Hydro project

Ontario Hansard

June 9, 2005

Mr. Frank Klees (Oak Ridges): While the Premier and his ministers are ever-ready to appear at photo ops and press conferences, they turn a cold shoulder to issues that don’t fit so neatly into their agenda. One of those issues is the proposed hydro corridor through residential neighbourhoods in York region, and the concerns that local residents have expressed for the potential health risks and more specifically, the linkages of childhood leukemia to EMF exposure.

Parents do not want their children to become statistics and they’re not prepared to accept the avoidance tactics of this government when it comes to dealing with their concerns. On their behalf I call on the Premier, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Energy and the Minister of the Environment to at the very least respond to their request for a meeting during which they can discuss their concerns.

Mrs. Sue Fusco, representing the STOP committee, wrote the Minister of Health on June 6, 2005. “I have forwarded information regarding implications to children living in close proximity to high-voltage lines and the linkage to leukemia.” She then went on to say: “You chose to delete my message before even reading it.”

To the Minister of Health and to the Premier: I call on you to take the concerns of Mrs. Fusco and the hundreds of parents of thousands of children seriously before it’s too late. Meet with them, listen to them, take seriously the facts that they want you to consider, and assure them that you will act on their behalf, in the public interest.

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