On the first day of the fall legislative session, Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson tabled four separate motions calling for a moratorium on further wind development in Ontario.
Thompson’s motions individually call upon the government to suspend all industrial wind turbine development in the province until a federal health study is complete and the results are published, and an economic viability study, an environmental impact study, and social health study have been completed.
“When the federal health study was announced, I promised that on the first day of the fall session I would stand up and table a motion for a moratorium,” said Thompson.
“It is about time (the government) stood up for the people of rural Ontario who are concerned with the health, economic and environmental impacts of industrial wind turbines.”
Over the summer Ontarians learned that the cancellation of the Mississauga power plant came from the Liberal campaign, not the Liberal government, after they saw they were behind in the polls in the Mississauga and Etobicoke areas. “Now the taxpayers are on the hook for the $190 million for scrapping the project and moving it to Sarnia,” the MPP said.
“The Liberal government has no problem turning their backs on rural Ontario time and time again,” said Thompson.
“In the last election they sacrificed rural votes in favour of urban and this is wrong. Every resident in every region of this province is equally important and it is the government’s responsibility to listen and consider the concerns of all regions. I will not stand by while the McGuinty Liberals continue their assault on rural Ontario.”
