Whereas one of the main reasons behind Bill 81, The Nutrient Management Act was the tragedy that took place in this very community.

And Whereas one of the main components of the Municipality of Brockton is small and medium sized farm families. The Municipality of Brockton is concerned that the growth of Intensive Livestock Facilities is contributing to the decline of small-town and rural Ontario.

And Whereas there is concern for the potential devestating financial impact on small and medium sized farms with the current Draft Regulations of the Nutrient Management Act.

And Whereas the overwhelming majority of the citizens of the Municipality of Brockton and supported by the Council of the Municipality of Brockton has concerns over the extreme growth of Intensive Livestock Operations and the large potential impact on the environment, drinking water quality and rural neighbourhoods.

And Whereas the Municipality of Brockton feels that the draft regulations of the Nutrient Management Act will have little impact in curtailing these Intensive Livestock Operations to the determent of the environment, safe drinking water and rural neighbourhoods.

Now therefore be it resolved that the Municipality of Brockton:

1. Calls upon the Government of Ontario to enact a moratorium on the construction of all Intensive Livestock Operations in the Province.
2. Calls upon the Government of the Province of Ontario to give Municipalities local control over regulating the size and locations of Intensive Livestock Facilities, with special emphasis on protecting the environmental rights of people over the profits of corporate Agri-business.
3. Calls upon the Government of the Province of Ontario to enact legislation that requires official zoning buffer-zones around any proposed Intensive Livestock Operations and that said operations be required to be located in the Industrial/Commercial Zoning categories with all the requisite effluent and environmental requirements..
4. Directs the creation of a letter to Minister Johns, the current Minister of Agriculture, copied to her counterparts in the opposition parties, strongly expressing the Municipality's concerns regarding the impact on small and medium sized farm families, and the absence of any real controls on Intensive Livestock Operations in the current Draft Regulations to the Nutrient Management Act.
5. A copy of the above letter is also to be forwarded to all local media, along with provincially significant media outlets.
6. All other Municipalities in the Province of Ontario will be contacted asking for resolutions of support for Brockton's concerns.