Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 16, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cd Winnipeg free september 1981 13 for toxic chemical wastes Plant by Cecil Rosner an Edmonton company has bought space in Selkirk Industrial Park and is proposing to build a storage facility for toxic Selkirk mayor Bill Shead said yester Day the kinetic contaminants Canada asked town Council in a letter yesterday to support the location of a chemical storage Council responded by asking the company of further information on its Shead said the firm paid about 000 a couple of weeks ago for the old Jordan wine Plant and property in Selkirk Industrial he said the company is proposing a three phase operation which would see construction of a solvent reclamation an interim chemical storage facility and eventually a permanent storage site for toxic although the company has asked for town councils blessings in the Shead said there is Little the councillors could do legally to prevent any company from moving in and setting i believe what the company is doing is seeing what Public reaction there will be in the Shead the company would prefer to have the moral support and the Welcome mat out from the the real hurdle which kinetic will have to overcome is the need to meet environmental Protection requirements which May be Laid Down by the Federal and provincial Shead there has been Little Public reaction to the proposal because the Compa nys plans have Only come to Light in the last few Shead said the company first plans to store toxic such As in the Selkirk facility and then ship them to a Safe storage probably most pcs generated in Manitoba would be sent to Selkirk and kept until enough had been built up to Send them out in economical Likely to a facility in he the company president has agreed to come to Selkirk and discuss the proposal with a Council committee next Shead also said the Council has written to the Alberta municipality where kinetic now operates to find out More about the the mayor said he didst yet fully understand the company proposal to build a permanent storage area for the toxic he said he understood that permanent storage of wastes was an area which would be addressed by different Levels of and not the private in any Selkirk residents will soon have to make up their minds about a Plant which would bring employment to a town that was hit last year by a number of company shutdowns and whats the difference Between Auto rustproofing protect economic recovery efforts urged Ransom proposes Federal government adopt premiers suggestions the Cost and the that what some rust roofers and car dealers think their Job is Quick and its As americas oldest and largest rus Protection Ziebart knows How to deliver positive Protection against in the exclusive Ziebart process is so thorough and Complete that Ziebart now has nearly three and a half million satisfied so dont Gamble with partial Protection when you can get Ziebart positive theres a world of difference which is Why we dare 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Export of such As Coal and natural to help improve Cana Das balance of payments and strengthen the Canadian Dollar d measures to encourage invest ment and innovation As Well As re search and development d improvement of the Canadian transportation system to allow each province to take advantage of its own unique development opportunities d efforts to increase Canadian ownership without undermining Mea sures taken to inspire investor Confidence d provincial Federal agreement on solutions aimed at alleviating regional disparity d control of government deficits and a rejection of any attempt to shift expenditure obligations to the prov inces a commitment to upgrade and develop skills of the labor Ransom did not provide details As to How such a program should be but later said it would have to be worked out by representatives of the provinces and the Federal he also stressed the importance of meetings Between the two Levels of Ransom said meetings Are needed to resolve the crisis in Confidence which has beset the coun Battle looms Over aerospace Institute a Battle May be looming Between the Winnipeg and Montreal Cham Bers of Commerce Over the location of the proposed Canadian Institute of aerospace training and technology Jack president of the Winnipeg said Winnipeg is a natural location for the Institute which would train thousands of workers for the aerospace Federal employment minister Lloyd Axworthy has expressed support for a study recommending the Winnipeg but Hignell said certain Montreal spearheaded by the Mon Treal Board of Trade and la Chambre de Commerce do District de have expressed opposition to locating the Institute in they want it for in a letter to the two Montreal organizations Hignell said the location of the Institute in Winnipeg will not detract from Mon trials importance As an aerospace he said Manitoban still remember the loss of the air Canada maintenance base to Quebec in 1969 and dont want the situation repeat surely you do not wish to 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