Please kindly confirm receipt of the attached and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding the attachments.   Thank you, Darren   Darren Reynolds Project Director – Milton Logistics Hub 61 James Snow Parkway| Milton|ON, L9E 0H1
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  • CN Milton Logistics Hub Project: Response to Information Requests August 21, 2020 Annex 3 Page 1 of 13 Annex 3: Response to Additional Requests for Information On July 2, 2020, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) provided the draft potential conditions to CN for review and comment. IAAC also requested that CN provide additional information on three matters related to municipal interests, specifically: 1. CN’s views on the impacts that the Project may have on the regional planning frameworks that are currently in place and possible measures to mitigate these impacts; 2. CN’s views on the impact that the Project may have on municipal development charges and possible measures that CN could take to mitigate these impacts; and 3. CN’s plans for future Project expansions and use of lands surrounding the Project development area. This document provides CN’s response to these three requests. 1 Regional Planning Frameworks In addition to your comments on the conditions, the Agency also requests that CN provide its views on the impacts that the Project may have on the regional planning frameworks that are currently in place and possible measures to mitigate these impacts. The Project, if approved, is expected to have minimal impact on regional planning frameworks. Having operated its mainline track through Milton for over 100 years, CN is a long-time member of the Milton community. When CN purchased the Project Lands adjacent to its mainline decades ago, it did so with the intention of building a rail facility. Halton Region and Milton have been aware of that intention since the late 1990s (Panel Report, p. 214). As a result, the Region has for many years incorporated the ...
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  • Canadian National Darren Reynolds Project Director 61 James Snow Parkway Milton, Ontario Canada L9E 0H1 Julie Mailloux Manager, Decision Statements Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 160 Elgin Street, 22 Floor Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3 August 21, 2020 Dear Ms. Mailloux Re: Milton Logistics Hub Project The Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) is pleased to provide this submission for consideration by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change in decision-making regarding CN’s proposed Milton Logistics Hub Project (the Project). Our submission comprises the following: Annex 1: Comments on the Draft Potential Conditions For ease in review, we have formatted our comments on the draft potential conditions in a table comprising three columns. The first column reproduces the draft potential condition verbatim. The middle column summarizes our comments on the potential condition as drafted and presents our rationale for suggested revisions. The third and last column reproduces the draft potential condition with our suggested revisions highlighted in italicized blue text. In a few cases, we include draft potential conditions on which we have no specific comment, but which provide context to our comments on other related conditions; in those cases, the contextual conditions are shaded in grey. We hope this format will facilitate both your understanding of our intent and your consideration of our suggested revisions. As much as possible, where we suggest revisions, we have used language consistent with the language used elsewhere in the draft conditions. In addition, we have strived to limit our ...
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  • CN Milton Logistics Hub Project: Comments on Draft Conditions August 21, 2020 Annex 1 Page 1 of 67 # Condition Comments/Rationale Suggested Revisions 1 Definitions 1.7 Daytime means from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset, as calculated by the National Research Council of Canada for Hamilton (Ontario). • CN notes that the only reference to daytime in the conditions as drafted pertains to noise (see Condition 4.8); in this regard, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) guidance on noise (Railway Noise Measurement and Reporting Methodology, available on-line at https://otc- cta.gc.ca/eng/railway_noise_measurement) refers to daytime hours as those between 7 am and 10 pm and nighttime hours as those between 10 pm and 7 am. • Using these hours to define daytime in this condition would allow consistency in the noise measurement and reporting conducted by CN, which must follow the CTA guidelines. • CN also notes that the definition of daytime as drafted would result in a variable length of daytime during which activity may be undertaken throughout the year. While this may pose no constraint in summer months, the shortness of daytime by this definition during the winter could constrain on-site activity, as sunrise occurs at almost 8 am and sunset before 5 pm in Hamilton in December. • Using a fixed definition of daytime instead of one that varies throughout the year will facilitate compliance. CN therefore suggests the following revision: “Daytime means from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset, as calculated by the National Research Council of Canada for Hamilton (Ontario).” 1.8 Designated Project means the Milton ...
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  • CN Milton Logistics Hub Project: Comments on Draft Conditions August 21, 2020 Annex 2 Page 1 of 2 Annex 2: Condition 1.8 – Definition of Designated Project Condition 1.8, as currently drafted, relies on the description of the Project in Section 3.3 of the Joint Review Panel Report. As noted in Annex 1, the description of the Project in Section 3.3 of the Joint Review Panel Report is not accurate or complete, and reliance on this description for the purpose of defining the Designated Project in the Decision Statement would inadvertently exclude project components and activities described and assessed during the EA and also inadvertently include components that are beyond the care and control of CN. The description of the Project in Section 3.3 of the Joint Review Panel Report also contains errors in the description of certain Project components that were assessed during the EA. For these reasons, CN suggests revisions to Condition 1.8 (in Annex 1: Comments on Draft Conditions) to ensure the definition of the Designated Project for the purpose of the Decision Statement is based on an accurate description of the Project as described and assessed during the EA, including refinements that were described and assessed in the Information Request (IR) process and the hearing. This Annex identifies the discrepancies between how the Project has been described and assessed during the EA relative to the description of the Project in Section 3.3 of the Joint Review Panel Report. Omissions 1. The description in Section 3.3 of the Joint Review Panel Report omits the compressed air building. This building was identified and described in Section 3.3.2 of the EIS and was included in the ...
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Attachment 80100 - CN Milton Logistics Hub - Hapag-Lloyd Letter of Support

