ALLEGEDLY THE ELMIRA BY-PASS IS DUE BY 2041

 

I don't believe a thing that professional liars tell me. That includes mayors, some councillors, regional authorities and most certainly provincial ones especially the Ministry of Expanded Corporate Pollution (MECP) also known as the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks. Just so you know this last comment isn't about wee Dougie Ford's pro business, screw the environment  at every opportunity, Conservative agenda. Liberal governments before him have been doing the very same thing in permitting the sham "cleanup" here in Elmira for decades. 

Hence this By-Pass could be started within two years or still not begun in twenty years. Politicians have zero shame and lying for them has become an art form. I mean really Dougie Doo is going in the exact opposite direction as to what citizens en masse have clearly enunciated for decades. They want less not more water pollution  They want air that doesn't come with health warnings for half the summer. They want fewer pesticides and other chemicals in their foodstuffs. They want and expect proper, professional government oversight of chemicals  (PFAS, PFOS),  including new ones invented by industry. They expect that the adage "Polluter Pays" actually happens. Here in Elmira the citizens both pay through taxes and through mostly past egregious health assaults.

There is something called the "Precautionary Principle" regarding introducing new emissions and discharges and for approving new commercial and industrial developments. It is virtually ignored by every politician because our courts ignore it. Our courts insist upon scientific evidence to the nth degree before they will say no to monied clients using them as final arbiters for "progress".  The proposed land assembly in Wilmot doesn't even admit what the final development will be on the 700 acres partially assembled to date by the Region of Waterloo. Regional and provincial authorities hide behind NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements) in order to stifle transparency and opposition. Our courts let them.

We have abandoned the future and our children and grandchildren will appropriately blame us. Yes the powerful and wealthy have shamelessly expanded their influence by lying and manipulation and cheerfully breaking laws when it serves them. They know that their bought and paid for friends in politics will insulate them from either serious legal punishment when they are caught or even more likely shield them from legal action before it even gets started. Afterall it's the professional liars and politicians who make the laws in the first place. They don't make them to ensnare their friends, colleagues, lobbyists, and supporters. They make them to ensnare us. Thank God they can't pervert every single employee or staff member in the judicial system. Yet.