Chris Forrest of CanWEA on Wind Concerns Ontario: Yikes!

by John Laforet
posted on October 13th, 2009 at 20:25:34 pm

“I have not seen anything like this before,” says Chris Forrest, vice president of communications and marketing at the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). “Groups are coordinating fully orchestrated media campaigns with a ferocity and an intensity that has really taken us by surprise,” he says.

We’re not going away, in fact we get stronger with each week and are growing at a speed that has even me, as President of Wind Concerns Ontario a bit surprised. There is broad opposition out there to the abuse brought forth by this industry on residents of our province and government’s decision to turn a blind eye.

Well Organized Opponents Have Developers Attention – North American Windpower October 2009