Is the Ontario government trying to make peace with rural communities on the controversial issue of industrial wind turbines?
It's certainly a question being asked after the province recently announced plans to improve how large energy projects are sited in Ontario.
In a recent letter, the Ministry of Energy asked the Ontario Power Authority and the Independent Electricity System Operator to help develop a new regional energy planning process.
...Plympton-Wyoming Mayor Lonny Napper isn't sold on the proposed process.
Napper said he's still awaiting to hear the results from a federal study on the possible health effects of wind turbines.
Results from this multi-year study are expected in late 2014.
"My stance right from the start is it doesn't matter where they go as long as they can prove there aren't any health effects on people," Napper said.
Before the province moves ahead, that glaring question of safety needs to be answered, he noted.
"You can come up with different agencies and everything else to get approvals, but that still doesn't tell me that they're safe," he added.
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