Letters

Dear Editor, I hope to share some great news with your readers. Many of them will hate it. On May 16, Phys.org covered a historic metadata study about carbon pricing. What we call “Carbon Taxes” in Canada. Proving how well making polluters pay reduces CO2 emissions everywhere they’ve been implemented. Carbon pollution makes Climate Change happen. Climate Change kills people. Innocent victims...

To the Editor, Advertising seems to be getting even more dismissive of people's intelligence than ever. A few examples would include the following : (I don’t mean such items as pickup trucks, where Ford, Chevy and Dodge Ram are all “the best” because truck buyers tend to be loyal to their own preference, and for them, their choice is always the best...the...

Dear Editor, My first task is to thank the citizens, my nominators, and Municipality of Meaford for choosing me as the 2024 Recipient of the Community Builder Award. I am truly grateful and awed that I can be recognized for doing things I love. I really wanted to be clever and draw an analogy to building but I keep slipping...

Dear Editor, In response to Bruce Mason’s April 25th letter, it is quite astounding how little homework he does before writing letters to the editor. He seems to believe that everything TC Energy (TCE) says is the gospel truth and everything anyone else says is false, including the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), who has more knowledge about these matters...

Editor, Each morning, my wife and I drive our children to GBCS from west of Meaford. We then get our coffees from the friendly folks at Tim Hortons and drive home. Almost every morning as we leave town, we pass by a road warrior. This road warrior marches on Hwy 12 as you exit Meaford. Rain, sleet, snow or sunshine, this...

Reading the May 2nd issue of the Meaford Independent (my birthday btw) a couple of articles caught my attention: Squirrel Proof - those dastardly Sciuridae and their bird feeder robbing habits, but the story left me hanging: What was his answer? Agree with the editor in this week's Rants (The 3Rs...Rants, Raves & Rumours, May 2 print edition): Food Trucks. How...

Dear Editor, An April 25 letter questions why several Georgian Bay area municipal councils have claimed that TC Energy's proposal for pumped storage would be a "bad financial deal" for Ontario and that "no one in the entire world knows the financial details yet." In fact, it is well known that Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator has twice evaluated the proposal...

Editor. I have read with increasing concern about some letters to TMI re the TCE project. At times the tone has been harsh and even insulting, and I believe that Meaford has no room for this. The overall debate is over the facts (benefits and perils of the project), and it has become clear that the only fact is that...

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to two letters from April 25. To begin, I will address Nick Furguel’s questions, the first one asking who is paying for this Project. TC Energy and Saugeen Ojibway would share responsibility to build the Project and put it into operation. Once operating, the Project is expected to receive payments via a cost-of-service structure...

Dear Editor, This is regarding the April 18th letter Enbridge responds. I disagree with the interpretation of Leanne McNaughton, Supervisor with Enbridge Gas in her recent letter. The Ontario Energy Board made the statements that Melissa Tervit summarized in her April 5, 2024 letter titled “Thoughts about Bill 165”. In the Ontario Energy Board eb-2022-0200 Decision and Order dated December 21,...