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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-08-09, Page 5THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 9, 1989 — 5A Weighting factors developed The first stage of Waste Management Master Plan for Huron County has been completed. COMMUNITY VIEWS GATHERED As part of the work undertaken during the first stage, residents of Huron County were provided with the opportunity to complete an Evaluation Criteria Questionnaire. The pur- pose of the questionnaire was two fold: to gather information to develop a weighting system for a set of evaluation criteria (ex- plained in detail below) and to gather input and comments regarding waste management issues in general. The questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 1189 residents and lan- downers in Huron County. It was also available for anyone wishing to complete it. In total 596 questionnaires were completed and returned. DEVELOP WEIGHTING FACTORS A critical component of the Waste Manage- ment Master Plan is the evaluation of the alternative methods for dealing with waste, and of potential areas for locating waste management facilities. The evaluation of methods and of locations for facilities is facilitated by the use of evaluation criteria, As outlined below the evaluation criteria consist of various categories which must be considered within the assessment. The categories represent components of the en- vironment which may be affected or im- pacted by the implementation of a waste management system, or by the location of a waste management facility. Community values, gathered through the Evaluation Criteria Questionnaire, have been used to establish weighting factors for each of the categories. The first question on the questionnaire presented the list of categories. For each category respondents were asked to indicate how important they felt it was to en- sure that potential impacts, resulting from a waste management system, were minimized. Through a series of calculations the informa- tion provided by the public was used to assign weighting factors to the various categories, as shown in the table below. The weighting factor represents the average response (con- verted to a number) for the category, divid- ed by the total of all the average responses for the 7 categories. Therefore, the weighting factors indicate the relative degree of impor- tance of that category compared to the other categories. The higher the weighting factor the greater the importance of ensuring that impacts to the category are minimized. The responses to this question reflect in the values held .by the community, and will be used to make decisions regarding appropriate methods to deal with waste in the future, and in identifying suitable locations for the waste management facilities. The process by which the weighting factors were calculated, and how the numbers will be used, is explained in detail in the Stage 1 Final Report. CONSIDERED IMPORTANT Two final questions on the Evaluation Criteria Questionnaire provided information about the attitudes of residents regarding the issue of waste management. Question a2 asked respondents to indicate how much they would be willing to pay in municipal taxes to achieve the values they had indicated in the first question. Although this question is very preliminary at this point Evaluation Criteria Categories from questionnaire Weighting Factor D ltatitalttaie.!J . This categery deals with the:$ bavernt resources and; r :forest and flsl'i and > e„ E.<Coadinilii►itSE ilis'cotc deal have en a cal a onoikfy p& int.be value bi= tierty, or, t sial incnme.lti ''ort unity, A- in level of enipiuyanent, and the renal 5 » ysteYitltlaitt .! miss rile enttal changes e<aetialty:andeo i ly.aisoeaperience changes ages :in income. F .meobamieal consider n n. T.Hs:cate delta with the impacts that y arise if a waste n anage- raleht ay+�falis to ni erste efllcientiy, or loos not , e vide feollitiestodea tilthw erlvera<2Ovearplannit �e'o:achle these goalstthesysteioniust:befle ib.e.andrellnble,witreeasonableassoniated Costs. G. Archaeological anti Heritage =Resources This category deals With the'effects theta waste management; system may have on•signifIcant archaeologicdleites and heritage resources. In)ipaets on laistoaica sites or buildings, and enemas of; archaeological interest ahould:be .considered. in the study, the responses indicate a great deal of variance with regard to the percep- tions of costs involved in achieving an effec- tive waste management system. The majori- ty of respondents selected either B) $1 to $50 per year (selected by 34% of the respondents) or C) $51 to $100 per year (28%)'. Question a3 provided respondents with the opportunity to make comments. A very wide range of comments were submitted, all of which are included within the Stage 1 Final Report. Many people noted the need to reduce the amount of waste going into landfill sites — through recycling, waste reduction, and composting. In summary, the comments.in- dicate that people are aware of, and concern-, ed with the issue of waste management. Many feel that a waste reduction/recycling compo- nent is a necessary part of any strategy and see it as an immediate need. STAGE 2A WORIK Pr:OGRAWI The information in the Stage 1 Report