Palge 4,. Wocnesdqy, Qçt9ber 3Oth, 197,1 WHiTITBY FF 3 E CANDI.DATE ON THE H OTSEAT How do you feel about pollution. Th i s week, 'Free Press' reporter Jim Quail has Ontario South can- didates brushing up on their prover- bial "p's and q's", when he exposes them to the topic of pollution with an on-t h e-spot probe. Following is a r e v i e w of how N. D. P. Bob W ing, Progressive Conservative Bill New- man andLiberal candidate Mike Free- m an f e el about one of today's most talked about subjects. Everybody cares about polution.... Don't they ? BOB WING, NEW DEMOCRAT .'lìiman concein over coporate concerns' Anewwave of public concern has rede the government realize some- thing must be done. At present there re laws against polluting, but en- forcement is a difficult task and the fines levied are low. In 1970 there were sixty-two com- panies fined for water pollution, but the average fine was only $363. 00. The average air pollution for the same year was $420. 00. Heard's Taxi 668-3732 Radio Equipped & Direct Une at Arnold's Market 115 Brock St. N. For Your Convmeience 150 FERRY ST. WHITBY POLLUTION HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN MENTIONED AS AN ELECTION ISSUE, BUT TO ANYBODY UNDER THIRTY, IT IS THE KEY AS TO WHETHER THE NEXT GENERATION WILL SURVIVE OR NOT. N. D.P. candidate for Ontario South, Bob Wing wants to know why these fines are so low. Wing feels both he and his party canmakenew pollution law changes, and he said, "We would begin to dev- e 1 op new poll1 ution controls and curbs. " W i n g advocated a n e w sy stem, whereby the polluter would be taken to court and fined heavily, immedi- ately. If the company felt they were unjustly dealt with, they could take the government to court and try to recover the fine. As for companies already pollut- ing Wing said, "When dealing with any company you have to take a firm stand." W i n g al so m e n tioned that some companies were not using pollution curbing devices already available, a n d, if in p o w er, his party would "Legislate heavily against any com- panies not using pollution devices". He added, "Small companies should be a s s isted by government aid, but only if necessary. Two areapollutionproblems Wing is concerned about are cadmium dep- osits aroundplaces that have a large amount of machinery and thermal pol- lution around the Pickering Nuclear Generating Plant. VVing also expressed a real con- cern about noise pollution in factor- i e s , and h e pointed out, "It seems to me t h a t something could be done in this area. " When asked about pollution, Bob Wing e x p r e ssed surprise and said that hehad done a lot of research on p o l lution problems in the area, but up t i Ili present, nobody h a d asked him about it. He stated, "I was beg- inning to wonder if anybody did care about pollution. " Wing explained that he and the N. D. P. p a r t y are very concerned "We are a party that believe in hum- an c o n c e r n s over corporate con- cerns", he said. BILL NEWMAN, PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE ,,.'Of course there are problems As for his action on the pollution front, candidate Bill Newman rep- lied, "Any pollution problem that has b e en brought to my attention in the last four years, we have acted upon". When asked if he and his Progressive Conservativepartyknew of polluting Newman said, "Of course there are problems. " Newman felt most of the area pollution was happening in Pick- er ing Township and he stated, "I don 1't min d fighting anybody when there's a pollution problem. " The P icker ing plant was also sta ted as a pollution problem by Newman, but he felt it was too early totry to reach any satisfactory sol- utions. As for manufacturing plants po 1 1lut i ng, Newman explained, "I donttbelieve in putting people out of workandclosing a plant, but in time the plant must correct the pollution problem. " continued next page