Category Archives: Ontario Election

If Ontario goes to the polls this spring, these are the ridings to keep an eye on

Posted on 05/03/2013 by

Global Toronto News [Excerpt] Progressive Conservative Randy Pettapiece won Perth-Wellington by the slimmest of margins – 1.4 per cent, or 210 votes. The riding, which borders the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound area, could be affected by the wind turbine issue that led … Continue reading →

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Gas plant cancellations cost $585 million: Ontario Power Authority

Posted on 05/01/2013 by

Toronto Sun TORONTO - Ontarians will pay at least $585 million to not build gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga. Premier Kathleen Wynne wouldn’t apologize for the debacle Tuesday, but said she is frustrated with the process that led to the siting … Continue reading →

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Liberal Gas Plants growing out of control…

Posted on 05/01/2013 by

MacKay Editorial Cartoons

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Looking for help from NDP to defeat Liberals at Queen’s Park

Posted on 04/23/2013 by

By Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer News that Ontario’s budget will be released May 2 won’t derail Tory plans to introduce a non-confidence motion over the Liberal government’s handling of cancelled gas power plants in Mississauga and Oakville. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob … Continue reading →

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‘They have not been honest’: Ontario PCs to call for non-confidence vote before Wynne can present budget

Posted on 04/22/2013 by

National Post Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives plan to move a motion of non-confidence in Premier Kathleen Wynne’s minority Liberal government even before it presents the provincial budget, The Canadian Press has learned. The basis for the motion, officially called a want … Continue reading →

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Liberals, NDP ignore wind turbine concerns

Posted on 04/20/2013 by

Petrolia Topic A local contingent of municipal leaders and residents of Sarnia-Lambton watched at Queen’s Park in Toronto on April 18 as Liberal and NDP members of the Ontario legislature voted to continue the march of industrial wind turbines across … Continue reading →

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Cancelled Mississauga power plant cost $275 million: Ontario auditor general

Posted on 04/18/2013 by

Rob Ferguson and John Spears. Toronto Star Ontarians are paying twice for a single power plant, Auditor General Jim McCarter says in a scathing report that found it cost $275 million to scrap a generating station in Mississauga and move … Continue reading →

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Slash wind turbine subsidies, Hudak says

Posted on 04/17/2013 by

By Jeff Bolichowski, The Standard Blowing away subsidies for wind farms could help rein in skyrocketing energy costs, says Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak. In a visit to a Smithville plant Wednesday, Hudak said his Progressive Conservatives are bringing legislation … Continue reading →

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An ill wind that blows no good

Posted on 04/06/2013 by

Wingham Advance-Times editorial The debate over the wind turbine issue in Ontario continues. If anything, it has become more intense as time goes on. When municipalities found themselves out of the decision making process on wind turbine development, their first … Continue reading →

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Dear Kathleen, welcome home to Wind Turbine Watford

Posted on 04/04/2013 by

Dear Kathleen, It just hit me- tonight is the final public meeting for the Suncor Cedar Point Wind Project in Watford. You know where Watford is – it’s where your rural roots are (right?). You always say it’s where your … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Ontario Election, Ontario government, Wind Industry | 9 Comments

New PC Wind Turbine Petition – Please print & gather signatures!

Posted on 03/30/2013 by

PETITION (Please print and get signatures!) To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Whereas, residents and municipalities across Ontario want the ability to veto and/or plan for industrial wind turbines in their community; And Whereas, ratepayers in Ontario want all forms … Continue reading →

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CTV News: Wind activists make noise at Wynne event

Posted on 03/26/2013 by

CTV News

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Wynne needs some help with wind turbine questions

Posted on 03/16/2013 by

From way back in January, before Kathleen Wynne was premier – here’s a video of here speaking to opponents of wind turbines in Cobourg. Start listening in at 1:15 minutes in. She asks, “Are there health issues? Are the proponents … Continue reading →

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Wind blowing from Wynne

Posted on 03/16/2013 by

Tom Mills, Sault Star I can’t imagine opponents of the Bow Lake Wind Project will take much comfort from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s response to their concerns, beyond the fact that she took the time to write at all. Save … Continue reading →

Posted in Green Energy Act, Ontario Election, Ontario government | 27 Comments

MPP resumes call for moratorium on wind energy development

Posted on 02/27/2013 by

Bullet News QUEEN’S PARK – Four private members’ motions to put a halt on wind energy development across the province were tabled in the Ontario Legislature by Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson recently. The move re-introduces motions that were wiped off … Continue reading →

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Why aren’t heads rolling at Ontario Power Authority?

