TRUST US

From Trust Us to Prove it was Us is a small step.

The Collingwood ethanol plant was open less than a few months and, soon after the plant began operation neighbors began complaining of noise and foul odors.

The company denied it was the source of either.

The plant was temporarily shut down one day after an explosion and fire and then shut down again for odour and finally they were fined by the MOE.

This was AFTER the town, who courted them in the first place, espousing proven green technology and that mantra, jobs, jobs, jobs spent thousands and thousands and thousands of taxpayer dollars to deal with the situation, including hiring a PR specialist. All to PROVE the plant was the source of the problem.

Click here for articles:
http://www.hazmatmag.com/news/the-big-stink-over-collingwood-ethanol/1000224257/
http://www.midlandfreepress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1678247&archive=true
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1621497&archive=true

Remember Orica, the dynamite factory in Grand Valley who assured everyone at the OMB and township that all was well, and just trust them?

Well within a few months of winning at the OMB to expand their operations and make them permanent, they had a truck loaded with dynamite crash and now, in an emergency drill, found out the siren/alarm to warn people to run like hell isn’t really very loud. OMG.

And the Orica official said "poor weather conditions during the drill meant the sirens were not successful in warning all residents near the mock fire. "

Poor weather conditions?
In Dufferin? Get outta town.

And the Fire Chief won’t even commit to saying that people are safe: “It’s a hazardous place, I wouldn’t want to go out and say everything is fine and we could evacuate in a timely manner,” Macintosh said.

Click here for articles:
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/800289--orica-driver-charged-following-grand-valley-collision
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1250050--alarm-fails-to-warn-explosives-facility-neighbours

Then there is this little gem in Guelph. Guelph’s new eastside organics composting plant is the cause of odours, says the provincial Ministry of the Environment.

The facility has been open less than three months and City officials offered assurances last year that the new facility would be odour-free.  There’s been the odd odour complaint, which has not been substantiated said the Contract and Risk Manager of the facility.

http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/630578--city-told-to-address-organics-plant-smells

And then of course Highlands various spoke individuals/people whatever you call them, are saying trust us and reassuring us they would do NOTHING to impact/compromise/ etc. etc. the water, they aren't allowed to do anything to compromise the water, blah, blah, blah...

Except at a meeting in Melancthon a couple of years ago, one of those rare times when the planning consultant was actually in attendance, someone asked if they did a test on their well now, showing quantity and quality of water they would be able to show Highlands was the one who impacted the water if they ever started digging and blasting should wells be affected. 

No said Jordan with a reassuring grandfatherly chuckle.  He stated that people would have to go to court to prove that Highlands was the cause and it would be very costly.

FFS.

And a bit of unsolicited advice for our Council to the north, who are touting a remarkable odour free system for treating shit, composite and contaminated soil-if someone offers you some magic beans as your cure to economic development, you or rather your ratepayers are going to get screwed. 

Reread this blog, again and again and again.