VIRTUAL RAC MEETING TONITE- I"M "ATTENDING" BUT UNDER PROTEST AND IN DISGUST

WHY under protest and why go at all? The TAG Chair appears biased (pro Lanxess), the RAC Chair Sandy most certainly is, RAC are generally worse than useless with the possible exception of the Region of Waterloo; as I posted earlier this is their first meeting in a year and finally the public are not allowed to either ask questions or make comments. In other words it's all about appearances. Look everybody we sit down and talk about cleaning up the aquifers and the creek and we've proven that we are willing to talk about it forever if that will save us actually having to take the actions necessary. The actions necessary would tick off the polluter who made the mess in the first place but we the politicians certainly wouldn't want to cause them any offence. ....................................................................................................................... Page 2 of the Minutes of the Remediation Advisory Committee (RAC) from December 12, 2019 (YES that is 2019!) advise that TAG particiapated in "...a Lanxess audit to ensure that community engagement commitments were being followed." Wow could that be the equivalent of the Nazi party being audited by the Gestapo regarding humane treatment of certain ethnic groups being exterminated? Or perhaps closer to home that would be the equivalent of various U.S. police associations participating in an audit to ensure that black Americans are always treated respectfully by the police. It never fails to astound me as to how hypocritical our various big shots and local politicians can be. Do they really think that people are that incredibly stupid that they buy all the bull that those dishonest brokers are willing to sell? ...........................................................................................................,... On page 3 of last year's Minutes (Dec. 12/19) there is a discussion regarding a new cleanup date which Lanxess doesn't want as well as alternative usues for our still contaminated aquifer and also writing a new MOE/MECP Control Order to encapsulate these changes. Some of the comments were just plain idiotic but not allowing the public to say so publicly is why they now can spout as much crap as they've wanted to spout for decades. This includes Sandy blathering about maintaining "...the momentum toward clean up." Please! Jason Rice of the MECP suggests that a new order "...would have built-in performance metrics to drive the next steps for the remediation of the aquifer." So why didn't the last several Control Orders have those "built-in performance metrics"? Let me answer that: It's because Control Orders, just like the Ministry of Environment themselves, are paper tigers. IT's all bullsh.. folks, never ending bullsh.. . .............................................................................................................................. Page 4 is even funnier if it wasn't so pathetic. I think that these words came from the TAG Chair (Tiffany) as she claimed that because the 2028 aquifer cleanup can not be met that "...there is no alternative but to extend the 30-year timeline." That is more than bullsh..! There are several alternatives especially when you realize that there is slightly more than 7 1/2 years to go until August 2028. How about not using only the "cheapest and least effective" remediation technology of pump and treat? How about penalties for Uniroyal/Crompton/Chemtura and Lanxess FAILING to meet the mandated Control Order 2028 deadline because all four companies refused to listen to citizens advising more source removal be it excavation or otherwise both on and off the Uniroyal Chemical site? How about real public consultation with much less backroom private deal making between the MOE/MECP and the polluter which simply makes an even greater farce of what they sell as public consultation?