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The following drafted response to Ralph Goodale requires your input and/or response prior to posting it to his office on Sep. 1/99. August 30, 1999 Minister of Natural Resources Canada Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0E4 Attn.: Ralph Goodale Re: Your letter of August 26, 1999 In response to your extremely disappointing and irresponsible correspondence cited above, the following details of the inadequacies in your last letter are intended to initiate an immediate and responsible elimination of this known neurotoxic and carcinogenic source, or your resignation in the event that you prefer to continue wasting both our environment and our health for the benefit of the industries concerned. It may interest you to know that your comment: "that the federal departments of Environment Canada and Health Canada have initiated a Strategic Options Process (SOP), to address substances declared toxic." is a comment provided by your government more than 3 years ago with exactly nothing done to date to eliminate this known source of neurotoxins and carcinogens. Your comment: "I think it is important to keep in mind the positive steps and the achievements made to date in finding a solution. The stakeholders " has become the earmark in all too typical political oxymorons offered as an excuse for political inadequacies. First of all, if the production, sale and use of this known source (i.e., "pressure-treated" wood = PTW) of neurotoxins and carcinogens have not been stopped and eliminated, THERE ARE NO POSITIVE STEPS. Secondly, the assembling of all the "stakeholders concerned" does nothing less than invite the bandit, who has just pillaged our silos, to sit down to a meal with the other innocent members of our families. It is blatantly evident, both from recent history and that of the past 130 years, that monetary concerns rarely (if ever) coincide with ethical and/or moral issues concerning our health and environment (e.g., thalidomide, tobacco, etc.). As you and other ministers of your government continue to ignore the facts (provided by more than 100 independent researchers) which clearly condemn the manufacture, sale and use of PTW, I invite you to show the courage of your convictions as follows: Until both the manufacture/sale/use of PTW has been banned and a safe method of disposing of the vast stock piles of PTW which exist to date initiated, you and all of the members of your government, as well as the key executives of the PTW industry will drink one glass of water each day. This glass of water will be provided by gathering a glass of ordinary tap water, which has been poured on a piece of PTW and allowed to run over the surface of this PTW. As all of these "stakeholders" (as you identify them) see nothing wrong in selling these neurotoxins and carcinogens to the unsuspecting Canadian, they should show no objection to this demonstration of the courage of your convictions. If there are dissenting members of this stakeholders group, you have previously identified, to the above proposition, the immediate stoppage of PTW production should occur along with its immediate safe disposal. Yours truly, Brian Bradley -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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