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Hapag-Lloyd (Canada) Inc.
  • Reference number: 1093
  • Submitted: 2020-08-24
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Draft Potential Conditions
  • Good Morning, Please see attached.. Best Regards Andrew Allen
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  • August 24th, 2020 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 160 Elgin Street, 22 Floor Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3 Email: iaac.conditions.aeic@canada.ca Re: Reference Number 80100 – CN Milton Logistics Hub To whom it may concern, I am writing on behalf of Hapag-Lloyd (Canada) Inc. to once again express support for the Milton Logistics Hub project and offer comments on the draft project conditions. Hapag-Lloyd is a world-leading global liner shipping company, with 239 modern ships operating in 129 countries and transporting 12 million TEU of container cargo around the world per year. We are the largest steamship line in Canada, visiting the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Montreal and Halifax – at which CN Rail is our trusted transportation partner. We provide a wide range of weekly services to and from the west and east coasts of Canada, linking the country with lucrative markets around the world. Intermodal transportation is increasingly becoming the preferred method of shipment for exporters around the world and we are seeing noticeable growth in containerized shipments destined for and originating from North America. The efficient and economical movement of goods to and from North America is essential for a thriving economy. It is therefore vital that Canada continue to encourage infrastructure like the Milton Logistics Hub that is needed to support an efficient supply chain locally, nationally and internationally. The Milton Logistics Hub will increase the intermodal capacity in southern Ontario—Canada’s most populous and fastest growing region—and support the nation’s trade goals and strengthen the economy. Without the inland capacity to move the increased volumes of cargo to ...
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Attachment Reference Number 80100 - CN Milton Logistics Hub

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Co. (Canada) Ltd.
  • Reference number: 1094
  • Submitted: 2020-08-24
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Draft Potential Conditions
  • Dears Sirs or Madam, Please see attached letter regarding the CN Milton Logistics Hub. Brgds, Volker
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Attachment COMMENTS SUBMISSION, Milton Logistics Hub

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Milton Says No
  • Reference number: 1065
  • Submitted: 2020-08-24
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Draft Potential Conditions
  • From: Milton SaysNo Sent: Fri Aug 21 20:24:56 2020 To: Conditions (IAAC/AEIC) Cc:   Subject: COMMENTS SUBMISSION, Milton Logistics Hub Attachment: MSN response.pdf(578KB); Cycling Halton.pdf(775KB)   Please find two document submissions attached in response to the call for public comments by the IAAC regarding the Milton Logistics Hub. Please confirm receipt of this email.   Thank you, merci.  Stacey Newman Director Communications Milton Says No 
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  • 1 | P a g e A p l e a f r o m C a n a d i a n c y c l i s t s r e t h e p r o p o s e d C N i n t e r m o d a l t e r m i n a l The Canadian and Halton Cycling Communities miltonsaysno@gmail.com www.miltonsaysno.com www.facebook.com/miltonsaysno COMMENTS SUBMISSION to IAAC: August 2020 To: CEAA (now the IAAC) Re: Cycling in Halton Region + the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) public comment period as part of the environmental assessment process for the proposed Milton Logistics Hub Project, located in Milton, Ontario. To whom it may concern, In response to the call for public comment on the potential environmental assessment conditions for the project. We do not believe it is relevant that these potential conditions would become legally binding on the proponent if the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ultimately issues a decision statement indicating the project may proceed—because we do not believe that the significant adverse environmental and human health effects can be mitigated in regards to the project moving forward at this location. Regarding the few mitigations that might be acceptable, there is no means of enforcing or regulating these mitigations once this project is constructed and in operation. Additionally, Milton Says No has been in touch with the myriad cycling organizations that have used and continue to use Halton Region roads as the major cycling community we are. We would like to submit the following letter to the panel, in general, and in response to the commentary on conditions within the panel’s report and the hearing session transcript excerpts from the Public Hearing ...
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  • 1 | P a g e miltonsaysno@gmail.com www.miltonsaysno.com www.facebook.com/miltonsaysno COMMENTS SUBMISSION to IAAC: August 21, 2020 To: CEAA (now the IAAC) Re: Comments to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) public comment period as part of the environmental assessment process for the proposed Milton Logistics Hub Project, located in Milton, Ontario. To whom it may concern, In response to the call for public comment on the potential environmental assessment conditions for the project. We do not believe it is relevant that these potential conditions would become legally binding on the proponent if the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ultimately issues a decision statement indicating the project may proceed—we believe that the significant adverse environmental and human health effects cannot be mitigated in regards to the project moving forward at this location. Please see enclosed our petitions to the Government of Canada and the IAAC, which serves as part our community’s collective response to the call for public comment. Petition e-2731, which you have submitted on the petitions website of the House of Commons, has been certified for presentation to the House. This petition has been signed and certified with 4,049 signatories. Whereas: ‘Milton Residents Affected by Intermodal Lines (R.A.I.L.)’, ‘Milton Says No’, and the undersigned express our serious concern with the impact of the proposed Milton Logistics hub project by CN Rail and we oppose the proposed location in Milton, Ontario; The findings from the Environmental Assessment Panel determined that CN’s proposed ...
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Attachment CN Hub placement in Milton / Halton

