Letters

Editor, As time goes by the continued silence from TC Energy with respect to their proposed Pumped Storage project continues. Mr. Clark’s last letter to this newspaper and Sara Beasley’s recent communications provide no answer to serious questions: just false information with regards to Battery Storage. TCE cannot yet let us know the final plan for this boondoggle! It has...

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 I was appalled that he used an outdated prejudice term to refer to an unacceptable job.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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...