Guildwood Residents Fight Back – Plan Their Own Community Meeting to Share Information Hydro Refuses To
Guildwood residents are sick and tired of the treatment they have been receiving from Queen’s Park and the folks at Toronto Hydro Energy Services. The amount of bogus statements coming out of each organization warrants residents taking matters into their own hands and organizing an informative, open, meeting where folks with questions can come to find answers. Members of the community who have spent months researching this to help make an informed decision, can now share their concerns with folks who will be more apt to listen.
Not a single politician will cross a stage, no paid activists will be able to shout residents down and Joyce McLean and her friends at Hydro will not be given the opportunity to lie to residents or deny them the very basic information they have been seeking out.
The lesson here is, if you try to stifle debate and deny your opponents an equal footing – they will get louder, stronger and work outside the system for the change they seek. Bill 150 denies us our democratic rights, but the Constitution of this great country protects freedom of assembly and expression. Not even Dalton McGuinty and his paternalistic approach to complex government policy or George Smitherman’s bully tactics can take that away. The government has decided to listen to the wind companies that donate tens of thousands annually to the Ontario Liberal Party, their lobbyists and interest groups, and opted to deny us our right to participate. We’ve taken note, and if the Green Energy Act passes as is, I promise that folks like us will most certainly deny some current and prospective Liberal MPPs the privilege of participating in debate at Queen’s Park. Unlike moneyed interests, it is the citizens this bill steamrolls that have that enjoy Suffrage, and we intend to use it if necessary.
I’d like to invite all Scarborough Bluffs residents the opportunity to join us at our informal session on March 29th 2009. The details are below.
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Community Round Table on Wind Turbines
Sunday, March 29 from 1-3 p.m.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute
145 Guildwood Parkway
A group of volunteers will provide information collected from doctors, engineers and other experts to give people a better understanding about wind energy and the issues surrounding the controversial proposal to erect an industrial wind generation development near the Scarborough Bluffs.
The public is invited to learn more and ask questions on topics relating to wind turbines. Information will be available about:
- Health Issues
- The Economics & Engineering Behind Wind Energy
- Ontario’s Proposed Green Energy Act
- The Local Wind Study (Anemometer) Proposal and Existing Wind Information
- How Turbines Affect Wildlife and Ecology
- Wind Turbine Experiences – Living Near a Wind Farm
- Alternative Renewable Energy Sources
This is an informal, drop-in event organized by concerned citizens and the Save the Toronto Bluffs Association.
More details at www.savethetorontobluffs.com
Tags: Anemometer, Dalton McGuinty, George Smitherman, Green Energy Act, Guildwood, Guildwood Wind Farm, Joyce McLean, Scarborough Bluffs Wind Farm, Toronto Bluffs Wind Farm, Toronto Hydro Energy Services
