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Oct, 6. 199 Sound industrial policies needed (Continued from page 6) it became one largely in spite of M1TI not because of it. MITI, in fact. has a horrible track meow. For instance, as strange as it may sound today, back in the 1950s MIT] lid not think the auto industry had rhuCh of a future in Japan, In fact. the govemment agency tried to reduce the tgtg of car companies in Japan to y one. I: Even more incredible is the fact that in 1953 MITI refused Sony per- mission to buy mansistor-manufactur- ici- rights from Western Electric. It seems MITI did not see a very bright fume in Japan for electronics either. The lesson for all this is very sim- ple. Even in Japan, a country renowned for its manufacturing phnvess, government agencies cannot pick winners and losers. The unpre- dictable nature of the market makes it a nearly impossible task. It's a job best left to the investors of the private sec- tor who use funds voluntarily risked. ' However, MITI did actively pro- mote the Japanese aircraft and steel industry both of which have been fail- ures. Its attempt to start a biotechnolo- gy industry flopped. Its effort to pro- mote alternative energy sources fiz- zled. So did its efforts to promote a soccialized super-computer and its version of high definition television. Of course, you don't have to go all lou've made a big difference in waste reduction by actively piuticipating in Ontario's highly successful composting program. About l million or nearly 25% of Ontario's households are turning fruit and vegetable scraps, lea bags, coffee grounds, lawn and garden cuttings, leaves and other compostable materials into a nutrient-rich soil conditioner. By composting. our household garbage going to landfill can be reduced by élmost one third. If you compost and use the Blue Box for recycling. you could be diverting as “if; ' . much as 3 EFF-1393' sr'. i _ . WASTE REDUCTlON WEEK. YOU DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Design Guidelines for Cornwall Road and Royal Windsor Drive between Chartwell Road and Winston Churchill Boulevard - September 1993. A public meeting on the above-noted subject will be held at the Council meeting on October 13, 1993, at 7:30 pm. in the Council Chambers. For information call: TOWN OF OAKVILLE 845-6601 Composting. The Sweet Smell at Success. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Planning Services Department 338-4189 item Garbage Bay the way to Japan for examples of gov- ernments making bad investment decisions. Canadian governments have had more than their share. Unibttunately, our politicians have yet to learn from experience. They keep setting up new agencies whose sole function is to provide loans and handouts to businesses. Every year billions of tax dollars are doled out in such schemes, money which is being diverted from taxpay- ers who could have invested it in viable industries to create real jobs and real economic growth. In short, industrial planning is a dead end street. It's time the politi- cians did a U-turn. Zubeda Poonja David Somerville, President of The National Citizens' Coalition 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD ' oAKMu,ti,_tthttlll?..lt..l ' idWll 2L1 PUD Here's a challenge for all of us: Let's see if we can eliminate all of our garbage going to disposal for just one d ty. Saving it up for the next day doesn't count. Okay. so maybe you can't - reduce your garbage to zero. But you can help protect the environment by practising the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Call 1-800-565-4923 to order a handy waste reduction tip sheet. Thanks for doing your pan lo achieve Ontario's waste reduction / . plan. Your efforts do I , make a difference. Recycle . . . every day THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Vâ€"wmuu? Jet/ll.'..-.'.-.-)!--.'.-;-,::,,:':',;,?.)')?.)?!), WQ)(CJJ‘Q§ FIG. I STUDY AREA iiilis'si5ji). //\ /gurpLgtll.ll1?., ilpvP_l/li0ltll,o-i"ij; - -v vvn f2'd - mum over-packaged items when shopping. . Buy larger sizes or in bulk. . Use re-usable shopping bags. . 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