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8 economist suntribune the environment thursday oct 24 2002 family practice 2002 v wrens heaitiv jandaduit care fcf sensors eaiottisn wxx surgspandiiffmecco newborn care i 3ijoescent3dusnredk3ne- 0 hevention educatsx sports and travel cotnsmhnewb rareftr- sensors prevsntoc educafcon minor surgery sod love ossstingatycjf surgery lammimimiiipiiya fmwiftiif riyiii fimmmubmiv jbhuyji presents a whole new series 5 nutrition the big deal the links between food health understanding the science of food diets reviewed a strategy for success educational entertaining enlightening dr stephen mclaren chief of family practice community event series 2002 tuesday october 29th 2002 700 830 pm markham stouffville hospital auditorium admission and parking free courtesy of our sponsors h markham stouffville hospital merck frosst s sss markham br jarstmiffvilla ombr llpy hospital m he recycles but doesnt believe in climate change this is the first part of a series on how the kyoto protocol may change lives in york region by mike adler staff writer he brings apple cores home to compost and is offended when neighbours dont recycle newspa pers but jim conrad is a deter mined foe of the kyoto protocol the chemical engineer from richmond hill doesnt believe human activities can change the weather and thinks controlling our greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale is a mistake the idea that man is respon sible for the quebecontario ice storm of 1998 or the current drought in alberta is ludicrous to mr conrad experts say global warming caused by the greenhouse gases humans are rapidly adding to the atmosphere is disrupting weather patterns producing more droughts floods and dangerous storms but mr conrad insisted their predictions on extreme weather and global warming and the kyoto protocol itself are not based on science but on the phi losophy of humanism the mancentred view of the world prairie droughts are nothing new mr conrad told a panel on kyoto in richmond hill this jim conrad a determined foe of the kyoto protocol month were always going to have droughts hurricanes and tornadoes he insisted future changes to climate cant be proven scientifi cally so were into a philosophi cal discussion here before recalling his visit to kilarney provincial park near sudbury where during the last ice age there was a glacier a mile deep its a very simple question why did the glacier melt was it the action of man or the action of god at his first job in 1951 mr conrad was told there was only a 20year oil supply left but tech nology found more he said scoffing later at predictions air pollution will take an increasing ly costly toll on canadians health give me a break diabetes is an epidemic he said and flipped a packet of sugar on the table the biggest cause of emphysema is sugar mr conrad is certain the fed eral liberals will lose the next election if they force kyoto through but has ideas on how we individuals and munici palities can reduce green house gases locally his vision is the oak ridges moraine covered with wind turbines and ethanol- producing corn its kyoto that doesnt make sense but poten tial local improvements to the environment are many many he had listened when experts at the panel made a case that tree rings and ice cores from glaciers allow scientists to accurately chart weather for the last 1000 years and in the future he heard geographer dr danny harvey say the coming century will bring temperature changes comparable to the dif ference between the ice age and 1900theres no question the climate is warming and its largely due tohuman activities dr harvey said mr conrad took careful notes i came here intuitively opposed to kyoto and youve given me substance for opposing it he told the panel 625 700 525 600 800 875 900975 1000 1075 550 625 475 550 725 800 775 850 250 325 membership weekday senior weekday senior couple weekday couple students 18 under before december 31st 2002 after december 31st 2002 all rates are subject to 7 gst weekday memberships exclude holidays family memberships includes 2 adults 2 children under the age of 18 october special foxbredge golf club 228 brock street east uxbridge 9058527962 p j weekdays weekends 9 holes 1000 1500 18 holes 2000 2500 twilight rates after 200 9 hole rates mm si