Letters

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...

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...

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...

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....