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22 stduffville suntribune thursday march 30 2006 child pornography violent crime york chief from page 1 ed out and you wonder if we will ever be successful in stopping this type of offence child porn possession carries a maxi mum sentence offiveyears in prison but judges rarely hand down the maximum m the absence of heavyhanded provision of additional capacity for the duffin creek water pollution control plant mandatory minimum sentences the judiciary relies on precedent to set sen tencing standards and canadian court history is filled with light sentences for child pomographers notice of public information centre the regional municipalities of york and durham are undertaking a joint study to identify the preferred method of providing additional wastewater treatment capacity at the duffin creek water pollution control plant wpcp to service future growth in the urban areas of york and durham regions located in the city of pickering the duffin creek wpcp treats the wastewater flows collected by the york- durham sewage system ydss which provides sanitary sewer service to portions of york region newmarket richmond hill aurora markham vaughan and durham region ajax pickering population and employment growth forecasted for the existing and future service areas of the ydss will ultimately generate sanitary sewage flows beyond the existing capacity of the duffin creek wpcp the regions are seeking approval from the ministry of the environment to increase the average day capacity of the duffin creek wpcp from 420000 cubic metresday to 630000 cubic metresday this study is proceeding under schedule c as described in the municipal class environmental assessment june 2000 document the municipal class environmental assessment class ea is a five- phase process that includes an extensive evaluation of the impacts of proposed projects on the technical natural socialcultural and economic components of the environment we are currently finalizing the third phase of the study which involves an assessment of the alternative design concepts for expansion of the wpcp and selection of a preferred expansion concept numerous studies are being carried out as part of this phase to identify the potential impacts of the preferred expansion concept and measures for mitigating these impacts the studies are scheduled for completion over the spring of 2006 and include a receiving water impact assessment a natural features impact assessment and odour air emission and noise assessments the fourth phase of the study will involve the filing of an environmental study report esr for public review and comment the esr will include comprehensive details on the studies undertaken data collected issues raised by stakeholders and any other matters covered during the study the fifth phase will involve the implementation of the recommendations duffin creek wpcp location finch avenue members of the public are invited to attend an information centre on wednesday april 5 2006 between 630 pm and 900 pm at the ajax community centre hms ajax room 75 centennial road town of ajax a brief presentation will commence at 700pm attendees will have an opportunity to examine and provide comment on the preferred expansion strategy as well as the plans for mitigating impacts we encourage your involvement in this study please visit the project web site at wwwregiondurhamoncaduffincreek for further information on this study project studies are being posted on the project web site as they become available you may also contact either of the following mr rich tindall peng project manager regional municipality of durham works department j 605 rossland road east box 623 whitby on l1n6a3 phone 905 6687711 ext 3547 toll free 18003721102 fax 905 6682051 ms adrian coombs peng project manager regional municipality of york transportation and works department 17250 yonge street box 147 newmarket on l3y6z1 phone 905 8304444 ext 5098 toll free 1877g04york fax 9058364590 but police often charge it appears judges want to hand out as little jail time as possi ble a technician found 35 images of child pom on 18- yearold vaughan resident matthew hartsgroves com puter hard drive when he took it in for service in september 2004 police were called mr hartsgrove was arrested and subsequently convicted he was given a conditional discharge put on probation for a year and police were ordered to have his hard drive erased before giving it back to him things werent much tougher for markham resi dent randy weber three years ago the chil drens soccer coach and ibm employee was convicted of possessing and distributing child pom the maximum sentence for distribution is 10 years behind bars but mr weber didnt serve a day he received a 13month conditional sentence last july the federal gov ernment passed a bill designed to get tough on child pom the bill made changes to the criminal code which ensure all child pornography offences committed after november 2005 are subject to a mandatory minimum prison sentence that means no more conditional sen tences or house arrest but the minimums range from just 14 to 90 days in prison still not enough according to the newmarkets canadian centre for abuse awareness which has been lobbying the government for tougher child porn laws for more than a decade is this a nice small first step sure it is said retired toronto cop and current cen tre director of public safety john muise but 14 days is not exactly hard time we need to be talking about years not days child porn sentences should reflect the horrific nature of the crime mr muise said have you seen some of these images were talking sinister stuff here badder than bad he said these are not just the musings of a perverts imagi nation these are real images every pedophile who views these images is encouraging their trade and manufacture and the manufacture is about abuse the fact every child porn image contains the image of a victim must be considered in sentencing chief la barge said the image of that little girl or boy is an image of a victim he said whether they are from eastern europe or south america these victims must be protected some see this as harmless but it is a sexual assault this is a violent crime and we as a humane society must do something about it those involve must pay the conse quences and 18month con ditional sentences with three months house arrest is not enough in my mind light sentencing may frus trate the officers privately but publicly they press on once it hits the courts its out of our hands det thom son said all we can do is edu cate ourselves educate the crown attorneys prepare the case the best we can and make sure there isnt anything left open that may compro mise the investigation email infoduffincreekcom deliver i om5c -v- vo 4- if 11 y r for more information on reliable flyer distribution anywhere in the greater toronto region s- 9055131717 ext 262 y u c y ivfiv t cell 416 8292 m competitive design and pnntmgrates available if bonus 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