pro- vides background information for the work to be undertaken during upcoming Stages. Stage 1 Public Meetings • Public Meetings to review the findings of the Stage 1 report were held in January 1989. Two meetings were held — one in Blyth and one in Hensel". Approximately 80 people wee present at each. '13 14 11 Following short presentations by members of the consulting team, staff of Huron Coun- ty and staff from the Ministry of the Environ- ment those in attendance were provided with the opportunity to ask questions and/or pro- vide comments. Copies of the minutes from both meetings are included in the Stage 1 Final Report. Minutes of the meetings may also be obtained by contacting the Huron County Department of Planning and Development. Meetings with Comffimnfty Organizations During Stage 1 of the Study and focus of the public participation program was to develop community awareness of the Master Pian. One means of doing this was through presen- tations to community groups. As the Waste Management Co-ordinator I met with 18 organizations to discuss the Master Plan, and to gather input from those in attendance. I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet with these various community groups, and would be happy to meet with any organiza- tions or interested groups to discuss the Master Plan, the findings to date, and/or the work upcoming. Please contact me at the ad- dress provided below. Stage 1 Final Report Accepted Huron County Council accepted the Stage 1 Report at their meeting on June 1, 1989. Pilgrims have answer • from page 2A granted private banks the right to create money. Why should the government refuse this same right to itself? The federal government has all the re- quisite powers to issue its own debt -free money, but it does not use this power on the pretext that, as it is said by Michael Wilson and others, it would bring on runaway inflation, as it happened in Ger- many in 1923, when the Weimar govern- - ment issued much more money than • there were products to match it. ' It is obvious that if the Canadian government decided to create or print money any how, without any limits, ac- " cording to the whims of the men in of- lice, without any relation with the ex- isting production, there would definitely be runaway inflation, and it would become worthless. This would create a disastrous situation, but it is not at all what we propose here. What is proposed here, when one • speaks of money created by the govern- ment, is simply that money must be brought back to its proper function, which is to be a figure that represents products, which in fact is nothing but simple accounting. The government would only have to appoint a commission of ac- countants, an independent organism charged with setting up an accurate ac- counting, where money would be nothing but the reflection, the exact financial ex- pression, of economic realities: the new money would be issued as new products are made, and be withdrawn from cir- culation as these products are consumed. Thus there would be a constant balance between money and goods, and any infla- tion would be impossible. So, if it is issued in a just proportion to existing goods, the money created by the government would bring on no inflation. On the contrary, the first cause of infla- tion is precisely the interest charged on the money created by the banks. Inflation means increasing prices; and the obliga- tion for the corporations and the govern- ments that are borrowing to bring back to the bank more money than the bank created, forces the corporations 'to inflate their prices, and the governments to in- flate their taxes. The Bank of Canada could well carry out this job of keeping an accounting of production and consumption, if ordered to do so by the government. In practice, here is how it could work: all new pro- duction would be financed by new credits, lent to the producers by the Bank of Canada, and these credits would be withdrawn from circulation and returned to the Bank when this new production is' consumed. This commission of accountants, ap- pointed by the government, would act on- ly according to the statistics of produc- tion and consumption. 'The monetary .poliey would be dictated neither by the -Bank of Canada nor the government, but simply by the facts, by economic realities. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR They also authorized the Consultants to pro- ceed with Stage 2 of the Waste Management Master Plan. The Stage 1 Final Report is available for loan at all main branch libraries in Huron County. A copy can also be borrow- ed from the Huron County Department of Planning and Development. Stage 2A involves an evaluation of the study area (Huron County) to identify potential areas for locating waste management facilities, and potential markets for using recovered materials and recovered energy. In order to identify potential areas a con- straint mapping process is undertaken. This procedure identifies all areas in the County which are not suitable for use in locating a waste management facility, resulting in a map showing areas which may have poten- tial for locating facilities. A net effects analysis is applied to each of the potential areas identified to determine their suitabili- ty. The net effects analysis considers