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PAGE 4 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, APRIL 3,2002 Clarke and Bowmanville museum boards to merge ClARKF. from page I n't want to get swallowed up," Julie Cashin-Oster told the committee. "We're concerned we might lose out on some of our events. We're concerned concerned there won't be equal representation." representation." Conn. MacArlhur asked Ms. Cashin-Oster if she felt she could trust the board members of both museums to put parochial interests aside to make the best decisions for the two museums. museums. "There's just so much history with the two boards. They've been looking after their own baby. Unfortunately, you do gel personalities involved," she admitted. Ms. Cashin-Oster suggested until a new term of council begins, it would be ideal to keep both boards operating operating independently. One proposal from Community Services Staff, which conducted the Environmental concerns of deregulation ENVIRONMENTAL from page I ed States, he points out. He adds today's coal plants have been significantly significantly upgraded to produce less emissions. Lakcview in Thunder Bay, a coal plant recently sold by OPG, is required required as a condition of sale to bring its emissions down to levels equal to a gas-operated plant by 2005. Mr.. Singh would like OPG to convert the remaining four plants to gas generation generation before they are sold. Durham resident Jessica Markland would also like the coal plants converted. converted. "Ontario's coal-fired plants don't operate at full capacity today, and we still have some control over their emissions, but it's madness to think someone will buy them and not run them around the clock so they can sell electricity to the United States." The Ontario Electricity Coalition is calling on municipal councils to voice their wishes to see deregulation of the electricity market stopped, she told Clarington councillors last week. But Mr. Earl says the caps placed on the industry will prevent this scenario scenario from playing out, "We were already very close to our cap last year," said Mr. Earl. "There really isn't much room for those plants to operate outside of that. It's not accurate to say they would run more. They could make improvements to lower emissions and generate more electricity but they'd still have to meet the cap." Ms. Markland fears that good intentions intentions may not be enough to prevent prevent trade regulations from nullifying the caps. "If power generation is privatized, NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) will make it all but impossible to regulate it in order to prevent a private owner from increasing increasing Ontario's use of coal. Already, NAFTA has beaten Canadian laws on toxic fuels and toxic wastes and trade agreements have overridden the U.S. Clean Air Act," she said. However, the US's own regulations regulations are also quite stringent, Mr. Pospisil says. As long as coal power is part of the OPG mix, Durham council cannot cannot realistically refuse coal-generated power, noted Ajax Councillor Jim McMaster. Coal is used for peak-load periods and Durham industries could face brown-outs if council made such demands, demands, he suggested. Council received received the Clean Air Alliance information information but did not act upon it. Survey results to be used in board retreat this fall CLARINGTON - Public school board trustees are planning a workshop workshop to decide priorities and goals for the future. To develop its strategic planning for the next three years, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has agreed to hold a $2,300 workshop this coming fall. The cost will be funded from the trustee professional development account. Responses received from surveys from more than 6,000 parents, guardians, students, and staff will be used to identify where improvements arc needed, said board chairman Bob Willsher. Correction Jane McDonald's column 'Censorship: 'Censorship: Decisions arc difficult at best of times,' in the March 31, 2002 edition contained an error. The reference to lives snuffed out during the holocaust should have read six million. This Week regrets the error. review, was to amalgamate the current boards into one transitional board comprised of five voting members from each of the current boards plus the four council appointees who currently currently sit on the two boards. The three remaining current members of the Bowmanville board would have served as members at large. This would have ensured the Clarke Museum Museum Board equal representation in the new'organization. However, this proposal proposal was opposed by (he members of the Bowmanville Museum. Coun. MacArlhur, who sits on the Bowmanville board, said the Bowmanville Bowmanville board fell this proposal could "disenfranchise" some of the members. members. Councillor Charlie Trim noted all the volunteer board members "put their names forward in good faith," and should not be asked to give up their voting seat prior to the end of their term. The committee changed the staff recommendation to ensure all eight members of the Bowmanville board were included in the new transitional Clarington Museum Board. The ileci- With more than a dozen program choices and camp sites in the Greater Toronto Area, there's a camp that is right for your child. 41G-928-9G22 on 1-890-223-8024 YMCA Call now to register. sion, while addressing the concerns of the Bowmanville board, does not address address the phase-in or equal representation representation the Clarke board had hoped for. However, says Mayor John Mutton. "The transitional board will make the decision whether they're comfortable moving forward earlier than the end of term. "They can decide if they're comfortable comfortable moving forward as one board. 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