CHEMTURA'S WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT LAST YEAR, HOWEVER COAL THIS YEAR

The incoming Woolwich Council in October 2014 gave Chemtura Canada the Christmas gift of a lifetime. They gave them a year's reprieve from the public shellacking they were taking by CPAC, the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee. CPAC still exists despite the very worst behaviour imaginable by Councillor Bauman and mayor Shantz, aided and abetted by the rest of the Council toadies. CPAC did what nobody else had the stomach, brains or courage to do. They confronted the lies, junk science and horse manure of Chemtura and their consultants. Sure now everybody, after the fact, has jumped on board. From the M.O.E., Woolwich Council, GRCA and all the other make believe "stakeholders"; they all now are willing to state that the cleanup of the Elmira Aquifers is unlikely by 2028.

CPAC also single handedly restarted the conversation regarding the ongoing discharge of DDT and Dioxins into the Canagagigue Creek. CPAC and SWAT's discoveries on the east side of the Chemtura property are unprecedented. The biggest one may eventually turn out to be that the GP1 & 2 cleanups were a bait and switch. There is strong evidence indicating that despite the high concentrations of DDT and Dioxins found there; the bulk of the overland flow from the east side pits did not enter the GP1 & 2 areas at all. At least, that is, not the currently designated GP1 area. Maps from the 1980s indicate a totally different location for GP1. A location far more in line with where the ground surface contour lines indicate liquids would have flowed.

Coincidentally or most likely not, this area is being avoided for soil testing by Chemtura and their bed partner the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. All efforts are being made by them not to find the smoking guns. These include not testing directly on their east side neighbour's property despite the M.O.E. having the clear legal right to do so. These include testing from the surface to a depth of only six inches (15 cm.).

By good luck or good management (?) TAG have the real deal with Dr. Dick Jackson as Chair. His impressive credentials and experience, combined with his no nonsense attitude are precisely what Chemtura and the M.O.E. fear the most. His involvement is the biggest possible lump of coal they could have received this Christmas. It looks good on that pair of professional liars and deceivers. Choke on it. Meanwhile Woolwich Council brace yourselves. You pack of wonders will soon again be on the receiving end of more Chemtura whining. Maybe this time you might appoint as Chair someone more to their liking such as Jeff Merriman, Dwight Este or Donald Trump.