ENV. ASSESSMENTS, APPEAL BOARDS & REVIEW TRIBUNALS

Are they for real? The short answer is no. I learned this 15 years ago in regards to an Environmental Assessment at Safety- Kleen in Breslau. Om Bhargava, Elie Martel and Jim Robb were the panel members. Two out of three didn't have the foggiest clue in regards to hydrogeology and as well Elie Martel was downright hostile when I questioned the motives of the Ont. M.O.E..

Similarily in the fall of 2007 & sring of 2008 I had to jump through hoops and submit hundreds of pages of technical evidence merely to get Leave (permission) to Appeal a proposed Certificate of Approval. It was assinine and then based on nonsense and the decision maker ignoring several submissions, was I denied my so called right to appeal a badly flawed document.

All this being said, the provincial Cabinet and the M.O.E. have to have the occasional legitimate appeal or review, otherwise everyone would soon know the system was a fraud. An example would be the Uniroyal Environmental Appeal Boards hearings in 1991 and 1992.