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} Petro Fina Canada Ltd. lue auuvc unee memners of the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club were honoured On Sat, night with the presentation of the Maple Leaf Award's, The awards are presented in recognition of Gary Davie, B'oyce Anders* achievements during the year and Ray Ferguson, with'the Club. (Left to right) ' 9 - ftrnnn WpAktv Tîmoc iMav 19 1Q76 NATURALISTS UNEARTH 1969 REPORT URGING NO GENERAL CARGO PORT Second Class Mail Registration Number 6368 Published every Wednesday at the office of Publication Roy C. Forrester, Editor Rick Patterson, Advertising Manager IT DEPENDS ON WHAT SIDE OF THE FENCE YOU LIVE Since the last provincial election all paries at Queens Park have instituted well organized news release programs which arrive in this office on at least a weekly basis. We became rather amused this week on reading such a release from the Progressive Conservatives outlining one of their members Private Member's Bill. The bill commends a technique for reducing highway traffic deaths and severe injury to passengers. The Private Members bill promotes the mandatory use of air bags as standard equipment in all automobiles. No doubt the proposal would be of great benefit and as the conservative member outlines it can be done for a mere $65 per car. The amusing part of the whole exercise arests with the fact that NDP member for Durham East, Doug Moffatt, had earlier this year promoted the same idea when the government was considering seat belt legislation. No action was taken at that time. Now it can be a plum for the PCs if the bill should ever pass. Its all a matter of waht side of the fence you happen to live or sit. FL1P+FLOP Last week the Town of Newcastle with open arms requested that Eldorado be encouraged to consider the feasibility of constructing a refining plant in the south-east corner of the Town of Newcastle. That was last week at a council meeting. • A meeting of the Committee of the Whole is now recommending to council that they unequivocally oppose the dumping of Eldorado production refuse or contaminated fill from Port Hope at the Port Granby disposal site and that both the provincial and federal members be requested to support this position with utmost vigor. The committee further passed that the Mayor report to the next meeting of council the progress being ipade by the town solicitor in obtaining an injunction to prevent dumping at Port Granby. It would appear that council did jump the gun at their last council meeting and even if npt their 'flip-flop' actions will degenerate credibility for negotiations. The Oshawa Harbor should not be developed into a general cargo port, according to a report prepared for the federal government in 1969 and released by the Durham Region field naturalists Tuesday. Tuesday. "There is no overall economic economic justification for the development of Oshawa as a port for general cargo," the report says. The 135 page report, called Future Port Requirements - Western Lake Ontario, was prepared for the department of public works by a Don Mills engineering company, Gibb, Albery, Puller its and Dickson, Dickson, The report makes its conclusion conclusion about the Oshawa port after noting "the future of the ports at the western end of Lake Ontario is not encouraging". encouraging". . Jim Richards, chairman of the Durham Region field naturalists; (formerly the Oshawa Oshawa Naturalists' club) said at a news conference: "ft must be remembered that the report was written in 1969, but it is obvious to us that most of the trends that were evident then, and the forecasts that they made were indicative of what was to happen". "And, indeed they have accelerated". OBVIOUS Asked why this was "obvious", "obvious", Mr. Richards said shopping figures in 1975 were down from the previous year. "The big boom from the St. Lawrence Seaway has reached reached a boom and tapered off," he said. Asked whether this trend also applied to the Oshawa Harbor, the conservation committee committee chairman said: "Figures are not available". AMMUNITION The report can be expected to be used as a major piece of ammunition in the battle being waged by naturalists to prevent the Second Marsh frorn being used in the future to expand the Oshawa Harbor. Harbor. And another part of the On Sunday members of the Durham Regjon Classic Car Club assisted in the official opening of the new Midas Muffler Shop in Oshawa, 227 report implies that expansion should not take place in the area of the Second Marsh even if more harbor facilities are needed. "Should a port development in the Oshawa area ever be justified in the future, it should not take place at thé present site, but rather at a; point well to the east of the city," the report says,, Mr. Richards noted this would be well to the east of the Second Marsh. Naturalists want to preserve preserve the marsh, located in the southeast corner of Oshawa, as a wildlife sanctuary. The report says that developing developing a general cargo port in Oshawa could have ramifications'for ramifications'for the Toronto, port. Transferring cargo from Toronto would result in an increased cost of dealing with cargo at Toronto, vyith the result that the two ports i would be less competitive with downstream ports. Mr. Richards noted at the news conference that an interim report on shipping in Toronto has indicated it was at its lowest level in 1975 since 1936. Simcoe Street South. At the same time area cars- were given their spring safety check which is an annual meet every spring. In speak- CLEAR CASE The report says there is a clear case for concentrating all or most overseas general Cargo in port. "There is also a case for continuous, 24-hour, sever day-a-we,ek operation of overseas overseas general cargo facilities". facilities". f JUSTIFIED It adds that elaborately equipped cargo ports should be built only if they can be justified on' their lasting merits. '< "They should not be built specifically in the hope that they will attract or generate cargo movement". The report comes to the conclusion that the City of Oshawa should consider incorporating incorporating the harbor into its' dfficial plan as a recreational recreational facility^ An Ontario" Municipal Board Board hearing is scheduled to be held on the issue in late June. ing with Mr. Keith Tregunna, he said he was delighted with the new location and the new facilities. The report also predicted that bulk cargo at Oshawa - consisting mainly of coal - would continue to grow at least until 1975. 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