NEXT public CPAC MTG ON MON. AUG. 30/10

Four weeks from today CPAC sit down publicly for the first time in 3 months. Over the last three years they have been violating their Terms of Reference in regards to frequency of PUBLIC meetings. Not so much so regarding frequency of non public meetings. Three and a half years ago, CPAC (including me) as well as Woolwich Council (including Mayor Strauss) endorsed keeping Pat McLean on as Chair of CPAC, despite her losing her seat on Council to newcomer Sandy Shantz. Boy I'll bet Mayor Strauss is regretting that now. He's given Pat McLean a further chance to show her stuff as a big league manipulater and protecter of the status quo. Under her Chairmanship, CPAC has commendably moved forward on air issues and sadly backwards on soil and water issues.

The high speed retreat on groundwater issues is despite new information and evidence during the last twelve months that has been presented to and ignored by both CPAC and Woolwich Council. Second major sources of NDMA have been indicated at Oriole Parkway and Industrial Dr., most likely courtesy of Sanyo Canadian or Borg textile. A second source of Chlorobenzene, behind Varnicolor Chemical, discovered in 1998 by Conestoga Rovers & Assoc., was not made public until I did so after learning of it last summer. The silence on these revelations by CPAC, Woolwich Council, Ministry of the Environment, Region of Waterloo and Chemtura is one of the biggest indictments of their credibility and veracity. More will come publicly at the upcoming Aub. 30/10 CPAC meeting.