CPAC ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

What a damning indictment of the stupidity and bias of our local politicians. This includes our former mayor who decided to clean house in regards to CPAC (at that time the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee). While I agreed with him that they (CPAC) had gotten way off the track in regards to ground and surface water cleanup, nevertheless they had at least a few members who could have continued to do good things. This included Gerry Heideburt (air issues), possibly Ron Ormson (air), Ken Drieger and Sandra Baer. Subsequent events have made me realize my error in regards to Sandra Baer.

Similarily only worse has been the current Woolwich Council's dismissal and subsequent attempts to disparage and slander CPAC after the October 2014 election. Sandy and Mark either led the manufactured crisis whereby Chemtura and the M.O.E. boycotted CPAC or at the minimum they enabled it solely to give the two guilty parties a new, even more powerless, citizens group (TAG).

The Chemtura Public Advisory Committee has morphed into CPAC, the Citizens Public Advisory Committee. It consists of the old CPAC members from 2011-2015 plus their sub-committee SWAT. SWAT stands for Soil, Water, Air & Technical. Chemtura were unhappy about the designation SWAT. Tomorrow afternoon I will be speaking on behalf of CPAC as a Delegate to RAC. I will be discussing the last five studies of the Canagagigue Creek namely the 1995-96, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 studies.

While past CPACs have had talented and technically competent members such as Dr. Henry Regier, myself, Ron Ormson and Gerry Heideburt, no CPAC has had the experience of the current one. Again we have Dr. Regier, myself, Ron Campbell (owner of Acute Environmental), Graham Chevreau (certified chemist), plus a half dozen other experienced members. This CPAC has set the ongoing Agenda with the focus on the uncontained east side of Chemtura plus the ongoing downstream Canagagigue Creek and its' ongoing contamination. Meanwhile the Council continue to exclude both CPAC and the public from actively taking part in discussions, debate and questioning of Chemtura, their consultants and the M.O.E.. Clearly Woolwich Council are still afraid of the truth and of the public's right to know it.