-.-epuns- arast cos s o language in tht cut.u1u y {""" pre, of Qu An ng Students must see both sides Qu �er­ 60 fail the In your editorial from the Brockville Right to Life ty to per cent. ti OJ out January 20 entitled would demand? Brockville's PUC boasted "Class Alt en- conflict" you not only con­ It is for that very same recently about the excellent 1988 its soc lic tradict yourself but you reason that it is not right to year had been with urn totally miss the whole point present only one side of the six per cent electrical I per of my argument. On nuclear industry to our growth. As a teacher the one tior students that m hand you agree with the students. Frank Findley would tell my rate is tak ng school board's policy which from AECL was there not a six per cent growth rate the rd protects our only to promote nuclear a disgrace for at that students from pla another nu­ , I teachers' personal views power but to sell nuclear we would need that nee but at the power. That is his job "sell clear power plant. Does same time you tha· state that nuclear power." You state view fit in with the school students are lan;. policy? Instead I thoughtful etc. and need no in your editorial that stu­ board's Osaga, S< special protection dents can think for them­ would talk about for stu­ ried January 2/89) dents will discover the selves. This is partially true Iowa (Time, gas awf weakness in the arguments but at the same time our who cut its natural 45 cent corr themselves. students are constantly be­ consumption by per You can't have bi l it both ways. ing bombarded by our adult and reduced its annual Hy) n commercials. Teenagers growth in electricity de­ n uni The policy came about in especially girls are starting mand by more than half, to !l tyi: 1979 when a taxpayer to smoke at the age of 14 less than three per cent a Otl .g complained to the school and Elinor Wilson of the year. nOJ board about my strong an­ Council On Smoking and Policy or no policy, I will zer s ti-nuclear views. The pur­ Health blames it on adver­ continue stating my views bei pose of the policy, even tising. Advertisements and for I agree with Lester es1 though not clearly stated, is Frank Findley are identical Brown from the World ot for teachers to present both for they both try to sell a Watch Institute who stated ch sides of an issue. If one of product. In the same man­ "We have not inherited the s ho our local high schools held ner the Canadian Nuclear earth from our fathers, we L, ha an assembly and Dr. Association, with its $20 are borrowing it from our ten Morgentaler was the guest million P.R. campaign has children." Th speaker, what do you think increased nuclear populari- Bill Borger bei Propped up by propaganda ha ly. in our The Canadian Nuclear people of Augusta township dresses students job Association (CNA) is an of parochialism because of schools, the information OilJ definitely organization devoted to the their opposition to the given out is most jot because promotion of nuclear ENSCO incinerator. Fortu­ slanted and biased me nately for the students and energy in Canada and he is trying to sell nuclear tra for fair play, the classroom are abroad. To this end, the energy. Our students lar teacher had the foresight to when CNA, of which both Ontario being brainwashed cc Hydro and Atomic Energy invite an environmentalist they are being presented w to offer a different view of IT· of Canada Ltd. (AECL) are with a one-sided view. both PCBs and incinerators Times n members, is spending $20 The Recorder and so that the students could 20 ex­ v million in a massive editorial of January see both sides of the issues v publicity campaign design­ presses an extremely naive \\ ed to prop up this dying at hand. and simplistic view of polit­ ad­ \1\ nuclear industry by con­ ically-biased people The edi­ vincing people of its It is indeed unfortunate dressing students. sl. faith that students benefits. that some teachers at tor has wi· to deter­ BCIVS and TISS do not have the ability or mine both sides of an issue, tt Recently, two people from share the philosophy of but why then, do we need a c Onario Hydro spoke to a presenting both sides of policy to keep such teachers class of students at controversial issues. No one la as Jim Keegstra out of the in Ernestown High School. can honestly deny that nu­ classroom? th just west of Kingston. Dur­ clear energy is a controver­ The Recorder and Times C< ing part of their speech, sial issue. When a can not have it both ways! se they trivialized the dangers spokesperson from Atomic Peter Onstein K· of PCBs and accused the Energy of Canada Ltd. ad- p - ,,La .. ._c on a request by .Jean their property.