The Wilmot Land Grab
The Waterloo Region Water Crisis
The Elmira Water Crisis
Failure to honestly advise the public re: Uniroyal
Failure to honestly advise the public re: Ciba-Geigy, Cnd. General Tower
Failure to honestly advise the public re: Northstar Aerospace & the Bishop St. community
Failure to honestly advise the public re: TCE & the Middleton Wellfield
Failure to honestly advise the public re: Breslube and Safety-Kleen
That's enough for now for you to understand the problem. They were very late to the party to protect our groundwater supplies in 1989-90 in Elmira and elsewhere. They didn't even have a single hydrogeologist on staff for Pete's sake. Since then they have consistently insulated, protected and covered up each and every dirty polluter within the Region of Waterloo. They are far too beholden to our local businesses and industries including those doing major harm to both our environment and to our residents.
Their dishonesty includes Non-Disclosure Agreements in order to keep the tax paying public constantly in the dark. It also includes attending public consultation forums such as in Elmira but failing to speak out publicly to denounce corporate policies that they know are inadequate at best and just plain a coverup at worst. Their quiet presence in a sense validates the entire totally inadequate process. Their refusal to stand up and say what needs to be said loud and clear simply emboldens arrogant polluters.
I have been advised that they have in the past done good things regarding hard urban/rural boundaries limiting where development can go. They do have smart people on board but I suspect the main problem is and always has been the career politicians who call themselves regional councillors. Most are mouthpieces for the status quo, the influential and the well off.
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