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by the Halton Hills and Burlington Chambers of Commerce last May was misplaced by a federal public servant Staring at the quickly changing numbers on the large debt clock at the end of the con ference organized by HaltonPeel MP Garth Turner and the Cana dian Chamber of Commerce Page joked that the cheque would be enough to halt the clock for just 124 seconds The federal government debt is increasing at the rate of every minute Wilson told Page the second cheque will be cashed and the 1200 deposited into the govern ments new debt reduction fund Contd on Page Landry questions council sincerity By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Local environmentalist Rita Landry is questioning the sinceri ty of local councillors belief a hearing under the provinces En vironmental Protection Act is the fairest way to determine if Transfer Limited in Georgetown should be permitted to double the amount of garbage it handles has requested persmission from the Ministry of Environment to accept 300 tonnes of garbage daily from anywhere in the province instead of the cur rent amount of 150 tonnes it cur rently handles In considering the application the has asked Halton Hills Council to comment on the proposal Town General Committee which is comprised of local coun cil members recommended last Monday in the name of fairness that the MOE hod a hearing to determine if the request should be met The recommendation goes before Council for final approval this Monday Ms Landry said during an in terview Wednesday the recom mendation approved by General Committee lacks specifics to justify the request That means the will place little if no em phasis on the Towns position she said The recommendations passed by General Committee states local environmental groups POWER Protect Our Water Environmental Resources and ICE Incineration Counteracts the Environment and other in dividuals have expressed many An Inside Look Beat P2 Peoples Features Forum Environment Opinion P11 Seniors P5 Sports P1720 Food Parenting Tins Editorial Youth Page Poets Comer P10 Classified Weirs World P10 concerns with the Leferink ap plication therefore be it resolved that the be advised that the Town of Halton Hills request a hearing The recommendation as writ ten said Ms Landry implies the Town hasnt taken a position on the application The Town would have only taken a position if it had given concrete reasons ex plaining why the MOE should hold a hearing she explained Ms Landrys claim appears to be supported by comments made by John Budz the District Officer for the HaltonPeel District of the Mr said during an inter view Wednesday a hearing is granted if it is justified with specific facts such that the ap plication contravenes a Town bylaw Before making its recommen dation General Committee rais ed concerns that if the applica tion was approved there could be a problem with truck traffic However Town Engineering Director Bob Austin said Wednes day the Towns request will only be comprised of the resolution Mr Budz said traffic is a legitimate concern but for it to be considered as a specific concern a reference relating to truck traf fic must be included in the Towns request for a hearing With respect to another Leferink request to accept gar bage from Orangeville Mr Budz has recommended to his director that the application be approved despite Town Councils objection to the proposal The Towns op position didnt carry much weight because no reason justify ing its objection wag given he said Contacted Wednesday Mayor Miller said if it was his deci sion he would oppose the applica tion outright But were Coun cil only a commenting agency the MOE make the final deci sion he said Since the Town is only a com menting agency Mayor Miller said a hearing is the proper way to do it Municipal Affairs Reporter for the Gould left interviewed Hills Herald Managing Editor Colin Gibson Thursday morning as part of a CBC documentary on community pro test groups lo begin airing Tuesday The film crew used he Herald for their research on Georgetowns groups and Mr Gould congratulated the paper for its coverage of local news and issues Halton Hills Mayor Miller and representatives from such groups as POWER ICE and were also in terviewed for the documentary Herald photo CBC visits The Herald A film crew was in Georgetown Thursday to film a special documentary series about the rise of communi ty protest groups in Ontario The series begins airing this coming Tuesday at 600 and 1100 pm Field producer of the documen tary Bob said Georgetown has a high number of activists willing to go out and pro test for what they want Georgetown is typical of other small communities where over the last five years people have started to get involved and make their opinions known he said We hope with the documentary to give the viewer a flare for local politics how the system works and how people protest We hope it will explain why people are pro testing now when they havent before Mr Weiers said much of the research for the documentary came from reading Georgetowns local newspaper the Hills Herald When I looked through the paper I thought it had a lot of local content more than other community papers he said It was very useful for basic research After gleaning information from the paper Mr call ed Managing Editor of the Herald Colin Gibson to talk to him about local issues He seemed to have so much to say about the community we thought wed come down to the of fice and talk to him on camera The crew arrived at the Herald office Thursday and interviewed Mr Gibson He has a really good perspec tive of local issues said Mr Weiers CBC reporter Hazard Gould who interviewed Mr Gibson has also been busy interviewing groups such as Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources POWER Incinera tion Counteracts the Environ ment ICE and Residents Active in Development Discussion RAIDD and local government officials including Mayor Russ Miller Sunday shopping issue back in public eye By BEN The Herald What goes around comes around and the Sunday shopping issue is here one more time Based on the Ontario Court of Appeals decision Wednesday to uphold the provinces Retail Business Holidays Act grocery stores in Halton Hills will be forc ed to close their doors on Sun days Local grocery stores and other businesses have been permitted to remain open Sundays since last June after the Supreme Court of Ontario ruled the RBHA to be unconstitutional Before that decision charges were laid against these stores if they open ed Sundays In response to the Supreme Courts decision last June the province filed an appeal with the Ontario Court of Appeal At that time the province also requested that the Supreme Court prevent stores from opening Sunday until the appeal had been heard That request was denied allowing stores to stay open Sundays until now MPP Noel Duignan said during a telephone interview Wednesday he is both pleased and disatisfied with the Court of Appeals decision Im happy the court upheld provincial legislation disallowing Sunday shopping but the downside is that municipalities under the can permit stores to open he said Under the provincial