YET ONE MORE GROSS PUBLIC FAILURE - NO ELMIRA PUBLIC INQUIRY

"We get the government that we deserve." Well by that belief we the citizens really must be a hopeless pack of uncaring idiots. In reality each of us digs in our feet and yell loudly when we are personally affected by government or bureaucratic stupidity. Unfortunately only a tiny percentage of these issues ever become public issues and even then our authorities move heaven and earth, lie, manipulate and generally abuse their authority in order to make themselves look better including minimizing and or denying the problem in the first place. They also use our tax money against us to keep us in the dark. All levels of government are staffed with fixers and spin doctors. .......................................................................................................................... Thirty years ago there was talk in the media of a public inquiry regarding Varnicolor Chemical. This was because of the repeated public outings of Ministry of Environment (MOE) incompetence, dishonesty and corruption all in regards to environmental discoveries at Varnicolor Chemical. A surprise Ministry and police raid turned out to have been leaked by the MOE to the owner of Varnicolor Chemical several days ahead of time. The MOE were caught in various blatant lies by APT Environment members (Richard, myself & Ted) and exposed. Buried tankers and a concrete tank all part of an elaborate underground dumping operation were denied by the MOE until they were finally excavated exactly where I and Richard told the MOE where they were. The MOE did everything they could to deny and minimize Varnicolor Chemical pollution until they broke under public and media pressure and finally embraced the fact that Varnicolor were dirty polluters who had been doing so under the Ministry's noses for decades. It was helpful of course that the MOE always called ahead when they wanted to inspect Varnicolor who both recycled solvents and operated a provincially licensed hazardous waste disposal site. ..................................................................................................................... Who blocked the proposed Public Inquiry? Likely the very same guilty parties that we have today namely Woolwich Council, Uniroyal/Lanxess, Ministry of Environment (MECP), Region of Waterloo and the Ontario legislature. Corruption is all about everybody holding hands and covering each other's behinds.