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Acton Free Press Wed May 5 Pledges independent study Lewis says hydro corridor denial of rights What similarities exist between the closing of Durham Hospital and the Bradley to Georgetown hydro corridor According to leader Stephen Lewis they are both indicative of the denial of citizens rights by Queens Park All efforts citizens mobilized lo persuade the Government to change its mind never had any impact he told people at an in formation meeting at Durham high school auditorium Wednesday night last week including several who made the mile trip from this area The parallels between closing of the hospital and the battle for in independent study of the Georgetown to Bradley hydro corridor chill the blood a little Lewis told a responsive audience He said the Government told citizens to send them altema lives because the was flexible and would take them seriously hut in both cases they were ignored It a dual story of frustra and dismay for the com involved Lewis said pledging he and his part would insist on an in dependent study of the hydro corridor from start lo finish before any land changes hands if then is an election and the government changes Lewis saw the decision lo proceed the corridor as part of the growing tendency of monolithic government bureaucracies to impose decisions on citizens without the right to appeal It bothers me he said hat although governments asked for public participation citizens were Liberal on line Citizens rights will be the subject of an Interested Citizens Group ICG sored meeting at fcrm next Wednesday The meeting will feature two Liberal MPPs as speakers energy David Peterson London Centre and Burling ton representative Julian Reed The meeting will be held in the Erin High School gym by government The meeting called by Interested Citizens along the route of hydro corridor which Energy Minister Dennis Timbrell approved recently highlighted Lewis hard biting speech in which he attached the ambitions of Ontario Hydro and Ihe decision of Government to follow without question any decisions Hydro made Lewis said Ontario Hydro decided the corridor would run from Bruce lo Milton in at a time when power was cheap and inexhaustible and Hydro behaved like a free wheeling enterprise which could do as it pleased All decisions were made on that basis hi said chars me no one was ever consulted and it was presumed the corporation never made any mistakes It was in lhat they made the about a line from Bradley to Milton he said In hi said the Ontario approved in principle the Bradley to Georgetown corridor but year was also the turning for Hydro Lewis said suggested the affair citizens protests and lions from who questioned Hydros rationale whither the pro and things iround Suddenly everybody got idgy I iwis told the crowd The Government rejiettd deusion madt in 1972 and agreed to have some kind of environments study for the planning was wrong Lewis route However he charged said the only there was never any looked at light of con lions about the desirabihtj of routi over the route or whither basic mother in con MPPs to talk citizens rights May 12 starting at ft m Mr Peterson was runner up in the leadership this Mr Reed of sits an the all parly tlvdro Select Committee and is 1 irilic for consumer relations An ICG pnss reli ise states tint both are familiar with the problems of the proposed were forcing rale In Lewis said Borne on after some thought He creases over capitalizing began to change Mr notified the Minister he was and had been seduced by announced a taking on the case last nuclear power although billion cut in Hydro proposals December Correspondence Lewis said it was worth but the Bradley to Milton between the Ombudsman and noting the hydro system has a corridor was still being the Minister continued but it per cent surplus shoved through with no wasn until April the Mini dropped the case Lewis said That was the last nail in saga Citizens were of citizens mobilized to per the government to change its mind never had any Impact Lewis urged the audience to look at Hydro proposals to ring Lakes Huron and Erie with nuclear plans and to bisect the province with hydro corridors which would swallow up valuable farm land He said alternate proposals of interested clti Then after receiving a thought of using alternate ster notified Mr Maloney he zens made more sense and rcqi Citl luest from the Interested already proposed or has no jurisdiction in the case had more profound and deep alone the Bradley to Hydro accepted It because of a cabinet decision thought into the matter than own route for an was to go ahead despite what back in May Hydro had contributed but independent study of the citizens logic or poll Mr Malbney regretfully they were rejected outright entire corridor Energy Mini ster Dennis Timbrell decided turned to the on an environmental hearing ombudsman Arthur Maloney of the and he agreed to take the case SCOTT S map of the Bradley to Georgetown hydro corridor just east of Acton shows effects he believes it will have on Halton Hills to Hit route ihosin i nth the point in tune Hit Hit man with a Snowmobile course for operators licence Betwien twoday with IB people 1975 and March who will qualify as area there were fatalities instructors in turn personal injuries and 1 property damige collisions snowmobile instruelors from involving snowmobiles r h unknown and been with problem for some time i is tin ICG hich focuses on ilizcn rights New Democrats Mil leader Stephen Lewis spoke in ttijnt it Durham ft when he pledged tin to out independent siudv of entire proposed the I itktrmg corridor is also to look it tin for junction it Milton he never fir from the in spitt of the fid it wmt through imp ind Milton imt five Hie Com slid where ilvdru stirted to mission to investigate deal with f on Ontario activities of land lhi wen out of con for They t believe it he said the wav Ihej one against another Iawis said Hydro exists for people of Ontario and has a responsibility to the Iegis and of all people in thi province have the least right to and mistreat people lit islhe eorporution con behaved until was of only route from Colbeck to Lime- house Although the ICG and politicians asked for an in dependent study of entire corridor he noted it was refused for an environmental study of little consequence to anyone involved But Lewis said the Environmental Hearing Board in its report rapped Ontario Hydro for flaws in its public participation program In considering the matter of the Bruce to proposal the report said Perhaps the most serious concern is how suth a basic of opinion between Hydro and a vitally and actively in volved bettor of Ihe public could persist at this advanced stage of Iht decision making process in spite of Ihe high quality of the comprehensive ness of participation which accompanies the Clearly this situation resulted from a flaw in the public participation process that there was no full public participation in miking the fundamental decision as to where electric power from Bruce generating station shall go and therefore what area boundaries shall lie WELCOME SERVICE If you are new in town or know someone who is PHONE 8533902 i PLACE YOUR ORDERS EARLY FLOWERING PLANTS Azaleas Hydrangea FLOWERING TROPICALS African GREEN PLANTS Ferns Palms Split Leaf HANGING PLANTS- Spider Plants Ivys Cactus Gardens FRESH CUT FLOWERS Roses Carnations Tulips Daffodils NO FLORAL ARRANGEMENT ORDERS I TAKEN SATURDAY -K- MILL ST E ACTON 85 3720 t jC Jfe JfC jC jjC off Ontario highways reports Transportation and Com Minister Snow of Hornby This the potential hazards of snow Ihe need to train operators said Snow and our proposed instruction pro gram is a logical next step to meet this need Mr Snow was referring to his Ministry program with Ihe Ontario Safetj League and the Ontario Federaliun of Snowmobile Clubs to develop and deliver a program of courses on and snowmobile driver training MTC will provide Ontario Safety League with grant of 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