Federal Finance Department Full of Lead Anyone have a # 2 Pencil?

The downtown HQ of the Federal Finance Department is spending $3672.00 per week on bottled water. So far the bill comes to: $635,000. The problem: Lead in the water that was discovered in 2002. Yuppers that is what I said 2002. And the real sad thing is Public Works is the group responsible to stop this. When I tried to call and question someone I got sent to every French speaking, no-answer, answer person they have just to hear the answer is: Given the large size of the complex makes determining the cause of LEAD in the WATER a complex task. Then it gets even worse when Public works told me that this was all really discovered by accident. Seems that in May 2002 900 plus liters of anti freeze were found in the water supply. Some Dip Stick workers fixing the heating system could not tell the difference between what pipe was what and in went the killer Anti-Freeze. Note: The people making the repairs were licensed. So much for quality control in that area. If Canada had CNN rather than CBC ( Canadian BS Corp ) news people would have been all over this. Next day after the repairs have been made people see blue water in the bathrooms, blue water in the drinking fountains, hell they even the lastest in Fancy Coffee - Blue Moca Grande Killer Ice Cap's to go. A small town in Ontario had water supply problems a few years back. People died. All Hell broke loose. What about this situation? No worry just flush the lines, test the water and move on. Its Canada. Whoops new tests showed lead in the water as well. Valves are replaced the lead amounts drop a bit but not to Zero. Water is still not safe the cause unknown. Ok so what now? Did I mention the water tests cost $9,000? Yuppers. Why is it that the Government of Canada cannot conduct it's own in-house water testing? And one question leads to another...

Who owns the buildings with the lead problem? Rostrust Investments Inc. under a lease purchase agreement. Sounds like a bad lease purchase deal to me. So why not hire out the job to the largest law firm in Canada then Sue the Hell out of these people. Yes I know people in the U.S. sue all the time. Sort of gets your attention Eh?

And who is making a splash on bottled water sales? Aurora Beverage Corp, Barrie Ontario. Proving bottles of great water. Free to people in the building. Someone please let me know when they water company breaks a million in sales on this deal. All of this going on in twin 22 story towers not some small back office.

Lead with your coffee Sir? I bet Second Cup / Starbucks or whoever sells drinks there have taken steps to avoid getting sued. What a mess. Oh well. That's Canada!