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III II MIL riHil Need for stateoftheart hazardous waste treatment By MIKE SINGLETON Fed era I Ion of Ontario Naturalism Ontario desperately needs a state- facility for treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes The recently announced selection of a preferred site for this facility is an important step toward that goal For the longer Ontario Is without such a facility the more we arc and will be exposed to hazardous wastes Every one of us men women children birds and fish lives breathes drinks and moves about in a huge chemical soup The basic broth has been there since lime im memorial providing the very sustenance for life But over the past two centuries or so we i society have begun to add And this include pro grcssue In some cists increase In quantities of used chemicals Together they constitute in trior load of ultimately which must be disponed of our more responsible do their utmost to ensure safe disposal Others do not Either wi so long as facilities are uiriptitktuslv dumped r hind and into Us elect astes will and title of to that soup It has been estimated that perhaps new chemicals are added to our repertoire each year somewhere Some find heir in to ordinary dumps 1 here irf delightful stories around Ontario of magic ponds that tunc been filled over with linuld industrial wastes which disappeared in to the ground presumably inln sand and gravel a infers to resurfaie one day in wells or springs others waste finds its way into insecure landfills sometimes on the side of valleys or onto gravel roads alunn with waste oil used to keep transformers and other components iifc in example In Ilie inihc of suitable disposal facillliis li re quires iihMhiiU- of askorols mil KB wastes J he rtstill is i rat tag of barrels drums ami transformers sump of tin doubtless leaking stored thither and throughout the Us dun t decompose mil if imonipldih mperit in products llnlikt itiiinv ds Its in- mobile in to be mil the wind borne in water ai the looil illil surprisingly are in Bears antarctic penguins and almost every living thing In cluding you and 1 in between Vet are but a few of hundreds of such wastes the checklist for known chemicals in the ap proaches he result is that we are all part of a huge statistical experiment in to the combined effects of myriad chemicals upon the residents of that chemical soup The commissioning of that stite- the art disposal facility won I be- a panacea Hut it will be i major step in the right direction It will reduce the wastes reaching the soup will provide the best treatment available And it will ensure that wastes ultimately land filled are not placed into giant sieves like Canal and the other now Niagara dump but rather its Hid the facility that with he best soils con- where And the tamed drainage the least likelihood be based not on of accident and the best Impaired charges wants such side The man to appear In II Thursday at am a Sank a loon man wax charged with Impaired driving niter going through a red light at and Drive FREEZER FRENZY Open 7 Days Rent Review Update For Tenants And Landlords The Ministry of Housing announces the Rent Review Guideline for The Rent Review Guideline for next year has been calculated at per cent This is the amount by which a landlord can the maximum rent for a unit during 1987 without approval from the Ministry of Housing In passing the Residential Rent Regulation Act 1986 the Ontario Government has created a new system of rent review for the Province of Ontario to increase protection for tenants and to encourage the construction of new rental housing One of the important features of this new legislation is a Rent Review Guideline that reflects changes in inflation and promotes proper building maintenance for tenants The major features of the Residential Rent Regulation Act are The extension of rent to coverall private rental units in Ontario The creation of a streamlined rent rev process designed to be accessible quicker and ensure consistency The establishment of a flexible Rent Guideline adjusted annually to reflect changes in inflation and other economic factors The creation of an Onlariow Rent fleiisliy to record the maximum legal rent for rental unit in the province A ResidentialRentul Standards Hoard to ensure the proper maintenance of all rental properties in Ontario The Guideline has changed Until now the Guideline has been a fixed amount that did not change with economic conditions new Rent Review Guideline trill be adjusted annually will be calculated using the most uptodate components of the Consumer Price Index and other onomic indicators Andit will apply to all rental units in prownce How the new Rent Review Guideline is calculated The formula used to calculate the per cent Guideline for 1987 is based on changes in the cost of maintaining a typical well- run rental building The new Guideline calculates the average change In costs over the preceding three- year period Tenants receive greater protection in limes of high inflation Landlords have sufficient funds for good building maintenance A new Residential Rental Standards Board will help ensure proper maintenance of rental units through out Ontario and failure to meet these standards may result in either suspension or forfeiture of rent increases Tenants can apply for a review of rent increases that are at or below the Guideline Tenants ho ish to challenge a per cent Guideline increase may apply to the Ministry of I lousing for rent review on such grounds as changes in the standard of maintenance and repairs Landlords are required to justify a rent increase g than the Guideline A landlord ho requests more than the per cent Guideline increase must apply to the Ministry of Housing for rent review to justify the increase The landlord and tenants will review the matter with staff of the Ministry of Housing at a local Rent Review Office A decision reached at the local level may be appealed by either the tenant or landlord to the newly- created Rent Reman Hearings Board The Guideline will be announced by August each year In future the Ministry of announce he Guideline by August for the upcoming year Some landlords have already served their tenants with notices of a rent increase due early in Tenants in buildings constructed after are protected for the first time These are tenants whose units are being brought under rent review by this Act landlords who have charged tenants more than the Guideline since August 1 will be given a period early in the new year to justify these increases I juullords not applying to rent review within the iOday period must rebate excess rents to tenants For the present tenants should pay the amount requested in the notice from their landlord until the matter is resolved by rent review no should tenants make immediate deductions from their rent cheques Only one rent increase allowed annually landlords must tenants at least days written notice of a rent mcrease The rent for a unit can be increased ony once in a 12month period Tenants in buildings constructed before continue to be protected These are tenants whose units ere under rent review prior to the passage of the new Act and whose units continue to be under rent review If the landloids rent notice is for less than the per cent Guideline the tenant should pay the amount in the notice If the landlord s rent notice is for more than the per cent Guideline the most the tenant should pay is per cent If the landlord has applied to the Residential Tenancy Commission for a 198i rent increase hut has not yet received a final order the tenant should pa the amount in the landlords notice or A per cent whichever is less If the landlord has been to rent review and has received a decision the tenant must pay the amount approved by the Residential Tenancy Commission For more information complete and return this coupon I 1 MINISTRY OF HOUSING KENT KKVIKW DIVISION I nil hay ONTARIO send nit information llic now itont I I IosTucow I Ministry of Housing Ontario Hon Curling Minister Send today for more information about the new Rent Review Guideline