CHEMTURA & M.O.E.C.C. STILL ON HOLIDAY

Did Chemtura and the Ontario M.O.E. intentionally scam mayor Shantz and Councillor Bauman or did they simply decide after the fact that if getting rid of CPAC was good then not attending TAG (Technical Advisory Group) meetings was even better? Are Chemtura and the M.O.E. even going to bother attending RAC (Remediation Advisory Committee) meetings which are only held three or four times a year? What a deal for the partners in pollution. From attending ten meetings a year and having their feet put to the fire now they've managed to reduce that to next to nothing while ostensibly being part of the process and part of the solution. Even better RAC which are filled with bureaucrats and politicians won't press them on issues or ask thorny, embarassing questions. Sandy and Mark have set the stage for a new kind of "public consultation".

This is the same Sandy Shantz who advised years ago that CPAC should have ten minute Delegations at the start of CPAC meetings and then have a "Public Forum" period at the end of the meetings so that the public could comment/question items and answers that came up during the course of the meeting. This RAC/TAG reincarnation is shameful in that zero questions are allowed from the public either during the meeting or at the end. TAG does not permit Delegations at all and RAC allegedly will although to date no one has done so.

This dramatic reversal from pretend public consultation by Chemtura and the M.O.E. to no public consultation was orchestrated, no colluded by Sandy, Mark Bauman and Chemtura and the M.O.E.. Chemtura and the M.O.E. bluffed our two council members into destroying what little input citizens had. Having competent, knowledgable and informed citizens sitting as observers at TAG or RAC meetings while honest but new and uninformed citizens reinvent the wheel is ridiculous. This is not to diminish the one incredible Chair at TAG. Removing these same informed citizens precisely because they are doing a good job on behalf of Woolwich residents is tantamount to corruption and that's on you Sandy and Mark. Beware new TAG members that if you work very hard to get up to speed and take your volunteer work seriously you too will be preemptorily removed at the whim of incompetent or dishonest Councillors.