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Page 12 THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday March 15 1991 Committed citizens can change world By BARBARA HALSALL Action Alert Margaret Mead said Never let It be doubted that a small group of committed citizens can change the world Indeed it is the only thing that ever has For a committed citizen who wants to make change there is always the question of where to focus ones energy and effort If you believe in this Thing global ly Act locally slogan then you may already be supporting POWER Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources who are working to keep garbage out of the Niagara Escarpment as well as out of your water supp ly There are a great many other Issues that also need attention Pollution Probe sends out an Ac tion Alert each month to inform people of areas where letters faxes or phone calls could make a difference The December90 Action Alert focuses on the proposed Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Pollution Probe sees the proposed bill as seriously flawed needing major changes before it is Between 1974 and Justice Thomas Berger headed up a federal inquiry into the proposed Valley Pipeline and its social and environmental im pacts on native communities and lands in Northern Canada The Berger inquiry heard from native and public interest groups in public and is now regarded as a landmark in Cana dian environmental assessment Canada s first unofficial en vlronmental assessment had served its purpose the project was put aside because it threatened the social and en vlronmental integrity of the North Also in the 1970s the federal government introduced the En vlronmental Assessment Review Process EARP which provided guidelines for environmental assessment of federal projects and projects on government owned lands that pose potential environmental and social im pacts This process has been poorly used and widely criticized Many major projects including the Raff Alameda Dam and the James Bay hydroelectric pro ject show the fallings of the cur rent process In addition govern policies that have slgmfi cant environmental impacts such as the VIA rail cuts have been allowed to go ahead without assessment despite angry public outcry Pollution Probe is corlcemed that while BUI C78 will make federal environmental assess law the BUI contains many of the same loopholes that exist in the guidelines It is seer as weaker in many respects BUI C78 has received second reading and is now being studied by a House of Commons commit tee pollution Probe insists that this BUI must be amended to en sure 1 government policy as well as projects are subject to en vironmental assessment 2 the process is mandatory and In dependent The process must be accountable free from political interference and produce a final binding decision 3 the decision is- enforced with proper monitor ing and follow up If you want to strengthen this legislation there is little time left as the committee is expected to finish in a week or ten days Phone calls or faxes are probably better but In any case you must act today Contact Robert Cotret MP Minister of the Environment Room 337 West Block House of Commons Ottawa Ontario K1A Tel 2651 Fax 2655 Ross Stevenson Chairperson C Committee Room Wellington Building House of Commons Ottawa On tarioKlA0A6 If you want to be part of the Ac tion Alert mailing list write to Pollution Probe or phone them Action Alert Pollution Probe 12 Madison Avenue Toronto On tanoM5R2Sl Tel Together we can make a dlf POWER next General Meeting will be held at a new location the Robert Little School in Acton on Wednesday March at 8 We hope to have a speaker from the Ministry of the Environment Assessment Branch All concerned citizens are welcome WITH THIS COUPON SAVE 6D OFF THE PURCHASE OF ONE 4L BAG OP MM target food stores 51 Gualph St GEORGETOWN HOMO MILK 99 with Coupon 59 without Coupon Valid Only At Target Georgetown Valid thru to March 3091 Whats Cooking at STEAK EXPRESS CHECK OUT OUR FLYER IN THE MARCH 6th HERALD You can win in Moullnax Coltea Maker 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