PAGEi6, WaHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24,,1988 ep '.1 ~Ã"w~ e VOICI 0F THE COUNTY TOWN LI Published ever Wednesdlay BKy677209 Ontario Inc. Phone:,668-6111'. Doug Anderson Publisher The Free Press Building 131 Brock Street North, P. Box 206, Whitby, O nt., Maurl'co-Plfher Editor Peter Irvine Advertising Manager Alexandra Simon Production Manager Mike Carroll Circulation'Manage'r The only Whltby newspaper Independently owned and operated'by Whitby residents for Whltby residentrs., Manufacturers.who were co ntacted by The. Free Press for the annu'al business revlew (in this ýweek's edIion) may flot be ab e to predlot wlth any *exactness the effeot of the C*anada-U.S. f ree trade agreement. * But most favor the agreement and have al ready' m ade plans to adapt to the-changes they see In, their particular area.. While they note that. com- petitionisilikely to -increase, they. are confident they have the resources and expertise to be suc- cessful. And they Iookeagerly at the opportunity Ifavor to gain accessto'the large U.S. market. In the case of Lake Ontario Steel Co. Ltd (LASCO),'whlch had some input into th e agreement, free trade allays fears of U.S. protec- -tionîsm that could hurt LASCO as weII as the Canadîan steel industry. While free trade may not necessaril'y mean a giant leap In sales, it will provide somne guarantee of e xlsting markets ln the U.S., and, as a consequence, steady productilon and job securlty. >For other Whitby companles, f ree trade has definiteIy ralsed expectatlons of i.ncreased growth. >While many stili ponder the Impact of the agreement, others fear IL It -appears that Whîtby's leaders In industry are eager foi. the plunge from whç'h 'the 0 n aybnfUal Wib residents. p smybnftalWlb Niïagara group lobbiesfor recycling of toxie waste To the Edto,. Citizens groups in, the Niagara area, with the aid of a topnétch en- *To the editor: The news that Metro Torohto bas commenced to look for a new gar- bage dump site in a strip of land that stretches froin Pickering to Nbewcastle is shocking. The citizens of the communitieà "who will be negatively impacted as a resuit of this decision must speak out strongly in opposition to any such move. Both local and provincial politicians must be informed that this course of action is totally unac- ceptable. I expect that thîs will be a long, protracted battie and one that we can only win if we speak with a common voice. Furthermore, this is just one of a number of environmen- tai issues-which pose a serious threat to the citizens of our com- vironmentalist, John Jackson, are working for the best possible iystem to get rid of toxic waste. munity. It is with this in mind number of other interes have formed a local env concerna group which he be known as P.R.E.F.A naine stands for People1 Enthusiastically For A vironit. Shortly, we will be arr inaugural meeting for t: of drafting a mission stai planning a course of act notice of the date, tirni will be provided in due c interim, intérested ci welcome to contact the u at 525 Beech St. E., W L1N7R1. that I and a sted citizens virorunental ereafter wil .C.E. This Responding Cleaner En- ranging our the DurDone Up to 80per cent of toxic waste can be eliminated by reduction, re-use, recycling and reclamation. That is our number one priority. While the Ontario Waste Management Corporation pays lip service to recycling, it bas spent only 1iper cent of its large budget for this purpose. Furthermore it would need was te oul and solvents (which could be recycled) to fuel its rotary kilns. We favor a flexible, decentralized system with regional facilities as well as on-site treatment. This would include above-ground storage of treated, solidified waste residue with a leachate system. We want the best modemntecbnology. If you would like"more infor- mfation, please. write to me - c*/o Niagara Citizens for Modern Waste Management, R.R. 1, Grimsby, On- tario. Sincerely, R. La skar in Secretary TOO m any etension .s already To the editor: tement and The Atomie Energy Control tion. Public Board is' no w debating whether or e and place not to grant another extention for ourse. In the operation of the Port Granby itizeris are nuclear waste dump. There have indersigned been too many extensions. T he 'hitby, Ont. dump must becelosed now! Who ever heard of dumping 650,000 tonnies of Sincerely, radioactive waste in an open Ian- EdBuffett dfill? And who in their right mmnd * would locate such a landfill in a * ravine just a few yards froin Lake Ontario? These questions must be I4S answered by Eldorado Resources Ltd., the-polluter, and the Atomi.c Fe Energy Control Board (AECB) which supposedly regulates-nuclear industry and continues to licence the, Port Granby dump. If you visit the Port Granby site don.'t be fooled' by the well- manicured view frorin the service road. From the shoreline you see ground water trickling out of the dump and running into Lake On- tario. In places old boundary fences dangle in mid-air as the radioactive eroded into0 the lake. Every day the problem gets worse as more waste is brought in. ..waste dumped by Eldorado with the AECB's blessing. Allowing thi§ to continue»even one more day makes absolutely no sen- s.Recently the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environ- ment'and Forestry recomM ended that no new Candu reactors be bufit until the problem of what to do with high level radioactive waste' is solved. In the saine spirit," I recom- mend that a moratorium be placed on Eldorado's processing 0f fuel for nuclear reactors until a solution is found to the Port Granby problîem. Eldorado bas had its big "'nuclear foot" in the door at Port Granby for too long. It's time to slam that big doorshut! Yours truly, jeff Brackett Durham NuclearAwareness To the editor: It is time that Canadians with voic escryoutforCanadianswithout voices, to stop abortions!1 We know that the reasoning for abortion is false. In the U.S.A. and other nations where abortion is oný demnand they stili have "unwanted children, " battered and bruised, they stili have criminals too numerous to put in prisons, murder is rampant, suicide is increasing. The respect for and value of human life is diminishing. Abortion is just one more exmaple of the growing dlsrespect for human life; abortion is not a final solution to end the devaluing of children, it is not a cure for the unwantedness of people,. The only way to get rid of "unwan- ted children," unwanted people, is to start wanting thein, "To Love Themi" It is important to write, caîl, teli the Prime Minister, the Opposition leaders, theMhinister of Justice, and every Member of Parliament to write a law to ensure that the freedom to live is the primary freedom of ail Canadians froin con- ception, a freedom upon which al other freedoms and rights depend. But it is even more important to cail on God.. Remember the parable of the Judge and justice (Luke chapter 18). Case Biersteker Seminary ofChrist the King Mission, B.C. New grouýp is formed Abortion issue sh a disrespeçt for 11*1 LETTERS The Whitby Free Press welcomes letters to the Editor on any subjeet of concern to our readers. Letters should be brief and to the point - rarely more than 300 words. 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