By Gail Swainson Toronto Star
A coalition of farmers, residents and green activists are suing the provincial government for shoving through a gas-fired power plant next to the Holland Marsh.
“The Liberal government’s actions in circumventing the law to railroad this plant through are unprecedented, unfounded in law and could have a devastating affect on municipal and environmental processes for communities across Ontario,” said Mike Schriener, leader of the Green Party of Ontario, which spearheaded the suit.
The coalition says the province is contradicting its own Greenbelt Act.
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I’m really glad that they’re going after McGuinty to stop this atrocious plan to build the peaker plant next to the Holland Marsh. It is in direct violation of McGuinty’s own Greenbelt Act!
The Ontario government is completely out of control now and needs to be stopped.