UNIROYAL RETURNS TO CPAC AFTER 16 MONTHS

Good riddance to bad rubbish then and good riddance to bad rubbish now. Uniroyal (Lanxess) and their partners in pollution, the Ministry of Errors and Excuses, took off in November 2014 and didn't reshow until September 2015. Boy did they sucker Sandy and Mark. Sandy & Mark were all aghast that the two guilty parties were no longer attending monthly public CPAC meetings so they set up a manufactured crisis in order to allow them to only have to attend four meetings a year. That's it folks. That's our public consulation in Elmira namely September, December, March and June.

Stacey Ash in the K-W record in June 2000 advised that it was announced at a CPAC meeting that Uniroyal/Crompton were coming back. Henry Regier suggested that "Uniroyal's return should be treated no differently than the return of the two environmental groups to the committee.". Pat Mclean however stated that "...returning to the type of meetings that used to be held with Uniroyal at the table is not an option.". If that 's true then we can thank Pat and Woolwich Council for that. CPAC was now a committee of Council and hindsight being 20/20 that meant Uniroyal would be treated with kid gloves from now on. In the Elmira Independent I was quoted as saying "I don't want to have a large meeting and find out that 3 members have somewhat committed us to a set of conditions.". Turns out that is exactly what happened.

In the June 24, 2000 Woolwich Observer we learned that Uniroyal/Crompton were being forced to return to CPAC by the Canadian Chemical Producers Association allegedly. They apparently advised Uniroyal that if they did not return than there would never be a *Responsible Care verification. Whether partly, fully or not at all it is apparent that Uniroyal only were ever attending CPAC as a public relations gesture. Same thing with the Ontario M.O.E.. Neither party then or now have ever been serious about doing the right thing.