DELEGATION TO TOMORROW NIGHT'S WOOLWICH COUNCIL MEETING

At this point in time I'm getting my ducks in a row and confirming that other than via four websites/blogs there has been no newspaper or other media reports dealing with the "sweetheart deal' signed by Uniroyal and the Ontario M.O.E. twenty-one years ago. I am also confirming that to date any actions/plans by Woolwich Township or the Mayor/CPAC Chair have not been shared with the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC). Keep clearly in mind that it was a CPAC member who first discovered this smoking gun.

Although the blame for this putrid document can not be laid at the feet of any Woolwich Council, what can be attributed to certain past members, is keeping it a secret from the public. In general, transparency and accountability in government action should always be paramount. Any time the public are told one thing while guilty parties negotiate privately and consumate deals with our government, democracy has been subverted. In this case the biggest and baddest polluter in town got a free pass from the Ministry of the Environment while all parties assurred the public of the following lies: 1) The Elmira aquifers will be cleaned up 2) The responsible parties will pay the freight. All parties include Uniroyal/Chemtura, M.O.E., Region of Waterloo and Woolwich Township. Tomorrow night at a public Council meeting I am booked as a Delegation. The media as always will be present. I will be respectfully putting the question to Woolwich Council. No more secrecy as in the past. What are you doing about this situation including the betrayal of the citizens of Woolwich Township by Chemtura and the Ministry of the Environment?