Letters

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...

Dear Editor, I was not surprised to read Dr. David Fraser’s letter of Oct. 26th, regarding TCE. TCE will put whatever spin they can come up with regarding the Pumped Storage Project. The fact remains that this is NOT a “green” project by any stretch. Aside from the fact that this is not a “producer” of electricity, but rather it...

Editor, “Safe, secure, affordable housing is vital to the continued health and well-being of the community.” (Report No. CA0 2023 -15 Municipality of Meaford). This Report was presented at the Sept. 25, 2023 Council Meeting held in Meaford. My question to the members of the Municipality of Meaford Council is this: How does safe, secure, affordable housing contribute to the health and...

Dear sir, I note that on Oct. 19, Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) imposed a fine of $3.72 million on TransCanada Energy Ltd (TCE) for "multiple breaches" of their rules including "providing misleading information". More information is available from the article "IESO Issues Sanctions to TransCanada Energy Ltd." on the IESO website at: https://ieso.ca/Sector-Participants/IESO-News/2023/10/IESO-Issues-Sanctions-to-TransCanada-Energy-Ltd Specifically, the IESO determined that TCE had...

Dear Editor, I would like to provide a response to Charles Killin’s letter to the editor on October 19, 2023, with the intent of clarifying the role of the Ontario Pumped Storage Project and why it will help Ontario transition to an emissions-free electricity system. Over the coming years, Ontario’s electricity demand is expected to increase. We also know that the...

Dear Editor, I saw the demonstration about trans kids in school. It reminded me of my aunt, who still had scars about glasses when she died at 82. The kids used to cruelly yell at her, “Boys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses.” It stuck. We need to call for protection for trans kids, but what about kids too...

Editor, Two thumbs down to an out of town florist who supposedly operates out of Owen Sound delivering in Meaford. One of our family members lost their mother recently and due to a delayed service decided to send some flowers to brighten her day. Now all this happened on a weekend when searching for a local florist to deliver some pretty...

Mr. Editor, A recent fire raised concerns about chemicals entering our water system and the Municipality took rapid and appropriate action. I understand that the investors planting the new and impressive apple orchards in our community have requested permission to place a pumping station on one of our shoreline parks to provide water for an irrigation system. The new orchards appear to...

Editor, I take issue with some of the wording in the recent letter submitted by John Mikkelsen of TC Energy (TC Energy Responds to Recent Letter to the Editor, October 14). In the letter, Mikkelsen says, “The Ontario Pumped Storage Project will contribute considerably to helping clean the province of greenhouse gas emissions as it will produce 1,000 megawatts of...

Dear Editor, A soliloquy, if I may, on the matter of short term accommodation in Meaford. Housing and in particular housing affordability has been a very hot topic in local discussion of recent weeks. Questions around how to house those that work in vital roles in our community that are falling further and further from the affordability threshold in Grey County...