So, are we all just yelling into the void?
We’re talking about the loud opposition to the provincial government’s bill that would, if passed, remove environmental assessment requirements on the proposed landfill site just outside Dresden.
The void is the decision making done hundreds of kilometres away at Queen’s Park. The people of Dresden are invisible to Premier Doug Ford and Co.; they’re over the horizon.
Out of sight, out of mind, out of caring, it seems.
Even with Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Steve Pinsonneault chirping up on social media with a video saying how he’s opposed to the changes.
“I’ve personally spoken to the premier. I’ve personally spoken to the ministers. I’ve told them of the concerns of this landfill and I’ve told them how I’m opposed to it,” he said in the video.
Pinsonneault was being eviscerated on social media for remaining silent on the matter. He had to speak.
Sure, he’s a member of the party pushing this agenda, but, he lives here. He had to say something.
It may have killed his provincial political career, but kudos to Pinsonneault for speaking. We just wish he’d give the media the time of day rather than spout off on a social media platform on which our stories on the subject can’t even appear.
Chatham Mayor Darrin Canniff and North Kent Coun. Jamie McGrail went to Queen’s Park last week to plead our case to not allow the landfill. Canniff addressed the Legislature on the matter.
More yelling into the void, we believe. But kudos for trying.
Under Bill 5 – Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025 – the government is looking at fast-tracking the Dresden project, along with other developments.
Laying down and taking this is not the way to go, even if the effort is ultimately fruitless.
The Conservatives, even without Pinsonneault, can ram the bill through, unless other rural Conservative MPPs grow backbones and realize this could happen in their ridings.
Toronto is not the centre of the universe. Voting along party lines is not true democracy. You were all voted into office to represent your constituents.
Do. Your. Job.
