MARK WINFIELD RUNS PREMIER FORD & HIS CONSERVATIVE BUDDIES UP THE POLE

MORE OF THE MIKE HARRIS BULLS..T "COMMON SENSE REVOLUTION" COMBINED WITH REMOVING RED TAPE B/S .............................................................................................................................. MISA regulations have been repealed by the Ontario government. Isn't that sweet because at TAG (Technical Advisory Group) we were advised by Lanxess that MISA regs no longer applied to them because they had no direct discharges. Who's lying? MISA or Municipal Industrial Strategy for Abatement replaced the old system of facility-by-facility pollution discharge negotiations. There had been criticism over the years that the discharge criteria had not been strengthened. The Ford government have also removed the requirement that farmers must upgrade their nutrient management plans every five years. This was to help avoid the situation such as occurred in Walkerton whereby manure flowed during a heavy rainfall into a nearby municipal well. ................................................................................................................................ Mr. Winfield is currently a Professor of Environmental Urban and Environmental Change at York University. He is also an author and has been very active in the environmental movement for decades. Algal blooms continue on Lake Erie as well threatening Lake Simcoe. They of course are caused by nutrients (nitrogen, phosporous etc.) flowing from farms into creeks, streams and rivers that eventually discharge into larger water bodies.