UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT THE FORMER UNIROYAL CHEMICAL SITE

Incompetence can only explain away so much. At some point in time one has to admit the obvious namely that all the remediation failures are by intent. Intent not only by Uniroyal, Crompton, Chemtura and Lanxess but also be Woolwich Township and the Ontario Ministry of Environment. Intent to go easy on the polluter. Intent to not under any circumstances scare Uniroyal or successors into a hasty retreat from the environmentally green pastures of Ontario, Canada. By "environmentally green" I actually mean as in a white washed green. A pretend green if you will. What our polluters and their alleged regulators have learned is that it is better to talk green, forever if necessary, while conscientiously saving the company's shareholders many, many millions of dollars necessary to properly clean up their contaminated sites. ............................................................................................... Therefore it's all about appearances. It's all about having nice looking people dressed up lying their ass.s off to the public. It's even more important to have our elected representatives doing the same to the public. Canadians find it difficult to believe that nice looking, well dressed , well educated fellow Canadians will look them in the eye and cheerfully lie to their faces. Or as Pat Potter (environmental activist) who once carried the following large sign to a public meeting had written on it: "They all lie!"