By ALDERMAN HARRY RANKIN _ The provincial government is consciously and deliberately delaying action to compel Discharge Rate Section 5a of Bill 63 (amendments to the Pollution Control Act) for example, does not contain any clauses industry to take effective requiring companies which measures to end the continuing pollute the air to end their and growing pollution of our pollution. All it requires is that environment. In fact, it is companies, which prior to sabotaging its own pollution January 1970 were “causing or contro] legislation. permitting the discharge or The obvious proof of thisisin emission into the air of any the fact that after almost four contaminant,’ shall by years of talk (the Pollution December 31, 1970 inform the Control Act was passed early government of the type of in 1967), the oil, mining, contaminant, the rate of lumber, pulp and paper, discharge and the ‘cation of chemical and other industries the plant, in writing. That’s are still polluting our air, land like demanding that a person and water, discharging harm- ful chemicals into lakes, rivers and the sea, killing off fish and birds and poisoning the air we breathe. : Safety Standards After four years of talk the provincial government has still not established safety stan- dards covering air, land and water pollution. The lack of action on air pollution by oil refineries, saw mills and other industries in the Lower Mainland is a good example.: Opposite Purpose Amendments passed at the spring session of the provincial legislature take control over air pollution out of the hands of the municipalities and place it in the hands of the provincial accused of burglary list the items he is alleged to have stolen! Furthermore, the legislation does not demand that every company polluting the air secure a permit. It states only that the company must apply for a permit if ordered to do so by the government. And such a permit would be meaningless unless it spelled out standards that must be met by the offending company if it is to continue operation. So far the government has not set up such standards. All of which leaves us just about where we were four years ago. The reason the government fails to act is not difficult to see. The same big corporations that are polluting ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE members pose for their picture during the Regional Convention. Group — 1-71 W. Hutchinson; 1-80-—G. Munroe; 1-85—W. Anderson; 1-118—T. Rose; 1-184—A. Friske; 1-217—H. Poirier; 1-324—Bill Benson; 1-357—P. Rebeyka; 1-363—R. Prentice; 1-367—L. Crouch; 1-405—C. Seed; 1-417—T. MacDonald; 1-423—J. Welder; 1-424— R. Bouvette. government. That would be our air, land and water are the good if its intent were to do corporations that put this something about it. Actually its government into office and purpose is the opposite — to that support it today. The protect the oil, lumber, pulp servant is not likely to rebel and paper industries and bulk loading facilities in our ports ~ from any restrictive measures municipal councils may wish to take. against his masters. What we require are: + Strict standards which will protect our land, water and air from pollution. Ontario Dept. of Health is issuing a comparative price index of prescription drugs which is designed to lower costs by 10 to 15 per cent. The list, under the catchy title of ‘‘Parcost,”’ includes 440 drugs but rejects 60 as substandard although the unlisted have been approved by the federal Food and Drug Directorate. “Parcost” listings give both the trade and the generic names, and the maximum costs of each. 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