Letters

Editor, As the the Business Manager of LiUNA, Ontario Provincial District Council (“LiUNA”), I am writing on behalf of LiUNA’s 120,000 hard-working Ontario members – several thousand of whom live and work in Grey, Bruce and Simcoe Counties - to reiterate our support for TC Energy’s proposed Ontario Pumped Storage Project at the Canadian Force’s 4th Division Training Centre north...

Dear Editor, It defies belief. Tom Buck and the Save Georgian Bay Team have uncovered yet another thing that routinely happens every day in thousands of places around the world – but cannot be done in Meaford, Ontario. Impossible – ONLY in Meaford? How can this be? Although Mr. Buck appears to be trapped in 2019, or ignores for his own...

Dear Sir, Last Saturday I went for a walk about town, picking up a few vitamins at the IDA on my way. My credit card was in my pocket. I happily strolled down Sykes and took pics all along the way of the darling scarecrows and walked along the lovely Georgian Trail wending my way home toward the east side...

Editor, It was pointed out that 300 scarecrows end up in landfill when the invasion is over. I have an alternative suggestion. Why not send them out in a blaze of glory. Pile them up somewhere and have a community bonfire complete with hot dogs and pop, maybe throw in a few fireworks for good luck. From what I have read, the...

Editor, Thank you for your fantastic edition that profiles the candidates for municipality of Meaford. We certainly have a diverse and knowledgeable list of interested citizens. You have done a great job of letting us get to know and understand their views. I have read all of them and it is going to be hard to decide who will do the...

Editor, I'd like to respond to Tom Buck’s letter, which appeared in the Thursday, September 29 edition of the Meaford Independent. I too have enjoyed my conversations with Tom, and I have the utmost respect for the honest plain-speaking people of Michigan. Ironically my passion for this project materialized in Michigan. While visiting the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant – this facility stores...

Dear Editor, This election has been an eye-opener for me. I discovered that the Department of National Defence (DND) does not pay taxes but makes “payments in lieu of taxes.” Although the Meaford tank range falls under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Meaford, they are privileged when paying property taxes. In an article published July 2, 2021, in the Meaford...

Editor, Regarding the letter by Mike Robertson  Sept 29, 2022. Certainly, loved your hate towards fellow Canadians. As for the Democrats, I certainly wouldn't want to live in any of their cities under their control. You know the ones with 400 plus murders a year, soft on crime, homeless on the streets, underfunded police forces. The ability to walk in a shop,...

Editor, In July of 2019, John Mikkelsen and Sara Beasley, TCE project team members, provided our private road association executive board with an overview of a project which was proposed to be constructed approximately 3 kilometers and a few hundred meters above where we were sitting. As we heard the project described by John. A 400 acre reservoir, on top...

To the Editor, The CPC has a new 'big tent'. It is important to understand that inside this tent, they will accept ANYONE, with the only requirement being another vote to unseat the Liberals and Justin Trudeau. So, in this big tent, are “convoy” intimidation thugs, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, border blocking criminals, fiscal incompetents (Poilievre himself), conspiracy theorists and alternate-truth people (like...