Coalition of ‘Unwilling Host’ Municipalities
Press Advisory August 20, 2013, Ottawa
Representatives of the 62 municipalities that have declared themselves ‘unwilling hosts’ to wind turbines are coming together during the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) meeting currently underway in Ottawa to discuss ways to bring their concerns more forcefully to the government.
According to Kevin Marriott, Mayor of Enniskillen, ‘the government has not addressed the concerns of these communities’. In the Throne Speech and other statements by the Premier, they talked about wanting to locate projects in willing host communities, but there has been no substance to these announcements in terms of municipal input will be incorporated in the process. Meanwhile, the government continues to approve wind turbine projects without consideration of municipal concerns according to Marriott.
Some municipal officials represented at AMO have already experienced the impact of wind turbines on their communities. Complaints start once when they…
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