View - The Municipality of Lambton Shores

Good Evening
Thank you for this opportunity to speak before Council.
My name is Karen Kelly-White. And this is Dave Griffith.
My husband Don White and I moved to Grand Bend in 2009 looking for a better quality of life and that is what we found.
We love it here. But we, like our neighbours and yourselves, have become concerned about our quality of life with the
planned Industrial Wind Turbines (IWT) in and around Lambton Shores and all along the Great Lakes’ Coast.
More research is needed to understand the full negative impacts of IWTs to the community, residents, agriculture &
tourism industries, natural habitat, Green House Gases & energy costs. Until then we need safeguards.
We ask, as Lambton Shores is developing agreements and permits for Industrial Wind Turbine (IWT), that these
requirements be considered. These requirements would need to be met before an application for an IWT building
permit could be submitted.
These new requirements will be similar to those in a motion that was passed at Bluewater’s Council on Nov 5 th 2012. The
motion asked that some form of bond or insurance be provided by the wind energy company to cover the cost of decommissioning
a turbine, pay a development fee, any legal costs that might be incurred by the municipality if they get
sued, damage to the roads and the municipality's legal expenses. Additional requests included that all transmission lines
be buried and the municipality's setback bylaw be respected.
At the end of the presentation we will ask for your agreement to begin the process of adding these new requirements to
Lambton Shores’ municipal by-laws and regulations.
Dave Griffith, a spokesperson for Bluewater Against Turbines advocacy group (B.A.T.) will now provide the specifics.
Thank-you
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Background:
Today is Remembrance Day and as the National anthem was sung, we reflected on the sacrifices that many Canadians
made to protect our quality of life. We have much to be thankful but we all need to do our part. We need to stand
together and protect our quality of life.
Please consider why our Ontario government is approving the installation of massive IWTs that
will increase Green House Gases
will increase the cost of energy
will drive more jobs out of Ontario due to higher energy costs
will lower property values
will put some people’s health at risk
Why the push to install IWTs – is it because the idea is ‘cool’. Just like smoking cigarettes was ‘cool’ decades ago.
Years ago not many would buy into smoking-related illness. Now a number of provinces are ramping up lawsuits against
tobacco companies. Ontario launched a lawsuit against 14 tobacco companies in September 2009 in an effort to recoup
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