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Julie Creighton
  • Reference number: 1062
  • Submitted: 2020-08-22 - 8:22 AM
  • To whom it may concern, I am a resident of Milton and have lived her for close to 10 years have owned and operated a business in Milton for close to 15 years and I would like to say that I am opposed to the placement of the intermodal hub being so close to residents homes, schools, wildlife, long term care facilities and a community that is still growing rapidly. A hub that seeins 1200 or more trucks passing through daily would be catastrophic to the environment, people, daily commute, health and safety, economy and to the growth of the community as home values would drop.  I believe that there exists other locations available outside of communities anywhere that a hub like this can exist and CN should be planning to build out in an area far away from a thriving populated community as described above. thank you, Julie Creighton

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Attachment Canadian Cycling Community

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Stacey Newman
  • Reference number: 1061
  • Submitted: 2020-08-21 - 8:30 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Draft Potential Conditions
  • Please see the document attached for our comments. 
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  • 1 | P a g e A p l e a f r o m C a n a d i a n c y c l i s t s r e t h e p r o p o s e d C N i n t e r m o d a l t e r m i n a l The Canadian and Halton Cycling Communities miltonsaysno@gmail.com www.miltonsaysno.com www.facebook.com/miltonsaysno COMMENTS SUBMISSION to IAAC: August 2020 To: CEAA (now the IAAC) Re: Cycling in Halton Region + the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) public comment period as part of the environmental assessment process for the proposed Milton Logistics Hub Project, located in Milton, Ontario. To whom it may concern, In response to the call for public comment on the potential environmental assessment conditions for the project. We do not believe it is relevant that these potential conditions would become legally binding on the proponent if the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ultimately issues a decision statement indicating the project may proceed—because we do not believe that the significant adverse environmental and human health effects can be mitigated in regards to the project moving forward at this location. Regarding the few mitigations that might be acceptable, there is no means of enforcing or regulating these mitigations once this project is constructed and in operation. Additionally, Milton Says No has been in touch with the myriad cycling organizations that have used and continue to use Halton Region roads as the major cycling community we are. We would like to submit the following letter to the panel, in general, and in response to the commentary on conditions within the panel’s report and the hearing session transcript excerpts from the Public Hearing ...
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Attachment Milton Says No comment submissions for Milton Logistics Hub

  • Milton Logistics Hub Project
  • Author: Milton SaysNo
  • Reference number: 1060
  • Submitted: 2020-08-21 - 8:27 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Draft Potential Conditions
  • Please see our document contained herein. 
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  • 1 | P a g e miltonsaysno@gmail.com www.miltonsaysno.com www.facebook.com/miltonsaysno COMMENTS SUBMISSION to IAAC: August 21, 2020 To: CEAA (now the IAAC) Re: Comments to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) public comment period as part of the environmental assessment process for the proposed Milton Logistics Hub Project, located in Milton, Ontario. To whom it may concern, In response to the call for public comment on the potential environmental assessment conditions for the project. We do not believe it is relevant that these potential conditions would become legally binding on the proponent if the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ultimately issues a decision statement indicating the project may proceed—we believe that the significant adverse environmental and human health effects cannot be mitigated in regards to the project moving forward at this location. Please see enclosed our petitions to the Government of Canada and the IAAC, which serves as part our community’s collective response to the call for public comment. Petition e-2731, which you have submitted on the petitions website of the House of Commons, has been certified for presentation to the House. This petition has been signed and certified with 4,049 signatories. Whereas: ‘Milton Residents Affected by Intermodal Lines (R.A.I.L.)’, ‘Milton Says No’, and the undersigned express our serious concern with the impact of the proposed Milton Logistics hub project by CN Rail and we oppose the proposed location in Milton, Ontario; The findings from the Environmental Assessment Panel determined that CN’s proposed ...
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