The way I see it is that Stantec is trying to make sure that SC doesn’t achieve zero waste so that they can ship our garbage to the proposed incinerator in Durham which was another project handled by Stantec. Durham needs our garbage to get approval for and operate the planned incinerator and I feel SC has already agreed to that.

However the people in Durham don’t want an incinerator and are fighting their politicians to stop it. They want to work towards achieving zero waste. Marianne Else and I went to their meeting in Courtice on Tuesday and found that the same scenerio is taking place there as with us here re Site 41. Their desperate pleas are being ignored and their council is doing things underhanded to make sure they get their way and their CAO operates in the same manner as our CAO Mark Aitken..signing documents and giving approvals without consulting the council.

Durham at this time has the worst air quality and the highest asthma rates in the province because of the Darlington nuclear plant there. Now the people are terrified that building an incinerator there as well will add to the pollution and totally destroy their health.

One member of the public suggested that they sue the MoE for not following their mandate and not protecting the environment. A lot of people agreed with that and would support it, and it will likely be their next plan of action. The MoE is certainly not doing their job of protecting the environment whether it’s in Durham or at Site 41 or most other places. It’s high time that their incompetence and corruption is exposed and Minister Gerretsen is hauled on the carpet and held accountable!

Great news to hear that Chairman Wauchope doesn’t want to rush the process. I actually look forward to seeing the committee actually debate the information that Stantec has gathered.

As we all have heard the City of Barrie has also budgeted funds to work on a waste management strategy this year. Maybe the County could work with both Barrie and Orillia to realize, a without borders, solution to our waste situation.

Hats off to Kate Harries for a great review of the meeting.

I can visualise everything in your last two lines being displayed on banners and picket/election signs.

COME ON, OCTOBER!!

No business would pay for garbage of the sort being passed off as ‘research,’ in this process.

Here is the bottom line: we cannot afford to waste money on consultants and contractors who have a vested interest in making sure that there is as much waste as possible. And make a living off landfill and incineration.

Zero Waste is a practical solution and it will allow us to create jobs, in Simcoe county, for our own people, immediately.

We are living in very bad times, economically, we can no longer afford to be governed by Councillors who make the spending habits of drunken sailors on crack look sensible.

Back to basics. No more consultants. No more spin doctors. No more over-paid County staff. Compost the bovine manure.

Councillors: if you can’t run the county you shouldn’t run for election.