Letters

Dear Editor, In February, the first organized, Fight Ford (Protest Doug), demonstrations were held across Ontario. The initial 15 rallies gained attention as word spread, and this momentum resulted in 38 protests on March 28. One was held in Meaford. People have many concerns about the actions of our Provincial government and a boiling over point has been reached, which...

Editor, This Initial Project Description (IPD) submitted by TC Energy is essentially a compilation of their research dating back to 2016. It is important for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) to recognize that after a decade—despite TC Energy’s assertion that their engineering team is highly skilled—the company has produced a document exceeding 200 pages that fails to provide...

Editor, I attended the meeting of Committee of Adjustment on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2026 and heard the comments given by all. I have observed the enormous pile (mountain) of excavated soil and the expanding water (lake) in the centre of this property. It appears that Sky Dev are trying to avoid the problems which have become evident that insufficient and/or...

To the Editor, As Meaford residents are asked to weigh in on TC Energy’s proposed Pumped Storage Project (PSP), one crucial question remains unanswered: What is the true cost of this project — and who is responsible for calculating the return on investment for taxpayers? TC Energy’s current estimate of $7+ billion is already outdated and under review, but even this...

Editor, Lots going on these days. Globally of course, and across Canada too with issues like job security, childcare, healthcare, affordable housing, gun ownership, government transparency, decentralizing energy, protecting a vulnerable environment. But right now here in Meaford, the special need that keeps me awake at night is Trans Canada Energy’s (TCE) open looped, Pumped Storage Project. It will change the...

Editor, Prediction: The next step our Deputy Mayor (DM) is going to take is a motion to remove the demand for Impact Assessment or Independent Studies from Meaford’s Willing Host resolution. Her action will free up TCE to do pretty much whatever it wants environmentally on the 4CDTC and in the Bay, from Meaford Council’s perspective. I like Meaford’s Deputy Mayor....

Dear Editor, I’d like to correct another error Save Georgian Bay repeats in your IAAC Review coverage (March 9) if I may. There are no Municipalities in Ontario that have voted to oppose the TCE pumped storage proposal in Meaford. Zero. Hasn’t happened. There’s no reason to believe any will either. Maybe Councils think they did. They didn’t. There may be Councils...

Editor, Your alertness in identifying the implications that follow from the recent ice jam on the Bighead River is commendable. As noted in the 3R Rant, a massive building and underground parking have been approved for construction on the floodplain directly behind the Meaford Library. The building is initially described as providing affordable apartment units and then changes to become...

Dear Editor, The news that Owen Sound had issued residents a boil-water advisory on March 14 because of turbidity in Georgian Bay should come as a wake-up call to Meaford, one of whose councillors lives in the affected area. Households using Owen Sound's water have been instructed to boil their water to remove the risk of contamination because the turbidity interfered...

Dear Editor, I saw from your IAAC coverage that Mr. Tom Buck of Save Georgian Bay has raised the cost of the Meaford Pumped Storage proposal again. I don’t think he gets to do that. It seems that every time a Director of Save Georgian Bay gets close to a microphone, the future cost of the proposal goes up by a billion...