Simcoe County Council voted 22-10 in favor of imposing a one-year moratorium on the 20-hectare dump. Known as Site 41, it is located in Tiny Township northwest of Barrie, Ontario. The site was originally selected in the 1980s, and approved in 2007.

Local residents, politicians, and First Nations were victorious after setting up camp at Site 41 and barricading the entrance gates to workers. Activists attracted support from Ralph Nader, Maude Barlow and David Suzuki.

Ontario Environment Commissioner Gordon Miller has stated that if the decision taken today, the Alliston aquifer would never have been chosen as a dumpsite. The moratorium will allow for public hearings and an independent scientific assessment of the model used to grant the landfill permit.