Amherst Island is a beautiful island in Lake Ontario - and the site of a proposed wind farm development. These inefficient, massively-subsidized wind turbines are being put up without consultation from the residents of Amherst Island.
A Petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Whereas, there is significant evidence that the proposed wind turbine project for Amherst Island will have long term negative consequences for the environment, health and prosperity of Islanders;
And Whereas, the Green Energy Act pays exorbitant subsidies that will benefit a few at significant cost to the many, to create power that is unneeded, and that the majority of residents have expressed their opposition to the project;
We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
That the Liberal government now respect the will of the residents of Amherst Island, and cancel the contract with Algonquin power immediately.
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PLEASE, PLEASE cancel this contract for Amherst Island, we are unwilling hosts.
Some of us might want to live off grid!
those massive wind turbines on Amherst Island and Prince Edward
Point will truly desecrate the beauty of the area that people have
enjoyed for generations. I would like to see the area all along the
Loyalist Parkway and Prince Edward Point declared a protected
Area like a National Trust so that it will always be there for future
Generations to enjoy.