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iso, Re et ee Pn ee ee The federal Minister of the Environment urged the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors at a meeting held recently in Nova Scotia that they should accelerate their coverage and analysis of environmental issues. Tom McMillan, during a speech at University of King's College in Halifax, informed the group that there is hardly a commun- ity in North America that is not affected by some en- vironmental question every week of the year. '*Having been Canada's Minister of the Environ- ment for almost a year now, and having been deeply involved this past year in a range of Canada- US environmental .issues, from acid rain to toxic chemicals in the Great Lakes, I am intrigued by how differently Canadian and American journalists tend to report the same bilateral environmental problems,'" he pointed out. McMillan felt that Can- adian journalists tend to devote more attention to such problems than Amer- ican journalists do, al- ' though that extra attention is usually focused not on the core of the environ- mental issue, but rather on the Canada-US relations dimensions of it. The Minister complain- ed that the media all too often simply explain the situation in terms of whether the Canadian or the American government has the greater concern or political will to act on the relevant problem. 'In my view, such score carding is far too super- ficial," he added. Later, McMillan noted that there has never been a greater need for a candid dialogue between conserv- ation-minded Canadians and Americans than there is right now. "*Certainly, we have many environmental issues in common," he pointed out. "Not only is it true that we can learn from one another's experience, it is also true that many of the problems that face us re- quire joint action between the two countries."' He us- ed acid rain and toxic chemicals as two examples of such problems. 'At the same time, it must be realized that, despite their similarities, Canada and the US are very different countries,"' McMillan said. *'And the differences are reflected in the ways the two countries approach even identical en- vironmental problems."' He told the audience that what is a regional problem for the States may well be a major national concern for Canada. '*The Great Lakes toxic chemcials question is a classic case in point," he added. "The genuine sense of alarm that Americans feel about the problems of Love Canal and other tox- ic waste disposal sites in the same area is even more emphatic in Canada, be- cause 50 per cent of our total population lives within the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin, whereas just 12 per cent of Amer- icans live there."' McMillan felt that many 1/2 Price Off Fishing rods & reels; all tackle; baseball cat- chers' gloves; all summer tops, jackets & shorts; leisure pants. Summer Clearance Sale at Sports Worl School Special 20% Off August 27 - 30 30% Off All baseball shoes, golf clubs, shoes, equipment. This hunting season we will be carrying ammunition. Americans, because of that country's geography, are more knowledgeable about the problems of Mexicans and even Central Ameri- cans than they are about those of Canadians. He also discussed the acid rain problem, and not- ed that "the arithmetic is devastating: if Canada were to eliminate every particle of sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from Canadian sources, it would be able to do nothing more than cut acid rain overall by half" due to the amount of pollutants cross- ing the US border. McMillan said acid rain is a major concern because '*much of our economy de- pends on industries that are especially vulnerable to acidic depositions...I have in mind, for example, for- estry, the sport fishery, outdoor tourism, maple sugaring, and certain types Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, August 20, 1986, page 11 Minister calls for more environmental stories of farming--all of them highly sensitive to the ef- fects of acid rain." The Minister said the best bilateral solution is agreement on specific en- vironmental objectives and timetables and on what needs to be accomplished by each country in order to achieve those objectives and timetables. 'We have learned to be realistic and flexible in our regulatory processes, each country taking the other's interest into account, (but) there is an enormous amount still undone--prin- cipally, of course, on the issues of acid rain and tox- ic loadings," he explained. 'In time, each of our countries will choose the methods that, based on its politics, economy, and underlying social philos- ophy, gets the job done,"' McMillan added. "T am heartened that the P.O. BOX 1283 TERRACE BAY, ONT. POT 2WO Canadian and the Ameri- can media are devoting more print space and air time to environmental iss- ues, including Canada*US transboundary environ- mental problems," he said. '*T hope that, as bilateral issues like acid rain and toxic chemicals come in- creasingly to the fore...re- porters (will) not ignore those factors in their re- porting and analysis." McMillan did have some kind words for the weekly newspaper industry in Can- ada. 'Indeed, I believe that weekly newspapers pro- vide a tremendously useful service, especially in small to medium-size communit- ies,' he said. '*You are able to bring to reportage of events a more complete perspective and often a more outspoken style, than is possible in daily newspapers," he told the Society of editors. 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