economic, financial, social, cultural, technical, lamellae planning, and environmen- tal factors, This process makes use of the weighting factors developed from the com- munity responses to the evaluation criteria questionnaire. In addition the consultants will evaluate the following alternative methods for dealing with waste : • reduction of waste generation • recycling ( source separation ) • shredding • mechanized material separation • incineration without energy recovery • energy from waste ( including refuse derived fuel)• • composting • landfilling • transfer stations • export of waste • import of waste Stage 2A will conclude with a report which will identify potential areas for waste management facilities, and markets for materials. The report will also provide tenative recommendations about the ap- propriate components of a waste manage- ment system (from the options outlined in the list above) for Huron County. It is anticipated that Stage 2A will be completed by April 1990. As with Stage 1, public meetings will be scheduled to review the Preliminary Report. 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For example, when the government would discuss a new project, it would not ask, "Do we have the money?" but, "Do we have the materials and the workers to realize it?" If it is so, new money would be automatically issued to finance this new production. This new project would be paid for only once, and not three or four times because of the interest charges. Then Canadians could really live in ac- cordance with their real means, the physical means, the possibilities of pro- duction. In other words, all that is physically possible would be made finan- cially possible. Similarly, the Bank of Canada could lend provinces and municipalities the requisite money for projects that the population needs, pro- jects that are perfectly feasible, such as aqueducts, schools, et cetera. The government would stop piling up deficits, and the public debt would automatically stop growing. As for the existing debt, the accumulation of past deficits, the only bonds to be acknowledg- ed , would be those of the savers, of the individuals who do not have the right to create money. The government would simply have to cancel out the debt owed to the bankers. In conclusion, the federal government must not hesitate any longer; it must take the necessary steps to get the Bank of Canada to finance all new public pro- duction with new interest-free credits. In acting in this way, the Bank of Canada will really carry out the function for which it was created in 1935: "To regulate credit and money in the best in- terest of the nation's economic life". The Bank of Canada belongs to the Canadians; its stocks have been bought by the government with the taxes of the Canadians. This central bands must be put at the service of the Canadians; and must put, at the disposal of the nation, the financial credit needed to finance all new production corresponding to the legitimate needs of the population. It is the duty of the government to give these instructions to the governor of the Bank of Canada, and it is the duty of the governor to comply with these instructions. We submit these proposals to you with respect, hoping that the government and all the MPs will act as quickly as possi- ble, along the lines of the common good and justice. The Pilgrims of Saint Michael of the "Michael" and "Vers Demain" Journals Gilberte Cote -Mercier, directress general Gerard Mercier, assistant director general Dunnville Airforce to hold reunion For the past 43 years Canadian airforce personnel who were stationed at No. 6 S.F.T.S. during the war have gathered in Dunnville to celebrate their station reu- nion. 1989 marks their 44th get-together which takes place Sept. 15th, 16th and 17th. The weekend kicks off with a "mood adjustment hour" and reception on Fri- day evening. A golf tournament and visit to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Mt. Hope Saturday morning followed by a parade, Harvard aerial salute, memorial service and a banquet. The weekend winds down with a pancake breakfast Sunday morning. Robert Collins, author of many books, notably "The Long and the Short and the Tall" will be our guest of honour and will take the salute at the memorial service on Saturday afternoon beneath the Har- vard Memorial. This service is conducted in memory of the 47 Commonwealth, American and Canadian airmen who paid the supreme sacrifice while serving at Dunnville from 1940 to 1944. The parade will be led by the pipes and drums of Br. 142 Royal Canadian Legion and the memorial service will be preced- ed by a formation fly-past of Harvard Aircraft led by Norm. Beckham of the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association of Woodstock, Ont. A banquet will follow at the legion auditorium at which time Mr. Collins will be the speaker and will reminisce on his early days in the R.C.A.F. On Sunday morning there will be a "Flapper & Banger" breakfast at the Riverview Motel and the weekend comes to a close about noon. All veterans and all ranks of No. 6 and their spouses are invited. If not on the mailing fiat please contact: Frank Scholfield, Adjutant -General, 646 Alder St. West, Dunnville, Ontario, NIA 185, (416) 7744466. 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