Stop the Sale of Haliburton Scout Reserve Land

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    Friends of Scouting and of Haliburton Scout Reserve
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As current or past members or friends of Scouting, we believe that the sale of Scout Camp property is inappropriate, unnecessary, and a poor method of raising funds.

We are against the sale of 100 acres of the Haliburton Scout Reserve property. We believe that the land is very useful to Scouts and that there are many more appropriate methods of raising funds for the camp.

996 Signatures

  • J.T. Pickering
  • Joel Presswood
  • John Manestar
  • Karl Pollak
    • Comments
    • Stop selling land held in trust for future generations of Scouts
  • Colin Rowat
    • Comments
    • it seems particularly inappropriate to consider selling in the current market
  • Robert Black
    • Comments
    • В
  • Alan Aslett
    • Comments
    • Keep HSR intact for the future!
  • Andrew Blackburn
    • Comments
    • The Drag Lake property was one of my favourite areas for a quiet evening when I worked on Maintenance!
  • Allan Yates
  • Bonnie McConnell
    • Comments
    • I find the reason for the sale is that it is not used because it is not accessible and the list ing says it is accessible???????? Since the listing says accessible, why is it not accessible for scouts???? DO NOT SELL
  • Mark Stevenson
    • Comments
    • This is absurd - this land should not be sold - especially now when the markets are so far down and the land is now relatively undervalued.
  • Edward (Ted) Claxton
    • Comments
    • This petition site needs to be circulated.
  • Mark C. Daly
  • C A Manestar
    • Comments
    • once it is gone you'll never get it back. In 20 years you might really need that land. Scouts is for the future, not just now.
  • Mark Merrin
    • Comments
    • I have camped on Drag Lake everytime that I went to HSR, it is valuable land to the scouts, it was definitely the most out of the way part of the camp, but that was what made Drag lake amazing!!!!
  • Heather Gillies
  • Mike Reid
    • Comments
    • Land sold is land we will never get back in the future. To sell property is to sell off the future of Scouting.
  • jim hedger
    • Comments
    • as a former member of the 401st and 333rd, I highly value land available for the growth and training in Scouting. Please do not sell this land.
  • nigel crosscombe
  • Sandy Stenhouse
    • Comments
    • Once you sell this you will never get it back. There have to be better ways to deal with this.
  • Liam Morland
  • Robert Lepp
    • Comments
    • This is a place where a lot of people find themselves and it would be really sad to see it go out of Scouts hands!
  • Corey Plater
    • Comments
    • Outrageous. Make the land more usable. Easily done on a trails weekend by volunteers.
  • stan lasenba
  • Jim Patterson
    • Comments
    • Stop the Sale of Haliburton Scout Reserve Land
  • Harold Francis Atcheson
    • Comments
    • This property belongs to the future Scouts and must be held in trust for them, never to be sold or wasted.
  • Brent Potts
  • Clare Ford
    • Comments
    • I think this decision should be made by the scouters similiar to the sale of Camp Jackson Dodds in Quebec. There should also be other fundraising methods to try to improve the Camp. Once this prime piece of property is sold it is gone forever. Why are they selling in this ecomony? Scouts Canada will get less for it. Bad business decisions all around.
  • Laura Suzanne Grainger
  • John Rothwell
  • Grant Welsh
    • Comments
    • What's to stop them from selling it all?
  • Keith Boustead
  • Allan Hrynkiw
    • Comments
    • SHAMEFUL!
  • Chris Hillier
  • Philip Brown
    • Comments
    • Let's look at a) issues, and b) alternative resolutions
  • Nevin McCallum
  • Cameron Bell
    • Comments
    • Even if it is not being used, if it is sold it will be developed, so it serves as a sort of nature reserve as Scouts property.
  • Brian Hicks
  • Marc Colbeck
    • Comments
    • This is incredibly short sighted, you are selling out the future of Scouts. We will never be able to get that land back, you MUST raise money in a different way. This is so short-sighted.
  • Sean
    • Comments
    • This is an outrage. In today's society, it's sad to admit that Scouting is a dying organisation. HSR is keeping it alive! Everyone who has experienced a week in Haliburton would share my opinion. This CAN'T HAPPEN!
  • Peter G Harris
    • Comments
    • Shamefull.
  • Bruce Janes
  • Thomas Peace
    • Comments
    • There are other ways to generate money from that property and to promote Scouting at the same time.
  • David Clinkard
    • Comments
    • Having camped at Haliburton for many summers, I believe there must be other ways to raise the money
  • Alessandro Deviato
    • Comments
    • DON'T LET IT HAPPEN
  • Jeff Joseph
  • Christopher
    • Comments
    • Are you crazy who in the right mind would sell the land?
  • gordon fleming
  • Jim Flear
    • Comments
    • Not good fundraising strategy
  • Tess Steckle
    • Comments
    • HOT TO GO HSR Has got to go :P