- Borger wants ENSCO barred when he met with POWI rep­ DOUG McCANN By resentatives in Brockville last Staff Writer Tuesday. However, Patten disagreed MAITLAND - An American with that approach, saying it hazardous waste disposal would set a precedent for other company is blackmailing the citizens' groups with similar Ontario government and requests. holding Augusta Township ENSCO is using its Augusta hostage, says a citizens' coali­ land buy as leverage to secure tion opposed to a proposed in­ environment ministry cinerator here. guarantees so it can build a Environmental Systems permanent hazardous waste Company (ENSCO) of Arkan­ incinerator somewhere in the sas is attempting to use its province, probably at land purchase in Augusta Smithville, Borger said. township to win concessions "The cabinet has the power from the Ministry of Environ­ to stop this nonsense im­ me nt, Bill Borger, a mediately and now is the time spokesman for People Opposed to do it,'' he said. to the Waste Incinerator "How can an Amercian (POWI), said Monday. company come into this coun­ "ENSCO's toying with our try and dictate what it wants provincial government to our provincial government amounts to blackmail and while holding a municipality Augusta township is the hostage? Where is hostage. That is how we see democracy?" Borger asked. it," said Borger, who reiterated On Friday, Augusta council his call for a cabinet order reported that ENSCO seems to dissolving the sale and preven­ want MOE help in finding ting ENSCO from building an anothe r site, as well as incinerator anywhere in the Augusta cash, in return for province. dissolving its 50-acre land buy Richard Patten, minister of in Augusta's industrial park government services, conced­ last fall. ed cabinet has such power Exchange a I 2 I WlllH!il*1a -· -...--.1 ............ : � j ... • Bill Borger continues environmental cause of PANDA "it was hard slugg­ only to be hauled up short by By MIKE MORALIS ing," but there was over­ public opposition. StaffWriter whelming public support for Recently an agricultural POWI. herbicide used to kill weeds Some things never change. Since the municipal election, was banned, but Borger is ir­ . Long-time environmentalist "a whole lot of things are going ritated at waging the same Bill Borger is tireless in his ef­ on behind the scenes." battles over and over. tOtts to advance his cause, More public meetings are "Why do we have to fight ctirrently as co-chairman of scheduled to raise public the government over and over the public relations committee awareness, and "we want to to get these things off the of People Against Waste In­ know where everybody market?" cinerator (POWI). stands,'' said Borger. He said he is driven by two ' 'Jn that capacity Borger He wants to find out where principles, the belief that spoke to the Kiwanis Club Nitrochem and Du Pont "everyone has a right to a job, Tuesday and gave a speech Canada stand regarding the because a job means dignity," s.lmilar to one he made to the proposal, and at the same time and the conviction that group in 1978 as chairman of POWI is mounting campaigns "everyone is entitled to live in the anti-nuclear group People to influence "school boards, a clean and healthy environ­ Against Nuclear Development industry. agricultural groups ment." Anywhere (PANDA). and (municipal) councils.'' Since the 1962 publication POWI was formed earlier The 'group wants to be of Rachel Carson's landmark this year to oppose the a haz­ prepared for a long figbt book The Silent Spring en­ a'rdous waste incinerator pro­ although "this could be a short vironmental concerns have posed forAugusta township. battle" if the company that won increasing support, After deposing the entire wants to build the incinerator Borger said. municipal council, POWI's backs down. He ran through a list of "main priority is to get If the plant ever goes books which he recommended MIKE MORALIS/ THE RECORDER AND TIMES everyone on-side,'' said through, "we are going to be to members of the club, and Bill Borger gives Time a plug for its issue about en­ �orger, a high school teacher the toxic waste dumping held up a recent Time maga­ vironmental hazards in a talk to the Kiwanis Club. "I on sabbatical. ground in Ontario," he warn­ zine which stressed the need J thought I'd do that," he said. Things haven't changed to ed. for people to change their never �my great extent since 1978, Meanwhile, Ontario Hydro lifestyles.