Opponents of a proposed turbine farm near Thunder Bay have a message for Premier Kathleen Wynne: the Nor’Westers are not a willing host.Read more »
Dozens of members of the Nor’Wester Escarpment Protection Committee were out in full force on Friday afternoon, picketing outside the Victoria Inn on Arthur Street, where provincial level politicians, including both opposition leaders, had gathered for Day 2 of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association’s annual general meeting.
Escarpment Protection Committee spokeswoman Irene Bond said Wynne promised upon taking office earlier this year that her government would not force green energy on communities that didn’t want them.
“We also want these Liberal ministers who have flown in here today, and will fly back to Toronto, to take the message with them that if they can cancel gas plants in Mississauga and Oakville because it’s the wrong location, they can certainly cancel a small project like the Horizon Wind (Inc.) park on the Nor’Westers, which is in the wrong location,” Bond said.
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