Mount Pleasant Cemetery and nine other locations across the GTA totalling more than 1,200 acres rightfully belong to the public, not Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, they say. “I will burst into tears and worse if we lose Mount Pleasant Cemetery.” The neighbourhood group contends Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries is a charity, and the province should treat it as such. Area residents enjoy the tranquility and green space of Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Wong-Tam, whose ward borders Mount Pleasant Cemetery, went to the Environmental Review Tribunal in 2013 to try to stop the cemetery from upgrading its incinerators. I, along with other residents of Toronto, have an interest in Mount Pleasant Cemetery and a right to vote on who should manage (Mount Pleasant Group),” Wong-Tam’s affidavit says.

Source: thestar April 21, 2018 12:33 UTC