Posted on 02/23/2013 by

Adam Radwanski, The Globe and Mail Watching the chair and the CEO of the Ontario Power Authority squirm in the Queen’s Park media studio on Thursday afternoon, it was hard not to feel a little sorry for them. Jim Hinds … Continue reading →

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Where are the ‘willing hosts’?

Posted on 02/21/2013 by

Orangeville Citizen ON THE ONE HAND, a recent survey suggested that 69 per cent of Canadians favour further development of wind energy. On the other, Ontario’s Official Opposition and many rural municipalities are calling for a moratorium on new wind … Continue reading →

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Wind Turbines and Us

Posted on 02/20/2013 by
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Windmills, horse-racing: How Kathleen Wynne can woo rural Ontario: Walkom

Posted on 02/20/2013 by

Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star Kathleen Wynne needs to win back at least some of rural Ontario. The new premier has taken symbolic measures, such as appointing herself minister of agriculture. But that alone won’t cut it. If she really wants … Continue reading →

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Casino logic should be applied to green energy

Posted on 02/17/2013 by

Peter Epp, Chatham Daily News Premier Kathleen Wynne wants to see more autonomy in provincial decisions that could impact municipalities, and as an example says the extension of casino gambling into a new community should not happen without the consent … Continue reading →

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Wynne isn’t fooling rural residents

Posted on 02/09/2013 by

By Christina Blizzard, London Free Press Some of Kathleen Wynne’s best friends are farmers. Seriously. Don’t think of her as the premier-designate. Think of her as city slicker turned agriculture minister. In Toronto, she’s the cool downtown gay negotiator. In … Continue reading →

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Video: Wind Turbine Protest Toronto Jan 2013 — Damn the Turbines & the Liberals!

Posted on 02/07/2013 by

The results of a government disregarding the health and safety of the people in Rural Ontario by placing Industrial Wind Turbines TOO CLOSE to their homes and families.

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Wind turbine protesters were there, too

Posted on 01/31/2013 by

By Wes Kellar, Orangeville Citizen Toronto media covering demonstrations outside Maple Leaf Gardens last Saturday focused on a large one staged by teachers, but several who attended an earlier one against wind turbines describe it as a huge success. For … Continue reading →

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Time for Wynne to deal with that rural Ontario “thing”: wind turbines

Posted on 01/28/2013 by

London Free Press Dear Ms. Wynne, Now that we have gotten this “Toronto thing” out of the way; let’s get this rural Ontario “thing” – wind turbines – out of the way. We want a moratorium and answers to our … Continue reading →

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Note to new premier . . .

Posted on 01/26/2013 by

London Free Press “Pay attention. We vote.” That’s the overriding message The Free Press heard during a 600-km road trip through Southwestern Ontario’s heartland as Ontario Liberals get set to choose a new leader and premier this weekend. The 10-riding … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine opponents to see McGuinty out

Posted on 01/23/2013 by

By Don Crosby, The Sun Times Local opponents of the Green Energy Act will join a rally in Toronto on Saturday to coincide with the convention to replace Dalton McGuinty as head of the Ontario Liberal Party and premier of … Continue reading →

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Somewhere west of Brampton . . .

Posted on 01/22/2013 by

Peter Epp, Chatham Daily News [excerpt] The fact that Wynne would use the “rural card” shows how desperate she must be. The agriculture ministry was fiscally gutted by former Premier Mike Harris in 1999, and that status was upheld by … Continue reading →

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Turbine opponents planning protest at Liberal leadership rally

Posted on 01/18/2013 by

The Wellington Advertiser Anti-wind turbine activists are taking their message directly to the Liberal leadership convention at the end of this month. Oppose Belwood Wind Farm Inc. (OBWF) president Janet Vallery said the group is in the process of organizing … Continue reading →

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Those who would be Premier

Posted on 01/13/2013 by

Rick Conroy, Wellington Times The candidates on the Ostrander Point decision Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty, set the wheels in motion that will see the development of nine industrial wind turbines on pristine Crown Land at Ostrander Point. He will be … Continue reading →

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Wind Action Group surpise Pupatello Strathroy visit

Posted on 01/11/2013 by

Strathroy Age Dispatch Liberal leadership hopeful Sandra Pupatello made a whistle-stop visit to Strathroy on Friday, Jan. 4. Pupatello made a brief appearance at Duke on the Sydenham restaurant to discuss her platform and meet with local Liberal supporters. As … Continue reading →

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