CPAC (CEPAC) STILL LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS

Last Saturday's Woolwich Observer carried the Township's request for citizen volunteers to a number of different committees including the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee. As there was a housecleaning at Woolwich Council via election, I am hopeful that this housecleaning will carry over via appointment at CPAC. The fact that the Township are still advertising for new members is a good sign. I will go out on a limb here and suggest that the spectacle that took place 2 1/2 years ago whereby 3 CPAC members took it upon themselves to give an ultimatum to Council; to remove one CPAC member who had the brass to disagree with them, will never be repeated. Volunteers are vetted beforehand and later honest opinions, whether contradictory or not, are to be expected. The behaviour of both CPAC and Woolwich Council 2 1/2 years ago was shameful and if the new Council wish to encourage citizen participation in this committee, they must enshrine both the right to honest disagreement as well as the promise that removal from a volunteer committee is only to be considered in extraordinary circumstances.