The tail is Lanxess and the dog is the cleanup. This perversion tells the tale of who is really in charge in Canada. It is corporations who are above the law. Why wouldn't they be? They lobby governments for laws, rules and regulations that are corporate friendly. They make all the major decisions behind the scenes. If political parties want major corporate donations whether above or below the table then they do what they are told. Or quoting Sebastian Seibel-Achenbach and others "He who pays the piper calls the tune."
The MIckey Mouse cleanup in Elmira since 1989 has been 100% under the control of Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton & Knowles, Chemtura and now Lanxess. Lanxess have given us significant groundwater pumping reductions both on their site and off-site throughout Elmira. They have given us a pathetic, biased Risk Assessment (R.A.) stating that there are no unacceptable risks in the downstream Canagagigue Creek from Uniroyal/Lanxess. Well of course they aren't unacceptable to Lanxess and their fellow travellors . Stantec who did the R.A. did so accepting the data from Lanxess/GHD at face value. It was biased data throughout the length of the Creek based upon improper sampling methods (shovels v. core samplers) and inflated laboratory Method Detection Limits (MDL) above government health criteria thus eliminating valuable data and health exceedances.
Who are Uniroyal/Lanxess's fellow travellors? First and foremost are the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MECP). Call them a captured regulator or whatever you will the government of the day has never given them the financial backing to successfully take on corporate giants in our courtrooms. Speaking of our courtrooms they are the playground of the rich and that too is no accident. The wealthy feel that they have a divine right to rule this country and have made certain that they and their friends are given status and respect within the judicial system which again political parties have molded to suit them and their friends needs, not yours or mine.
Further fellow travellors include municipal councils, regional councils, GRCA, and many more. All well off groups financially who have vested interests in maintaining the status quo. All of these groups will grudgingly follow mass citizen movements but they will never lead them or help them initially. Whether modest change or revolution none of these groups want change. Hence the inertia and lethargy by our authorities to step up and honestly address public problems, especially those that have been contributed to by our complacent governments and various authorities.
You are so correct Mr. Marshall! I must state that its not the common or regular person's corporations who are in control! It is the offshore LLC Global Corporations (like Lanxess and all their predecessors ) who have control over all "the systems" regulated thru government be it large or small. These type of global LLC Corporations are almost all owned by global investment syndicates and offshore trusts of the super elite that are controlled by Global elite over which NO FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS or any lower governments have any control and never will unless there is a war against it with no holds barred by an opposing force or global corp competitor.
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