Letters

Editor, Consistent with TC Energy’s public invitation to ask questions about the Pumped Storage Project (PSP), on February 7, as a Hydro-Electric Engineer, I emailed 5 such questions to them and copied this inquiry to all members of our Town Council. This is because Council has declared Meaford as a “Willing Host” for PSP, yet for any approval to be...

Dear Editor, Please allow me to thank the teachers who had their classes make valentines for the veterans today. They were uplifting for the vets, but more so the families who love them. The families know that the children know, that the old folks are not just statistics, but real, feeling people, who are still important. To the teachers, a heart-felt...

Editor, I am writing in response to the letter from Walter Kuitert who is “not pleased” with the cost of running the library. While I have no intention of trying to change his mind, I would like to offer a broader perspective to those who might have thought, upon reading his letter, that he has a point. If all the library...

Editor, I do not have expert knowledge on pumped storage efficiency. But 35+ years in IT has taught me how to find and research information using the latest tools. When Mr. Carr asserts that, "at best, pumped storage is 70% efficient", I was curious. I decided to learn about this. I’ve been using internet searches and an AI tool to collect...

Dear Editor, The current crisis in healthcare is the result of decades of Liberal, Conservative and NDP policy decisions or indecision. The current volume, complexity and pace of changes makes it difficult for people to follow what is happening. For many, until they personally have a negative experience, these changes are invisible. People are struggling to keep a job, find...

Dear Editor, I was walking down Sykes Street and noticed on the back of a sign, a protest poster with the words “From the river to the sea”. This is hate speech towards the Jewish people. It is well known as an expression of hate in Israel and Palestine. It is talking “extermination of the Jewish people from the river...

Dear Editor, It’s unlikely, but still possible, that there is a Professor of Cost Accounting somewhere in Ontario still worrying that I might come back to his class. Today? Hopefully, after decades and decades, today may be the day I finally make that poor Professor proud. The proposed 2024 Town of Meaford Budget lists a Net Expenditure (Revenues taken in, less the...

Dear Editor, I have to give kudos to TC Energy for their very effective, multi-million dollar proposed Ontario Pumped Storage (OPS) project public relations campaign. It looks like they have managed to influence politicians, much of the public and our own local town council through claims, a massive advertising campaign, lobbying and enticements. A corporate strategy of 'spend millions to...

Editor, Mr. Kuitert (Letter to the Editor, February 1, 2024) seems to be unaware of the many positive benefits to the community provided by the library. He needs to factor them in when doing his calculations. He could learn about these things if he went to the library web site or subscribed to their news letter. And, I wonder if 100 books/day...

Editor, So, the library costs us some $2,000 a day. Assuming that an average of one hundred books are taken out, that means then that every loan costs twenty dollars plus a few bucks for the wear and tear on the book itself. Then add to that the interest on seven million at say 5% would earn in the bank, we can...