Report from Queen's Park By George Me, M.P.P. The subject of acid rain has received a great deal of publicity in the recent past, and it is a subject that some people in Durham West Riding have asked me about. Acid rain is caused by millions of tons of sulphur and nitrogen oxides discharged by smokestacks and engines into the air, where they dissolve in rain and snow and become acidic. This acid rain poisons or kills fish and aquatic life, and may also slowly destroy vegetation and forests. Presently 140 of Ontario's lakes are in trouble because of acid rain, and unless it is turned off, within twenty years 48,000 more lakes will be contaminated. About 39 million tons of the acid rain on Ontario comes from sources in the northeastern United States, with approximately 3 million tons coming from sources in Ontario. Even if we were to eliminate every Ontario source, it would have virtually no impact on the continuing damage to our lakes. As things stand now, we can expect more use of fossil fuels in the future, especially coal and oil, and therefore potentially more acid rain. For instance, we have reason to believe that the United States is turning away from nuclear power plants because of public opposition. This means a major commitment to coal-fired power plants, which will create even more acid ram. These are the facts, and they do have a significant bearing on where the Government of Ontario must go from here to resolve the problem. Ontario has been gathering evidence for more than 15 years on the impact of acid rain. At first, it seemed our scientists were detecting minor, localized problems. It has only been in the past or so that evidence has indicated acid rain is not localized but extends over a broad area of the Province including prime vacation waters, and that much of this can be Hit oil with wheat says P.C. Fennell Scott Fennell, Ontario Rid- ing candidate for the Pro- gressive Conservative Party, is calling for a Wes- tern World wheat cartel to combat the financial squeeze that is being-tightened by oil rich OPEC countries. Mr. Fennell said Canada can gain financial and politi- cal clout by joining with other wheat-rich countries such as the United States and Australia. "In fact, Australia has already approached us with the idea", said Mr. Fennell. "It's the same old story in that our government pro- vides little leadership, either nationally or internation- ally." Mr. Fennell also said that it , "ecnme imperative for Canada t i urdternct escala- ting energy costs by lelp- ing in every way possible to get the Alberta tar sands project into production." He said a strong Canadian government is needed so that provincial premiers such as Peter Lougheed in Alberta could respect Canadian aims. "That doesn't seem to be the case now because the Liberal Party and Prime Minister Trudeau have little following in the west." associated with air flow across the industrial heartland of the United States. As an interim measure, the Province will continue with a neutralization program to protect lakes which are immedi- ately threatened. But we do not believe our present technology is equal to the task of controlling potentially future hazards. The ultimate solution is three-fold. First, substantial expenditures must be made by both public and private sectors. The private sector must provide adequate pollution control at the source and the public sector will continue with its neutralizing- program until such necessary pollution control standards are reached. Adequate pollution control at the source will be extremely costly, and it is anticipated that the recently announced Ontario Employment Development Fund will assist business and industry, who are of course the employers of this Province, in absorbing the financial shock of such technological changes. Secondaly, scientific research on the problem must continue in order to determine the full extent of this very complex issue. The Ontario Minister of the Environment has already approached Environment Canada, and agreement has been reached on the need for a joint federal-provincial research program on acid rain within Canada. Finally, and this will be the most difficult part of the solution to implement, abatement or control must be done on an international scale. Ottawa has agreed that there is a need for a similar effort on the American side of the border to develop Careless smoking causes a $7,000 fire Carelessly . discarded smoking materials are listed as the cause of a $7,000 apartment fire at 126 Byron Street North, Sunday. The Whitby Fire Depart- ment reported the alarm was called in at 10:22 p.m. and the fire started in a sofa in the rear upstairs apartment, occupied by Karl Vacheresse. The damage cost was high, the fire department repor- ted, because of water damage to an adjoining apartment and smoke damage to another apartment. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1--t79, PAGE 15 an international accord on air quality and an international air pollution abatement program. Acid rain begins with smokestacks and engines, most of which are located in the northeastern American states. What we are facing here is severe consequencesof the industrialized and affluent lifestyle which has developed in North America. 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