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6 stoujjville suntribune saturday march 3 2007 stouffvule suntnbune 6290 main st stouffvilie on l4a7z5 wwwyorkregioncom publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director interactive media technology john futhey director advertising distribution barry black director circulation systems lynn pashko york region printing general manager bob dean letters to the editor why support churches re feb 22 edition of the suntribune well this story was a joy to read nary a ripple about the lack of fluoride in our water says columnist jim thomas has mr thomas listened to any of our dentists if he had im sure he would have heard something other than the ill- informed and superstitious views he heard 50some years ago rat poison in our water maybe they were demons the editorial reminds us to be thankful of the churches in our town be thankful i suppose for those who vote reform or conservative resenting taxation and a sec ular sharing of resources grateful i guess for perpetuating and institutionalizing poverty so we can earn gods grace by serving the poor he has cre ated and whose pain he has clearly decid ed not to alleviate and as we proceed through the paper mayor wayne emmerson has run out of previous administrations to blame for the terrible planning in this town letter writer dale carter brightly points out what is happening with respect to development in stouffvilie now is the direct result of mr emmersons 1990s councils greed myopia and intellectual deficiency and gosh says mr emmerson its darn frustrating to deal with the results of bad planning i can only reiterate underlining its charitability mr carters statement that to say that mr emmerson is illequipped to deal with the challenges facing whitchurchstouffville over the next four years would be a charitable understate ment mattdouris stouffvule too much fluoride wrong too re should fluoride be added to our water feb 8 fluoride is there a story here new recommendations from the center for disease control and prevention and the american dental association say parents need to be aware of how much flu oride babies and young children are exposed to one of the more effective ways to reduce the already low fluoride levels the youngest children are getting is looking at the reconstitution of powdered or concen trated liquid formulas experts say readytouse infant formula has low levels of fluoride because companies gen erally make it with demineralized water and it is recommended by the ada tonysousa stouffville nomweni tru a v yy 1 i y wmmm ntttfv leaders not people in dark on environment as icross the country i keep coming up against two myths these myths arent perpetuated by ordinary canadians but by pundits and politicians its when i talk to real canadians i realize how out-of- touch these commentators really are myth no 1 canadians arent willing to accept the changes neces sary to truly address global warm ing or as i heard someone describe it recendy global weirding since it doesnt just cause warming but a host of other bizarre climactic changes in fact wherever i go i meet people who are already making changes or are eager to do so if they knew where to start so canadians are willing theyre just looking for real leader ship to ensure everyone does their part fairly so it isnt just dumped on the average citizen that seems to be the biggest obstacle for the public people rightly want any response to global warming to be fair i think that was why the federal governments one tonne challenge never really worked out why people likely asked them- selves should i go to the bother of figuring out how to reduce my greenhouse gases by a tonne what ever that is when industry and gov ernment themselves dont seem to have a plan on how to reduce their emissions at all good question its the federal governments job to make sure any national global warming plan is fair and equitable with no sector undu ly taking on an unfair burden but that said sources of green house gases are widely known and readily measurable so this is rela tively easy to quantify the key is to start making the reductions now as former chief economist with the world bank sir nicholas stern recently said at a news conference with me doing so is actually a sound economic investment in die future the costs of moving to a low- david suzuki carbon economy are very low com pared to dealing with a world of unchecked global warming this leads me to myth no 2 the notion its impossible to meet kyoto im not sure how this one start ed likely through an industrial lobby group but media pundits love it and repeat it unquestioning- ly the truth is meeting kyoto now even after years of stalling is still readily achievable for canada to start we can go a long way to meeting our targets through reduc tions within our own country most of which will pay for themselves through increased efficiency over a few years anyway as for the remainder we can purchase international carbon credits through the kyoto protocols clean development mechanism cdm this was set up precisely to help countries like canada achieve our targets in a meaningful way funds from the purchase of these credits goes toward projects in developing countries that will result in a net decrease in green house gas emissions global warming is a problem without borders so if canada helps reduce heattrapping emissions in another part of the world the effect is the same a global carbon market is an effective economic tool to help solve a global problem canada should embrace this market a wellregulated market can be an extremely effective way to help developing countries leapfrog technologically and go from highcarbon to lowcarbon sources of energy if canada truly embraces a low- carbon future and becomes a leader in renewable energy and energyefficiency technologies international carbon credits can also help canadas economy developing countries have to buy their lowcarbon technologies from somewhere if our leaders play their cards right that somewhere could be from canadian businesses we must not forget canada made an international promise when we signed and ratified kyoto were bound by that commit ment and we cant just turn our backs on it because its no longer convenient judging from my own experiences id say canadians have figured this out its our leaders who are still in denial take the suzuki challenge at wwwdavid suzukiorg letters policy the suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the suntribuncrescrves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space letters to the editor the suntribune stouffvilie on l4a7z5 jmasonyrngcom editorial editor jim mason jmasonyrmgcom interactive media marketing advertising manager dawna andrews dandrewi9yrmgcom advertising retail manager stacey allen sallenyrmgcom classified manager ann campbell acampbellyrmgcom assistant 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