Parker Gallant: Ontario Power Conference Notes

Speaking Notes: Ontario Power Conference April 16, 2013 

NB: Highlights of Minister Chiarelli's Keynote Speech Follow below my presentation. 

Examining the Politices of Energy: An Exploration of Competing Visions of Ontario Energy Policy

1.  Parker Gallant: more background:

a) Self appointed guru – former Energy Minister
b) “Parker Gallant knows nothing” – tweet from one of the authors of the GEA
c) Threatened by a lawsuit from well known founder of several Environmental Not-for profits and charities supported by a myriad of Provincial entities.
d) Director of Wind Concerns Ontario fighting poorly sited industrial wind projects.

2.  I am personally against industrial wind turbines. Generating electricity from wind is old technology invented by John Blyth of Scotland in the late 1800s. It didn't work well then and it still doesn't!

I, and Wind Concerns Ontario, are on the side of rural communities who are suffering the consequences of the GEA which has taken away democratic rights in respect to the ability of rural municipalities to plan for their community-about 90 municipalities have passed “not a willing host bylaws” and notified the Premier of that.

I believe wind turbines do affect people's health, decrease property values, kill birds and bats and put certain species at risk.

I believe wind turbines will continue to drive up electricity prices causing job losses and

I believe they have done nothing to reduce emissions.

I find it strange that the people in the rural communities must use their own resources (money) to fight Renewable Energy Approvals issued by the Ministry of the Environment via an ERT while their tax dollars are used to fight them. Read more »
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