Letters

Dear Editor, The Pumped Storage Proposal retrospectives left me wondering whether people would still oppose green energy projects if they understood where we stand on fighting Climate Change. Especially in Canada. Because I doubt they could. So, uh, I wrote another letter. The science of Climate Change is actually pretty simple. The math of Climate Change is too. What complicates doing what...

Editor, All is not well in the Municipality of Meaford. A recent decision by the Ontario Land Tribunal has changed a floodplain zone from Environmental Protection to Downtown Commercial. Obviously, protected land can be purchased at a reduced price by developers with handsome profits to be made by a zoning change. The subject property is located directly behind the new Meaford...

Editor, I have just spent a few days in Meaford Hospital. It is not a pleasant experience to be in hospital at any time but I have to say that our hospital has to be one of the best there is. Their facilities may be limited but the quality of staff is unbelievably high. The people there are very personable...

Editor, I am reading The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series of books and in the second book, Tears of the Giraffe, Mma Ramotswe (the primary detective) says some interesting things. She says, “People are forever digging up events that had taken place a long time ago. And what is the point in doing this if the effect was merely to...

Dear Editor, I enjoyed your historical perspective of the Pumped Storage proposal. You should be commended for your commitment to balance. Not abused. I usually wish you would call utter nonsense and garbage utter nonsense and garbage more plainly. And frequently. But I respect that you remain professional. In your place I sure couldn’t. Unwarranted accusations to the contrary, you...

Dear Editor, Much has been written lately regarding TC Energy in your newspaper. The interest in the Ontario Pumped Storage Project by your readers is an important part of the engagement process and we welcome opinions and questions about the project as we develop the next stages of its development. With respect to comments published on November 2, 2023, we have...

Dear Editor: As reported in The Meaford Independent last week (3Rs...Rants, Raves & Rumours, October 26 print edition), Ontario's regulator of the province's electricity market, the Independent Electricity Services Operator, sanctioned and fined TC Energy $3.72 million for playing fast and loose with the facts and ordered it to repay more than $9 million for claiming payments it was not...

Editor, We have been closely following the deliberations at Meaford Council meetings on Short-Term Accommodations (STAs). We would love to be able to live by the water in Meaford full time but the reality is we cannot. We have jobs that require us to live in Toronto. It’s important to us that our children get out of the city as...

Dear Editor, On Monday, October 23, I submitted a concern (not fire related) via the Meaford website. After five days, with nothing but an automated reply, no apparent action had been taken. I happened to be walking past the Fire Hall on Saturday and met with one of our first responders. He was busy conducting annual hose pressure checks but...

Editor, In February 2023, after an impassioned meeting, Meaford Council voted 5-2 in favour of a motion to declare the municipality's conditional support as a willing host for TC Energy's (TCE) 1,000 megawatt electricity pumped storage project. This, in spite of more than four years of growing opposition from thousands of local and area residents about the many negative environmental...