Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg fwe6 May City to sit tight on toxic waste Winnipeg should continue stockpiling certain toxic wastes which defy incineration until Federal and provincial officials determine How to safely destroy civic environment committee decided councillors agreed to wait after receiving assurances that the cites air is relatively free of the known As pcs poly chlorinated in a report to the chief environmental sanitation inspector Atamanchuk said pcs Are not burned on a Large scale in although the exact amount is not known and control of what is incinerated is he said concern about Lack of adequate facilities in Canada to dispose of pcs has led Sakatch Ontario and the Northwest territories to commission a joint study on the extent of their use and current disposal the study should be available by late when Federal and provincial environment ministers Are to Rule on the need for specially designed disposal plants in lie Ontario has banned pc incineration and the City of Windsor has expressed official concern Over their High temperature burning in Concrete citing pos sible accidental emissions of toxic the Windsor City Council has called for establishment of specially designed disposal plants in sparsely populated widely used As Hydro transformer pcs infect the food Chain because they do not break Mercier prepared to consider conflict legislation b David Lee attorney general Gerry Mercier said monday he is prepared to seriously consider conflict interest Legisla Tion governing municipal councillors and school trustees if there is a demand for speaking during Legisla Tive Mer Cier said he is personally opposed to such legislation As it is not a magic cure for the kind of conflicts it is supposed to i do approach this subject with some said Mer in response to questions from Brian Corrin i dont believe its a matter that can really be who with Corrin served As a Winnipeg City councillor before last Falls provincial said he was confident that conflict of interest situations Are Al ready prevented by the morality and ethics of elected despite his the attorney general said he was quite interested in studying legislation enacted in other provinces and Juris if there is a demand for then certainly Well be taking a look at he said later in an interview outside the Mercier noted that the former nip govern ment had introduced con Alicto interest legislation several years ago in the provincial then Al Lowed it to die a natural the attorney generals comments came during a three hour debate on the pro posed million spending estimates of the department of Urban for which he is also in other matters raised during the Mercier left Little doubt that he does not support a recommendation made in the final report of the provincial task Force on government organization and Economy concerning a two year freeze on Provin Cial Grants to Urban and Rural water Supply pondered water conservation pro Grams and a revised rate Structure were considered monday by Winnipeg works and operations com Mittee As methods of defer ring into the mid1990s the cites need for an additional priced at More than with per capita demand growing by a gallon a waste and disposal spokesman Klas sen said the City will have to have a second Aqueduct in operation by around committee chairman Gary Filmon inde pendent citizens election Heights said with Popula Tion growth As slow As it the City could probably defer its need for a second Aque duct by curtailing division director Alexander Penman said the City Over the last 11 delayed its need for an additional water Supply for As Long As it can with the construction of the Deacon Reservoir and additional Stor age while a Public education program is admirable and there int any doubt that something should be done with Penman said it could Only delay the need for an Aqueduct by or at two unless Council reneges on its prom ise to provide for demand at All Cosens warns on u funding by Debbie Lyon declining enrolments and other social priorities May Well reduce the percentage of the Gross National product devoted to University Educa Tion in the education minister Keith Cosens has in a speech prepared for the opening monday of a 1 Day conference on future directions for Cosens indicated higher Edu cation May not be Given the priority ranking it has enjoyed in the past he specifically suggested the needs of the growing elderly population will loom Large in the priorities of the in remarks he acknowledged would incense some of those Cosens raised questions about some Touchy University issues including class Sixes professors teaching Sabbati Cal leaves and outside consulting about 70 people univer education and business representatives attended the evening session of the University of Manitoba sponsored Confer ence called whither the University unable to attend because his departments estimates were being debated in committee of designated his Deputy to read his Cosens noted that for More than a More open and available pos second Ary education has been one of the top he believes wishes this to continue although declining enrolments and other Priori ties have entered the declining enrolments could be he by future acute shortages in the labor these will confront the Young with the hard Choice Between higher education and immediate High he i think our society wishes to keep pos secondary Edu cation High on its list of priorities but As numbers de i suspect it will feel it wishes and indeed it May have no Choice but trans Fer some percentage of its resources now devoted to higher education to other pressing get Back to your senses Daybreak on a still Mist the loons lonely the utter Vistani to the sizzle of your own fish smell the Sweet scent of fresh baked Blueberry of Hearty meals Sizzie your owners barbecued smorgasbord go play a Little Shuff Lebo Arci or curl up snug by a roaring fire or Dine and dance until Ontario Sunset country awaits 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