Dear Editor;
South Bruce residents, and others, have you read the Hosting Agreement signed by the NWMO (Nuclear Waste Management Organization) and Municipality of South Bruce? Why not? Mayor Goetz has asked you to read it over. You have had over a month to read it and try to understand all that “legal” wording!
At the recent South Bruce Exploration Forum in Mildmay on May 15, when the panel was talking about the “hosting agreement,” all one heard was money, money, and more money. Money if we do this and money if we do that. Nothing was said that radioactive nuclear waste came along with the agreement. Nothing was mentioned about all the disruptions to the lives of people and to the Teeswater Community.
The DGR (deep geological repository) is part of what is now called “the project” which involves numerous items, which most people will not realize are going to happen.
Read the hosting agreement which is available on the Municipality of South Bruce website, or a copy is available at the municipal office, and read carefully just what is it saying. It seems that the NWMO is having great control over the municipality and the municipality will have a “gag” order in place.
There are studies to be completed and things can be altered as “the project” goes forward. In other words, you really don’t have the complete picture of what is going to occur and South Bruce residents have to vote a “yes” or “no” on the unknown. All future councils must abide by this hosting agreement” whether a future council or councillors like it or not.
Mayor Goetz has made a comment about not being swayed by what “others” say.
But is Mayor Goetz not swaying people by stating how wonderful the “economical development” would be with this “project”? He does not say that burying large amounts of radioactive nuclear waste is the purpose of “the project.”
And as for the referendum, if one does not vote, aren’t you actually saying “yes”? There must be 50% plus of South Bruce voters voting. Statistics show that a turn out of 50% or more for a vote is very rare. If those numbers don’t happen, South Bruce Council gets the say. It has become very obvious what South Bruce Council will say.
S.A. McDonald
Culross/Teeswater
