Letters

To the Editor, As an engineer I have long been disturbed by the claims made by TC Energy in their Overview of the project on their corporate web site. Prominent bullet item benefits on the page include: - 1,000 MW clean energy - zero emissions - powers 1 million homes To begin with, MW is not a measure of energy. It is a measure of...

Editor, I would like to comment on the April 1, 2021 letter submitted by John Mikkelsen, Director, Power Business Development, TC Energy. His letter addressed the issue of 'Safety' of the proposed project. From my own experience in the mining industry, I can confirm that even the best engineered earth containment structures are subject to failure. There have been several recent...

Dear Editor, Dr. Jowett's thought-provokoing juxtaposition of these two areas of public concern begs the question: are we nervous of these issues because we lack enough facts or is it about contradictory conclusions drawn from the facts that we do have? Medicine and climate are areas of soft science where numbers can be used to suggest statistical correlations (e.g. CO2 and...

Editor, The shocking allegations brought forward by women in the Canadian Armed Forces have made it evident that there are still members – and more disturbing – also senior leaders who somehow think improperly exercising their position of authority over women is acceptable. It’s not. I’m writing this to express my disappointment and as a call to action to my former Canadian...

Editor, I would like to thank Louise Buccella for her letter, published in the March 25, 2021, edition of The Meaford Independent, in which she states her concerns regarding the safety of our proposed pumped hydro storage facility near Meaford. We understand that safety is important to the citizens of Meaford, particularly those who live near our proposed Pumped Storage Project....

To the Editor: I find your recent editorial relative to the 'actual' end cost ( to the ratepayer) of the new library to be somewhat misleading. You claim that ratepayers have the benefit of $1.3 million in development costs to be collected from new developments. This may be true eventually, but for now this $1.3 million had to be borrowed,...

Dear Editor, Confusion in people’s minds after seeing media reports on COVID or climate is understandable. We hear diverse things about a virus that is ‘novel’ and therefore not yet understood by our health practitioners, and we hear opposing opinions about climate and whether it could be controlled by humans. It appears that washing hands, physical distancing, wearing masks have all...

Editor, Wonderful news! Our community paramedics are being bolstered to help keep seniors safe and in their homes. In our eighties, my husband and I can attest to their effectiveness, kindness, responsiveness, and expertise. Case in point: February 18, paramedics came to our home to test me for COVID. (I had been instructed by my eye surgeon’s office I had to be...

Editor, A week ago I received a phone call to give me a date for my 'over 80 COVID vaccine date'. I arrived on time today Tuesday, March 16 at 1:45. There were many cars filling the parking lot and some 50 seats on the arena floor. Ten or twelve seats were unoccupied awaiting the next vaccine. I was promptly registered...

Editor, In reference to your recent article dated March 11, 2021, 'This Week’s Rants', I wanted to acknowledge your support for the neighbouring community that could someday be impacted by the TC Energy’s proposed PSP. We are not a forest below a 375 acre reservoir with a 20m wall dammed as illustrated on the TC Energy website, but approximately 300 permanent...