The Green Party of Canada and the Nova Scotia Green Party are united in supporting the community of Guysborough's attempt to relocate a proposed a tire processing plant from beside the Drysdale Bog in Goodwood, to the Guysborough Waste Management Facility.
 
The decision of the provincial Resource Recovery Board Fund Board (RRFB) to award a Halifax company the contract for the tire yard to be built Goodwood was met with a hail of protests.  Goodwood does not want the project, fearing for the sensitive ecosystem around the proposed site. In contrast, communities surrounding the Guysborough Waste Management Facility, including Sunnyville, Upper Big Tracadie and Lincolnville, would welcome the tires as a source of more jobs in the existing facility.  Guysborough Waste Management Facility has won awards for maintaining strict environmental standards.
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"The Drysdale Bog is considered a significant wetland by the very same government that is allowing it to be endangered by this project," said NS Green Party Leader, John Percy. "It is highly inappropriate to site a tire plant in this location."
 
"This is yet another example of what happens when local communities are not given any say," said federal Green Leader Elizabeth May.  "Local community leaders know best what will work for their area and their concerns should be given much more weight than they are under the current system."
 
The Municipality of the District of Guysborough has asked the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to overturn the decision of the RRFB.
 
 
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