It says c) lease out lands to a firm that will plunk a chemical tank or two after the property had been cleaned up at taxpayer expense to remove oil tanks?

If the taxpayers paid for the cleanup and removal of the tanks shouldn’t the taxpayers have a say on what goes there?

Chuckles is alleged to have been a shill for a certain family that sucked the blood out of the city with sweetheart deals when one of their tribe was mayor and left the previous tank mess. He is misleading the public with his outrage and I would allege that the same family is somehow behind these tanks as well since progress with the conversion of their holdings in the area has stalled.
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Follow the money.

Jamie I don’t know if you have read or heard anything about oil pipes that are going to run underground and through the St. Lawrence River even going through the St. Lawrence River where the “beluga whales” live and that their lives would be at risk. These pipes have to do with the dirty sludge oil from Alberta and would be sent to somewhere on the east coast where the oil would be refined and shipped over to Europe. This is what ran in my head while listening to you and Chuck Charlebois talk about those tanks. It sure is… Read more »

This is an outrage and MUST stop!!!!!
Not these tanks…but Jamie….trying to “stir the pot”
First you point out that Cornwall Square might be falling apart
Now your making trouble for these poor downtroden tank builders
Have you NO shame Mr Gilcig?????lol
Panic Button Bob is trying to get things done under the radar and you have nothing better to do
but publish stories about these SECRET projects…shame shame shame…

Thanks Jamie for letting me know and at least you know what is going on. It was something that popped into mind when listening to you and Chuck Charlebois.

Conservatives struggle under the weight of blunder after blunder
Mr Beattie says MP Lauzon can’t do anything…I agree
He seems great at cutting ribbon but on an important issue like this waiting for MP Guy Lauzon
to fight against this project…without prior approval of the PMO…just isn’t going to happen.
If Guy pops his head out of his foxhole…it will be a cold day in hell
Like Mayor Rob Ford// the guys in this video say they are ok with more condos…
How about some decent affordable housing..or like Ford// its not ok to have poor folks on the waterfront in Toronto or Cornwall

What council wants to do is take the poor people and throw them away. Just take a good look and listen well when Gerry Samson was sticking up for the little people who own and rent condos and can’t keep up with the rent and taxes. Apartments in many countries that are built near the water have always been for the poor and down trotten of society. This is something that my husband can vouch for and many others who come from other countries. It is only lately that you see the rich moving along the water. I don’t know… Read more »

It has been learned that although the government can act unilaterally on it’s own lands unimpeded, it is very unusual for a project like this to proceed without a municipality’s input and unheard of that it would occur without any consultation or forewarning.

Elect Bob Kilger again in 2014 and continue to enjoy the new age style of transparency and clarity coupled with his brand of honesty and integrity that so many have come to love and respect.

as a citizen and homeowner in cornwall i am appalled by the incidences of appropriation of lands for federal use without proper consultation with those most effected by those changes. if secrecy is your goal you have done your job well, you deserve a big pat on the shoulder for your back stabbing and unethical approach at poisoning again the land, and waters we fought so hard to clear of waste from your era of criminal use. wasteful government, it is one thing to persistently tear up roads doing the same things over and over, expecting a different outcome, but… Read more »

The replacement crew for our current team of crooks and cronies is being groomed in the mold of the Latours and Leckys, and promoted at public expense… just grab a copy of “Cornwall Living Magazine”; it’s not much of a read, but it’s a classic example of advertorial and vanity press rolled into one — perfect for show and tell at your next journalism class, or for lining the budgie cage, or even wrapping fish. Moments like this (industrial storage tank scandal) are nevertheless interesting, when we see the self-interested, greed motivated clique in Cornwall having the rug pulled from… Read more »

ADMIN I would challenge that the root problem lies deeper than merely trained monkeys being groomed to keep Cornwall’s history repeating itself. People today from my observations rely far to heavily on what they read and fail to learn how to apply common sense to the world around them. In others words complacency in permitting others to do the thinking for them. To the degree that most, meaning the majority, will not even exercise their right to vote. Last election was decided, I believe, by a mere 38 % of eligible voters. I personally believe in the value of public… Read more »

It seems that “Trillium Distribution” of Courtright, Ontario, is the chemical producer and handler here. So don’t expect Guy Lauzon to help out, because that company is headquartered in Conservative territory; where Patricia Davidson MP is holding down the token woman portfolio, while Bev Shipley MP next door takes care of all the “corpstituents”, for both his and her ridings — Guy and Bev are old buddies from Ministry of Agriculture and Agriproducts so maybe watchout for SynAgri ramping up on the old canal as well (Oh, how PARIS Holdings and the new condo clients would cry). And do beware…… Read more »

Depending on the mode of transport for receiving and shipping of product…

The proposed chemical storage facility is surrounded by residential properties and the city could easily prohit heavy commercial vehicles from using the roads.

I would like to know, MP Guy Lauzon who represents S,D and G, was he getting his picture taken or at an event when the Federal Gov’t decided to build a road maintenance chemical storage transfer station on our waterfront? He is a Federal Member of Parliament and knew nothing about this? Politicians are elected to SERVE US and represent us. What happened here? And, as far as the Municipal Gov’t, I guess that’s why there’s been so much talk about “pigeons” and “geese”. Let’s distract the Citizens of Cornwall about the real issues going on in the city. I… Read more »

Civil disobedience anyone?

It looks like Simon is the only one with any valuable input in this discussion.

Other than the tanks are being built, does anyone actually have documented proof of what is happening?

If this is for road services and a granulated sodium based product why is it stored beneath grade. I do believe Bob had stated the containers will be virtually invisible.

If they are for road services you would think they place them on the north end near the major highway. Easier access for distribution unless it comes off the boats

The Trillium Group (aka Pollard Highway Products) also operates a marine cock on the St. Clair River connected by pipeline to the storage system. This network allows for the efficient shipment of products using marine vessels to terminals throughout the Great Lakes.

So it seems the crap will be delivered by ship, and offloaded next to the children’s ball diamonds and playground. But that won’t shouldn’t affect the mayor’s young’uns, not with the little family living in Ottawa.

They must have had a pretty well stocked Hospitality Suite at the Ontario Good Roads Convention, eh Bobby?

CITIZENS OF CORNWALL : Are we owed the truth ? I certainly believe so , but what is the truth ? A new Company has been formed Trillium Distribution Cornwall Inc and they have apparently signed a 10 year lease agreement with Transport Canada . Trillium. is currently building 2 big tanks on our water front , just who are they, well for now that information is conveniently kept confidential. I believe it’s called hush hush. Transport Canada claims that Trillium quite properly notified our City, yet our Mayor supposedly knew nothing about it and certainly some of Councillors say… Read more »

@Believe Me…”What’s holding them back?”

They lack a sense of accountability to this community could be one reason. Another is that they are still waiting for a memo on how to respond to this issue from Lord Bob or perhaps it is as simple as they are wondering what the big deal is ? Didn’t everyone get an envelope with a little something in it ?