M.O.E. IS ALL ABOUT APPEARANCES

"Provincial Government Not Environmentally Friendly" is the title of an article in this month's Ontario Out Of Doors (Fishing Annual 2012) magazine (pg. 20). Apparently our Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, has strongly criticized the Ontario government in his last annual report. In relation to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE); "He says funding cuts make it difficult for both ministries to carry out their core functions. Their combined budgets only comprised .76% of the Ontario government's 2010/11 operational expenses.". This clearly is NOT putting your money where your mouth is. Furthermore "Since 1992/1993, the MOE has lost 45% of its budget and MNR 22%. Then their combined budgets accounted for 2.15% of tax dollars spent.". Clearly these reductions have adversely affected the ability of the Ontario M.O.E. to either protect or rehabilitate our environment.

Commissioner Miller has suggested that at the very least these ministries should be honest with the public and tell them clearly how limited their resources are to do their jobs. That unfortunately would not be seen to be the politically correct route. Puffery seems to be the way that politicians prefer. Puffery is the verbiose and bombastic bullshit used by liars to cover up their shortcomings. An example is the overused claim that Ontario is "world class" in their protection of their environment. What they are world class in is lying. See last week's postings here regarding the M.O.E.'s "sweetheart deal" with Uniroyal Chemical in Elmira, Ontario. Twenty-one years of appearing at public consultation (CPAC) meetings pretending to clean up the Elmira aquifers and Uniroyal's site, knowing all along that you had given the company a private Release/Indemnity absolving them of all liability. Now that's world class lying.