Zurich Citizens News, 1975-04-03, Page 5THURSDAY, APRIL. 3, 1975
Jottings
by
Jack
from
Queens Park
Last week in the Legislature,
the Provincial Environment
Minister tabled a bill introduc-
ing the long-awaited legislation
requiring environmental assess-
ment of the impact of major
construction projects.
The bill will require comp-
anies, municipalities and
government ministries or agen-
cies to prepare such an assess-
ment before projects are app-
roved, and the Environment
Minister will then either approve
the project, suggest changes or
refer the matter to an environ-
mental board for public hearings
This legislation will initially
apply only to government proj-
ects, but after "a couple of
hearings" will apply to munic-
ipalities and private companies.
The Minster indicated that it
is not the intention at this time
to pay expenses for those appear.
ing before the board, and told
the House that the Government,
not the board, must have the
final decision on which projects
go ahead and what pollution
control measures are required,
This legislation will disband
the eight -member environment-
al hearing board, and substitute
a new environmental assessment
board with at least five memb-
ers appointed by the gover•n,meni
Under the new law, the Min-
istry can force installation of
the right anti -pollution measure:
before a project is allowed, and
a major project, corning within
the scope of the new legislation,
is described as any plant "that
has an effluent discharge, either
in air or water, any company
that has dangerous emissions."
Liberal Leader Robert Nixon
described the legislation as
"very important and very const-
ructive." He said the phasing -
in process "sounds like political
grand -standing" but the law will
have "considerable impact."
Among the members of the
Legislature who have made
speeches during the Debate on
the Speech from the Throne,
Liberal Ed Good of Waterloo
North spoke at some length
about Regional Government.
He mentioned, in particular,
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that there is great distract and
concern in the province about
these Regional Governments,
and pointed out that the functiot
of government in a democratic
societyis to serve people --
that this has always been done
on a tri -level basis, the mun-
icipal level being the most
accessible to the people in
many respects.
The Mayor of Mississauga has
stated that because municipal
councillors are required to sit
on two councils the local and
the regional, this immediately
puts the individual in a positiior
of conflict. On Regional Govern
Dent the councillor is constant-
ly being told by the Regional
Chairman that he must think in
terms of the region, yet how
cap he vote on the local issue
of his own municipality when
the regional point of view is
contrary to the local position?
Another major problem is that
some of the regions encompass
too large an area, and some of
these regions bear no relation-
ship either in function or form
to other areas of the region.
We have a situation where reg-
ional councillors are snaking
decisions affecting people whom.
they do not know, while realiz-
ing that they cannot be removed
from office by election. This
is a serious undermining of one
of the basic democratic princ-
iples --that elected people must
be accountable for their decis-
ions, and directly accountable
to the people fnr whom they are
making decisions.
I must say I am in complete
agreement with these criticisms
of my colleague, and I think the
Government must seriously re-
consider its position on Region-
al Government. The incredible
expense of these governments
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