As the Wind Concerns Ontario Truth about Turbines Tour kicked off in Thunder Bay last night, I began blogging at wcotour.ca It’s a site where myself and others will share their stories, photos, videos and audio from the province wide tour Wind Concerns Ontario is undertaking over the next six weeks. I encourage you to […]
Continue readingTag: Wind Concerns Ontario
John Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: Coal and Racism as Political Weapons in Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario
Surprised to see coal and racism have anything to do with each other? Welcome to Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario. Disagree with him and you’re a coal loving, puppy kicking, candy stealing from a child, racist. You probably want to close hospitals and schools too. The wind industry and it’s political supporters (and donation recipients) at the […]
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: Wind Welfare Warriors Just Don’t Get It (But Thank God They’re Losing)
I would be lying if I said I was surprised the Ontario Liberals and their paid for lackeys at the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association and Environmental Defense had conniption fits and went to the Twitter-verse to vent their spleens about how awful/ignorant/evil/cruel anyone who would dare get in the way of their access to our […]
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: On Dalton McGuinty’s Support for Killing, Harming, and Harassing Endangered Species
Welcome to Dalton McGuinty’s Industrial Green Ontario. That’s right. If you’re an industrial wind developer and want to ‘kill, harm or harass’ endangered species – all you have to do is ask the government nicely and give them some money. In exchange for $230,000 bucks, the Government of Ontario is prepared to lease Ministry of […]
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: The ‘Truth about Turbines Tour’ Begins Next Week in Thunder Bay
As always, I am looking forward to going back to Thunder Bay to stand with the folks who volunteer countless hours with the Nor’Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee (NMEPC) as they oppose Horizon Wind’s plans to clear cut and blast watershed protection lands to install industrial wind turbines. These turbines would tower 1200 feet over the […]
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: The Chronicle Journal: It’s Not Over Yet In Thunder Bay
Brandon Walker Tuesday, April 5, 2011 – 08:00 “Houses in South Neebing — going cheap,” Anna Marchese said Monday evening while leaving city hall moments after Thunder Bay council approved an agreement with Horizon Wind to avoid a $126-million lawsuit. Marchese was one of several people who confronted councillors after the meeting to express their […]
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: Thunder Bay NewsWatch: Compromise with Horizon Wind Inc. Approved
By Jamie Smith, tbnewswatch.com By a majority decision, councillors Monday night avoided a multimillion dollar lawsuit by voting for a compromise with a wind developer. Councillors voted 8-4 in favour of a compromise with Horizon Wind Inc., effectively ending the $126 million lawsuit the company levied against the city. The vote followed seven deputations during […]
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: The Giant CKTG 105.3 Thunder Bay: WCO Pays Visit to Council
The leader of an anti-wind farm group wants City Council to change some of the clauses found in the proposed settlement with Horizon Wind. John Laforet is the President of Wind Concerns Ontario and says council should hold off on voting on the settlement that would kill the 126 million dollar lawsuit. Laforet thinks council needs to maintain control of the Loch […]
Continue reading