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Doug Ford & Basket Weaving

Letters to the Editor - February 26, 20260

Editor, Doug Ford mentioned that ‘basket weaving’ courses for university students is not what will be productive in the Ontario job market! I was appalled that he used an outdated prejudice term to refer to an unacceptable job. I’m appalled CBC Radio made no comment in quoting Ford. Has Doug Ford woven a basket himself? Baskets are essential for storage in...

Reader Opposes Dissolution of PSAC

Letters to the Editor - February 26, 20260

Editor, I was disappointed to learn that Meaford Council is considering a motion to dissolve the Pumped Storage Advisory Committee (PSAC) before it has had a real opportunity to do the work it was created to do. Regardless of where residents stand on TC Energy’s proposed pumped storage project, most would agree on one thing: decisions of this scale deserve transparency,...

Reader Shocked at Proposal to Disband Pumped Storage Advisory Committee

Letters to the Editor - February 26, 20260

Dear Editor, It was shocking to learn that Meaford Council was even considering disbanding the Pumped Storage Advisory Committee (PSAC) at its meeting on Monday. That committee became the only body attempting a modicum of the due diligence on TC Energy's $7 billion pumped storage project that Council totally failed to undertake before its 'willing-host' vote three years ago. That 5-2 vote...

Concern About Motion to Disband Pumped Storage Advisory Committee

Letters to the Editor - February 26, 20260

To the Editor, I am writing out of deep concern regarding Deputy Mayor Shirley Keaveney’s motion to disband the Pumped Storage Advisory Committee (PSAC). This decision would silence the only structured mechanism Meaford has to evaluate the TC Energy pumped storage proposal and to bring community concerns to Council — at the very moment those concerns matter most. The justification offered...

Reader Expresses Support For Pumped Storage

Letters to the Editor - February 26, 20260

Dear Editor, Who would try to sell a bunch of Honda Civics to do the work of a twenty-six-foot box truck? Well… Imagine that I open a furniture store. My customers can’t transport their purchases home themselves. They need me to deliver them. A tiny amount of research (I look at what’s delivering big stuff everywhere on the roads) tells me I’ll...

Conflicted About Pumped Storage

Letters to the Editor - February 19, 20260

Dear Editor, I will probably die not deciding on the PSP but at least my indecision will be because of facts, not innuendo. Again today I read about what MIGHT happen or WHAT IF this happens. Most are letters written by people who have not asked the people who know. Because the council neglected their duty years ago, I wrote the...

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Reader Questions Ultimate Cost of Pumped Storage Proposal

Letters to the Editor - February 19, 2026 0

Editor, In a recent letter printed on February 12, 2026, a very well respected project engineer and director of TC Energy's Pumped Storage Project submitted a standard corporate description of the need for energy storage and the "advantage" of a century old technology in solving this challenge. He and myself agree that pumped storage systems have, that is "have" been...

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Readers Oppose Minor Variance Application For Waterfront Development

Letters to the Editor - February 19, 2026 0

Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing our neighbourhood to share our concerns regarding Sky Dev’s Minor Variance Application, in which a Public Hearing is to be held at 3 p.m. on February 25, at Council Chambers 157859 7th Line, Meaford. For over 100 years, Knights’ owned a hardwood manufacturing facility next to our harbour. They sold the land understanding that the...

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TC Energy Says Pumped Storage Project Grounded in Need For Long-Term, Sustainable, and Dependable Energy Solutions

Letters to the Editor - February 12, 2026 0

Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important discussion about Ontario’s future energy system. TC Energy is proposing the Ontario Pumped Storage Project (Project) because Ontario is facing rapid growth in electricity demand and needs reliable, clean, and flexible solutions to meet long term needs. Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator projects electricity demand will increase 65 per...

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Reader Offers Thoughts on Council’s Ludington Visit

Letters to the Editor - February 12, 2026 0

Editor, It was informative to read in the Independent (Feb. 4) that Deputy Mayor Shirley Keaveney and Councillors Harley Greenfield and Tom Bell had such a good time on their TC-Energy-sponsored trip to Ludington, Michigan, to assess the effects of its 53-year-old pumped storage project on the local landscape. Unfortunately, in the report from Meaford’s CAO Sean Everett, who also tagged...

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Reader Calls For Seniors Helping Seniors Initiative

Letters to the Editor - February 12, 2026 0

Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of the Council on Aging Grey Bruce (COAGB) in response to the article, Grey County Receives Age-Friendly Community Recognition in the January 29, 2026 edition of The Meaford Independent. Councils on aging across Ontario promote age-friendly community principles through actions such as education, advocacy, inclusion, and engagement. They are represented provincially by the Ontario...

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Intimacy is Not Only Romantic; it is a Civic Duty

Letters to the Editor - February 5, 2026 0

Editor, Stephen Vance, The Meaford Independent, I came across a quote that transported me to the Meaford Pump Storage Proposal (PSP), rumored as a “Done Deal”, January 18-20, 2026 Toronto, Sheraton Hotel ROMA Conference (Rural Ontario Municipalities Association). I want to share a colleague's stirring thoughts: "It is becoming ever more clear that intimacy is not only romantic; it is civic....

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Reader’s Thoughts on Available Energy Systems

Letters to the Editor - January 29, 2026 0

Editor, After reading an article in the Globe and Mail I discovered again that ignorance of energy systems is a problem that can be easily addressed. Despite the interest shown by some stakeholders, it is concerning that our elected council and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) continue to invest in outdated, century-old technologies and pursue energy storage solutions that could be...

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Volunteers, The Heart of a Community

Letters to the Editor - January 22, 2026 0

Editor, I have always been grateful and amazed at the number of volunteers and the depth and breadth of their involvement in the Municipality of Meaford. Since moving here in 2011, I have been fortunate to be a volunteer with the Meaford Hospital Auxiliary, an organization that grew out of the Meaford Cottage Hospital Aid, initiated by 12 women in...

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Thoughts on Winter Road Maintenance

Letters to the Editor - January 22, 2026 0

Editor, I am writing to you with a different perspective on winter snow removal from our municipal roads. I am one who believes our winter crews do an excellent job. My numbers will not be completely accurate, but will put things in a layman's perspective. Our municipality of Meaford has about 450 kilometers of roads to plow. If we have 10 snowplow...

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