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No time for apathy 'We can understand why emotions ran high at a public meeting at Town Hall 1873 in Port Perry on Sunday evening. The meeting had been called by PEST (Preservation of the Environment of Scugog Township) a group formed in the last four weeks to fight against a large Durham Region garbage dump being located on one of three potential sites on Highway 12, about a mile south of the hamlet of Manchester. It was billed as a meeting to provide the community of Scugog with information about thé dump-site selection process, and what the impact on the community would be if one of the Scugog sites is selected for the dump. There was less than 50 people at this meeting, and most who were fre already actively involved in fighting the dump. A few in the audience lashed out at the PEST committee for not taking more radical, vocal and visual "political" actigns in this fight. There were expressions of disappointment that Town Hall 1873 was not filled to the rafters with angry Scugog residents, and the local newspapers came under fire for not doing enqugh to "pro- mote" public meetings such as the one Sunday night. The thought of a garbage dump in one's back yard evokes strong emotions, so the outbursts at the meeting are understandable. As for why the community of Scugog as a whole has not yet jumped on the anti-dump, wagon, that's a question for the sociolo- gists to ponder. However, we remember all too well two years ago when two dump sites were announced in Cartwright Township (Ward 4). aero Garbage formed io fight the process and there was from anywhere in Seugos freed Ward 4. 's water under the bridge now, of course. There are several imporiant factors to note in the current dump issue. rst] y, this is a Township-wide issue. Should one of the five sites in Scugog be ted as the final dump site, the impact on the 17,000 people who in Scugog would be devastating. Noise, odour, possible contamination of the lake and sources of drinking water, the congestion caused by up to 200 trucks a day hauling trash from all over Durham Region, the visual pollution of garbage piled 80 feet in the air beside major highways (12 and 7A) would impact on this community for the next 20 years. « Keep in mind that Blackstock is about 1,000 metres from on the sites and Prince Albert about 1500 metres from another: not very far on a hot, windy summer's day. But no matter where you live in this Township, a major (250 acre) dump would impact on your life and your life-style. As for N --. Heol | Dina EI THINK ILL KISS ME A GRIZZLY AND WRESTLE Fr ME A PRETTY GIRL! hi MA = of Cn Re ----r Ta yy a B SCUGOG CITIZEN 92 Beware...bilingual today, French tomorrow? To the editor: Ten years ago, Her Majesty the Queen, our Canadian Head of State and of the Commonwealth of Nations, signed the Canadian Constitution in Ottawa. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and three of the four si Premier Getty and Premier Wells remain steadfast on the Triple E Senate while Quebec and Bob Rae (backing Quebec) demand a veto for Quebec. A veto for Quebec makes the rest of Canadians second class citizens. The entertai in Ottawa were French Canadians. The ink was barely dry when Quebec demanded more and more powers with Meech Lake. Ten years later, the Queen wis invited back in the middle of the controversy to soothe Canadians with an appeal for national unity. It was Her those many businesses in Scugog that rely on tourism and visitors, well, if you own one of those businesses, draw your own conclusions. The two groups (PEST and Zero Garbage) are now in the process of trying to convince the Interim Waste Authority that tourism must be one of the factors to consider when making the final selection for a dump. These two groups are also working on other technical arguments why the five sites in Scugog would be a terrible choice. Perhaps the Scugog Chamber of Commerce and the B Improvement Area might want to lend their voices of [ have the IWA consider tourism as a criteria. As for the people of Scugog generally, this is no time for apathy, & or "it can't happen here" attitude. Many will recall the federal prison fight in the mid-1970's. A major dump in Scugog would be far worse than any pen. Consider that Scugog generates about three per cent of Durham's garbage. Can you imagine having 97 per cent of the trash dumped here for the next 20 years? Also consider that of 17 "long list" sites identified for Durham, five of them are in Scugog Township. Do you like those odds? If you care, now is the time to get involved. Write MPP Gord Mills and Environment Minister Ruth Grier at Queens Park, Talk to your neighbours, put an anti-dump sign on your property, join a Protest, ox if you have particular expertise (opal environmental, economic) join Zero Garbage or PEST and help them with the tech- nical arguments. But don't sit back and let the other guy carry the fight, or close your eyes and say it "won't happen here." You could wake up and find yourself staring at a mountain of | somebody else's trash. And Scugog can kiss its lifestyle good-bye. Majesty's 18th visit to Canada. The Ci itutional d Mulroney rolls future of the 20 million anadians who live outside Prime Minister Trudeau said it alk "Quite: 8 the agenda--the rest of Canada follows. Eugene i expert Forsey said it even more clearly "the rest of Canada has in reality become a colony of Quebec, with Quebec effectively controlling Canada--but has no say what happens in Quebec." Published iki | A Proud Voico For Scugog for our 125th birthday was domi- nated by French, with English, the mos widely uscd language in the world a poor second. Quebec only weakens th rest of Canada in negotiating a Constitutional amendment. Other than Senate reform, the rest of Canada gets virtually nothing while Quebo as usual gets the lion's share. As the late Gary Lautens of the Toronto Star wrote "Quebec just plain is not interested in the rest of us." And he went on to say "Ontario, BC and Alberta have helped pay Quebec's bills--it takes more from Ottawa than it About 500,000 Anglophones have left Quebec. Immigrants to Quebec, 40 per cent leave within immigran itjans are welcome in Quebec while Anglophones face discrimination in jobs and education. Less than 1 per cent of the 53,000 jobs with the Quebec gov't are given to English-speaking Canadians, while in Ontario, Francophones are given priority for many positions----Peterson's Bill 8 cost us $200 million and the price tag is still rising. The Maple Leaf flag is not ot flown in the ea! a federal cle lishing Ltd. mani Adyartniog Sale nS tion is not too far off. Quebec in fact is a~country within a country, with the rest of us paying the lions share of the bills. Kossonsi a life-long Quebecker said it as it is in his numerous press articles. Wake up Canada. You can feed a lion for so long, but when you run out of goodies, the lion turns on you. A number of thinking Canadians have expressed the feeling that no matter what the rest of Canada does, Quebec will sepa- rate sooner or later. The loss of the $25 billion Hydro deal with New York only delayed things until they are stronger-economically. Thousands of jobs are moved into Quebec from the other provinces. Here in Durham Region, the Ministry of Culture has deter- mined that people who speak French as their first language account for between .35 and 2.5 per ceat of the population. Why then are we spending hundreds of millions on French in our schools, starting with Immersion that is costing us more than $32 million a year. Ottawa has created an artificial play to push French. Parents for French gets $500,000 yearly from Ottawa. There are cuts to health care, education, and essential services, but not one penny cut from .. N As of last September, more than 44,000 Ontario children relied on social assistance and/or food banks. Beware Canada. Bilingual Dean J. Kelly, Port Perry. Port Perry, Ont. LIL 1)2 Phone: 985-NEWS Fax: 985-1410