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jj theyEBALD Editorial Wednesday July 17 1991 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 866 A Division of Canadian Newspaper Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario L7G 3Z6 K ROBERT Pubtisherand General Manager 8772201 COUN GIBSON Managing Editor OAK TAYLOR Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES SO months Tofonlo Ontario MSH MonttMl not lot ad out In beyond In amount paid lot In pra actually by thai portion In In which tro rhtht In ntghganca 111 of and hall to no lit la nun In union any in amount paid dilttmn1 NDP Incineration Policy should be clarified Enough is enough Earlier this year the provincial government imposed a ban on municipal waste incineration On the surface the message seemed clear enough municipalities who were thinking of burning garbage as a means of waste disposal should think of another way However further examination of the subject especially as it applies to Halton Region proves the an nouncement was anything but clear As a condition of its approval to build a landfill in Milton which is scheduled to open during November of Region was required to establish an Energy From Waste EFW facility EFW is a type of incinera tion in which garbage is burned to create energy Since this condition came into being much earlier than this past springs provinciallyimposed ban on municipal waste incineration it would seem to follow that the condition for an facility would be im mediately nullified However Halton Region staff has been trying for the last while to get a definitive answer on the issue and yet no response has been provided Whats the problem The problem is there shouldnt be a problem The ban should stand Otherwise whats the point of putting a stop to municipal incineration if it isnt going to apply to all municipalities The provinces inaction could possibly have been ig nored and chalkedup to bureaucratic red tape except the issue centres on how to deal with garbage a pro blem the province says has reached crisis proportions in the Greater Toronto area This crisis situation requires a concerted effort on the part of the province municipalities and the public to be resolved But if the province is incapable of taking the lead especially since it took over waste management strategy from the municipalities late test year how can this needed cooperative effort come about For the sake of all the Herald urges the provincial government to take the lead and support the policies on which it was elected The Herald is still interested in hearing from Hills residents and any questions they have for the Towns municipal politicians Below is a Herald Yes I Care form which allows all residents to write in to the newspaper with questions directed at any of the current elected municipal of ficials We will confront them with your concerns and print both the question and reply or the reason no reply was forthcoming Its our community Important elections are upcom ing For the sake of the community lets get involved Yes I Care Question to Question Question from Name Address Telephone Send Questions To Yes I Care The Halton Hills Herald Guelph Street Halton Hills Ontario Peoples Forum Cancer fundraisers appreciated Dear Editor April is established as ing month for the Canadian Cancer Society Many volunteers go out into our community annually knocking on doors collecting money and distributing educational literature All this takes tune and commitment The officers and directors of the Georgetown and area unit are proud to announce that the volunteer canvassers have met the target set by Ontario Divi sion This achievement not only points out the dedication can vassers have to the cause but reaffirms the confidence our donors place in this unit and the Canadian Cancer Society The cost to maintain an office and provide patient services is a major expense Even then we have volunteer drivers to ensure patient comfort to and from care facilities Another large chunk goes to research to assist in the reduction control and hopefully the elimination of the disease The fundraising success is not limited to a community canvas We are also fortunate to have special events such as Classic Cars held each Fathers Day and the Bill Smith Golf for Chanty in early June The Georgetown unit is the recipient of the proceeds from these two major program and we are deeply appreciative of these gifts We want to thank the volunteers in these events for their hard work and continued support To all our volunteers including those in our unit who publicly pro moted the campaign who made sure coin boxes were in place saw that daffodils were delivered and ran educational seminars a sincere thanks Yours very truly PaulC Armstrong Fundraising Chairperson Local MP thanked for efforts in PEI Dear Editor We would publicly like to thank Garth Turner MP for Halton- Peel for helping the people of Summerside Prince Edward Island The Federal Budget of 1989 closed Canadian Forces Base and a a result jobs will be lost in a town of 8500 people Prince Edward Island has no representatives on the government side of the House of Commons and therefore our Island voice is not always heard Mr Turner came to Summerside on more than one occasion to assess our problems and made recommendations to the Prime Ministers Office Mr Turner has helped in many ways A prime example is his in helping us displaced civilian workers from CFB Sum merside make a transfer to the new GST Center He accomplish ed this through his dealings with the Federal Bureaucrats on our behalf The people of Halton Peel are very fortunate to have a person like Garth Turner to represent them The Government of Canada could use a lot more Garth Turners we would be a much better country Yours very truly Civilian Employees Canadian Forces Base Summerside Smokers not alone in their fight Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service OTTAWA The suite of offices is handsome but unremarkable except for the presence of something vanishing rapidly from most working en vironments Ashtrays Lots of ashtrays The offices are occupied by the Canadian Tobacco Manufac turers Council Its from their of fices that the countrys makers try to influence federal decisionmakers on tobacco policy The councils most recent salvo was its controversial mailin campaign to let smokers com plain to Prime Minister Brian about high cigarette taxes Supported by Canadas three the council is led by William Neville a former principal secretary to former prime minister Joe Clark and a lobbyist with an almost legen dary reputation in Ottawa Neville aside from bang the tobacco councils president also works for clients such as American Express Molson Breweries Litton Systems of Canada and Wood Gundy Inc through his company William Neville and Associates Inc And if anyone needs Ottawas most noted earbender it must surely be the Canada has become perhaps the toughest country in the world in which to sell cigarettes Taxes on the pr duct here are thought to be higher than in any other coun try now accounting for roughly threequarters of the retail price And new health warnings re quired on packages expected this fall will be larger and more explicit than anywhere else anti- smoking advocates say Has defending the interests of the cigarettemakers become a lost cause No say spokesmen for both sides Clearly expressing our views persuasively is very important says Jacques LaRiviere council vicepresident We are talking about a legal product For the record the Industry still maintains no casual link between smoking and health pro blems has ever been established Studies have only shown a risk factor associated with smoking LaRiviere says LaRiviere says the industry is the first to accept reasonable restrictions on tobacco use and sales but speaks out when it feels governments are being ex cessive