The Toronto energy company that proposed to build an ill-fated wind farm on the Nor’Westers escarpment is proceeding with a $50-million lawsuit against the Ontario government, despite having dropped an appeal of a provincial decision against the project.
“Upon careful consideration, we have decided to not appear before (Ontario’s) Environmental Review Tribunal, and instead pursue a remedy at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice,” Horizon Wind spokeswoman Nhung Nguyen said Tuesday in an email.
Horizon withdrew its appeal to the tribunal on Jan. 25. The appeal had been launched last fall, after the Ministry of Environment said the proposed 16-turbine wind farm south of Thunder Bay couldn’t go ahead over lingering concerns over potential impacts on moose habitat.
In its lawsuit against the ministry, Horizon claims the province committed “negligent misrepresentations and misfeasance of public duty.”
None of the allegations in the suit’s 33-page statement of claim have been proven in court.
The lawsuit alleges that the ministry was “unlawfully influenced by the Ontario cabinet and the premier’s office” when it delayed the issuing of the project’s approval. …
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By any other name, it’s:
GAS PLANT SCANDAL 2, THE SEQUEL
Same old, same old:
-Wynne / McGuinty Government wait till the last minute to say no to a project that should never have gotten off the ground
-Liberal seat saver in provincial election
-Squeaky wheels in Liberal ridings get the grease
-Liberal incompetence from the get go
-The taxpayers will foot the bill for all these idiots and their idiotic ideas
“The appeal had been launched last fall, after the Ministry of Environment said the proposed 16-turbine wind farm south of Thunder Bay couldn’t go ahead over lingering concerns over potential impacts on moose habitat.”
The Ministry of the Environment ought to be concerned about a lot more than moose habitat.
The Ministry of Environment allows turbines to ruin the environment of peoples’ homes and they refuse to come to terms with this and make the necessary changes to protect people because they’re trying to ‘save the planet’.
TVO, Feb.10, 2016
‘How the Windstream Energy case affects Canada’s trade future’
About:
Windstream Energy, New York, and the 2010 contract offer for 100 offshore IWTs near Kingston.
Using New York incorporation instead of Ontario incorporation?
http://www.tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/how-the-windstream-energy-case-affects-canadas-trade-future
Global Affairs Canada, Jan. 6, 2016
Windstream Energy LLC v. Government of Canada
$475 million
For details scroll down to:
Archived-Notice of Arbitration-Original (PDF document-4.71 MB)-January 28, 2013
P,2, Windstream Ownership led by Ian Baines
Wolfe Island Shoals Project
Windstream Energy LLC
338 Harris Hill Road, Suite 102
Williamsville, New York, USA 14221
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/topics-domaines/disp-diff/windstream.aspx?lang=eng&pedisable=true
LoopNet, Photo
338 Harris Hill Road, Williamsville, N.Y.
http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/14406687/338-Harris-Hill-Road-Williamsville-NY
State of Delaware, Delaware Incorporation
More than 1 million business entities take advantage of Delaware’s complete package of incorporation services.
https:corp.delaware.gov
Try: https://corp.delaware.gov
Permanent Court of Arbitration
PCA Case Repository
Windstream Energy
Case number: 2013-22
Website has case information and documents.
http://www.pcacases.com/web/view/36
Mesa Power Group LLC – T.Boone Pickens
Case number: 2012-17
http://www.pcacases.com/web/view/51
Has the case information and documents.
Global Affairs Canada
Mesa Power Group LLC v. Government of Canada
Damages claimed: $657,683,000 CAD
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/topics-domaines/disp-diff/mesa.aspx?lang=eng
There is also an Ontario case pending with ~ $500 million damages claimed?
When will all this ever end? So sick and tired of it all. People from other parts of the world come in and wreck our quality of life. Enough already!