Appreciates campaign
Dear Editor:
Just a hats off to all those involved with administering the COVID-19 vaccines in the Wellington, Dufferin, Guelph area.
Considering the masses of recipients involved, we feel that all involved deserve kudos for their efforts. My wife and I have received four doses from four different venues and were treated with extreme efficiency and courtesy in each.
Well done!
Gord Carson,
Belwood
‘As soon as possible’
Dear Editor:
April is Organ Donor Month and please talk to your loved ones of your wish to donate organs and or tissue if you should die.
It is so important that this topic be discussed, as when a loved one passes, there is so much to do and you would want his/hers wishes taken place. It can be very comforting to a family at this time, to know your loved one has saved a life or given sight, etc. to make others’ lives better. Think about the above and act as soon as possible on this important subject.
Mary McIntee,
Mount Forest
Better solutions?
Dear Editor:
RE: Wind/solar problems, April 21.
This is the first bit of common sense I have read in a long time. Wind and solar projects merely resulted in unaffordable and unreliable electricity, despite being heavily subsidized. The same amount of power now produced by wind and solar projects could have been obtained connecting more lines to the Quebec Hydro system, which had a surplus and still does. Many people do not really understand what it takes to operate a modern power grid. There is no real “win-win” with electrical power production. It is a case of choosing the most reliable and economical and least damaging to the environment as a whole and it must be built and fueled by Canadian recourses only.
Power generation has to be able to quickly ramp up and down as required and is a full-time job. There had been many instances of the Kincardine plant having to blow off and waste steam due to excess production from wind and solar projects that had nowhere to go. Now I believe they can control some of it, but they still pay the project owners a set amount. Does this make sense? No, not really.
Then they actually sold off part of Ontario Hydro. Politicians should not be involved in the country’s power generation business, as they will do anything to get votes and that’s how we got landed with the wind/solar problem in the first place, despite rumblings from the rest of the world that it wasn’t that great.
There are many things that could first be done to reduce pollution, i.e. – mandate smaller vehicle engine sizes, better enforcement of existing emissions laws and in-town vehicle speed limits, stop all outdoor burning including a ban on wood stoves and any coal burning, more funding to pave busy dirt roads, etc.
Malcolm McCulloch,
Fergus
Omitted ‘facts’?
Dear Editor:
RE: Kitras running for New Blue Party, April 21.
The article about Stephen Kitras omitted two facts. MPP Belinda Karahalios was dismissed from the Progressive Conservative Party for voting against Doug Ford’s COVID-19 mandate legislation. Jim Karahalios was illegally (court ruling) dismissed from running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Chris Woode,
Fergus
*Editor’s note: A May 20, 2020 Ontario Superior Court decision stated the Conservative Party committee that removed Jim Karahalios from the leadership contest over allegations of racism did not have the authority to do so. However, one day after the court decision, the proper committee legally disqualified Karahalios from the race.