In today’s edition of The Niagara Independent is an article by Catherine Swift, head of Working Canadians and former Chief Economist with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. She advises the Ford government…
May 4, 2020 Energy analyst and Ontario government historian Scott Luft has just published an important analysis of energy contracts post the Green Energy and Green Economy Act passed in 2009, and has…
April 19, 2020 People who enjoy watching shows like Law and Order or The Good Fight on TV would find real court hearings quite dull. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of…
Meanwhile, complaints from residents mount October 9, 2019 In a letter from Senior Environmental Officer Scott Gass in the Owen Sound District Office of the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP), Ministry staff…
More wind turbines going up in Chatham-Kent; millions more to be added to Ontario electricity bills October 7, 2019 Chatham-Kent residents living near Wheatley Ontario were surprised to see construction work last week,…
“We get it” ministers tell community leaders from Ontario rural communities June 2, 2019 Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Northern Development Greg Rickford attended an event at Queen’s Park sponsored by MPP Daryl…
April 4, 2019 In a recent meeting with senior officials in the Ontario Ministry of Health, members of Wind Concerns Ontario executive were told that “not that many people” are affected by wind…
Wind power lobby cajoles Ontario to ignore all the problems and take another chance on invasive, problem-ridden wind turbines. April 2, 2019 Canada’s lobbyist and trade association for the wind power development industry, the Canadian…
No cause for hilarity this April Fool’s Day. Noise complaints unanswered, wells contaminated, a huge job ahead to unwind the damage April 1, 2019 It’s now almost a decade since Ontario passed the…
March 19, 2019 Independent MPP for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Amanda Simard rose in the Legislature at Queen’s Park yesterday to ask the Ontario energy minister whether he could confirm that the “Eastern Fields” wind power…
March10, 2019 The Ontario government under Premier Doug Ford is beginning to “wear” the repercussions from decisions on development by the Environmental Review Tribunal, says a writer with Ontario Farmer. In his “Eastern…