In May, local business association Invest Windsor-Essex said the city is losing out on a $2.5-billion plant from LG Chem, a Korean chemical company, because the region doesn’t have the electricity capacity needed to host the facility.
According to Invest Windsor-Essex, LG Chem required as much as 15 megawatts of power to begin building the 1.5-million-square-foot plant in 2024,Brent O’Connor, an energy consultant with Energy Development Partner, said Essex County could have had the electricity to meet LG Chem’s energy needs by 2024 if the Ontario government had not cancelled nearly 800 renewable energy projects, including two in the region, in 2018.
Otter Creek Wind Farm, which was set to develop 12 wind turbines north of Wallaceburg starting in the spring of 2019 before it was cancelled, would have had a generation capacity of 50 megawatts. “It appears Doug Ford’s lack of foresight may have directly resulted in Windsor losing this multibillion dollar investment.”
IshatReza But by all means Windsor go vote for the idiot like we no you will. All PC down there. The ability of people to vote against their own best interests baffles me.
But will theu still vote Conservative?
Is Doug Ford still proud? VoteFordOutJune2
Elect a clown, get a circus.
Talk about the liberal green energy act
notoneseat It also cost over 300Million to cancel those projects. Add it to the 4 billion in lost revenues from cancelling cap and trade. And the 1 billion he paid to cancel the beer store. 🍺 CancelCulture
Ford is not for the people.
For the people? Nope! For his developer friends. Cronyism Onpoli FordFailedOntario
is this the “Get it Done” thing he bases his campaign on? Didn’t he already have FOUR YEARs to Get whatever it is DONE?
Well they tell me that Ford trucks are reliable. That's something.
We did lose the wind turbine plant. I don't know how many people worked there but it's a good size place
So there you go. Decline in green energy is not what we want. We want to go green as soon as possible. I’m sick and tired of hearing shit from him. He’s a liar! We need to think about nuclear energy. I know that’s scary but it’s clean. And more solar and windmills. Lots of jobs!
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Does mike the knife come to mind 😼
But you endorsed him? HIM!!!?
Ford, for himself. That's his slogan. Screw the people. VoteFordOut2022
It’s ok .the federal government shut down small buisnesses and many are still not able to operate so ..
whittakertp No question about that. Ford thinks covering farmland and environmental sensitive lands with asphalt is climate action. It isn’t Doug. Asphalt will further harm the environment. fordnation. votefordoutjune2
That was a costly mistake.
Yet the mayor of Windsor put out an official endorsement for this fraud.
FAO says net loss to the province from cancellation of Cap & Trade was $3.billion over the past 4 years. I guess we just add this failure to our cost for Ford's 'leadership.'
Another failure by Ford! Get out and vote abc in the Ontario election! VoteFordOut2022 NeverVoteConservative NeverVoteppc repelbill124 fordfailedontario onpoli ActOnClimate OntarioElection2022 voteabc
Ford’s staggering corruption? 19.9 BILLION DEFICIT 2022 4.4 BILLION MISSING 1 BILLION NOT collected 407 230 mil 758 cancelled 🌿contrt 100 mil damages Wind Co 16 patronage💰 2.5 mill=0 bracelets 210 mil C19 ineligible biz 3yr Legal:Mandates Lawsuitsx100💰 VoteFordOutJune2
1 billion left on the table? Ask corrupt Af Ford?
notoneseat But what about that time a Liberal went to THE KEG!?
I don’t believe this at all. Windsor Essex county in that region has 3 large power plants in excess of 1000mw, all the outskirts towards Chatham is riddled with wind turbines. We are exporting power across the boarder. So power is deff not the reason.
krismeloche they could keep up the grift payments to him
But your paper endorses this horses ass for Premier again? Yeah new look Star, I mean Sun. You may notice a downturn in your subscriptions. A lot. Not worth reading anymore. Same Con schill. Disgusting. CdnMediaFailed
Actual reporting WAY too late!…did Toronto star replace the new CEO who tweeted out right wing COVID conspiracy theories yet?
Wow! Ford is letting you talk about him? Ford owns you, he owns the police, he owns you,
You can’t spend what you don’t have the Wynn Liberals spent Ontario into the biggest sovereign debt on earth with nothing to show for it
Even businesses - even american businesses - are talking about how much of a bad purchase ford was. It's not just that he sells out to corporate interest. It's that he's so stupid he messes up when selling out and screws everyone involved.
Liberal's really trying hard to discredit Doug Ford. Too bad it won't work!!
He also killed EV incentives less than two weeks in. He regrets it now, had to bring them back.
Too little, too late
CoinXndr I'm sure the freedumbers blocking the boarder wasn't the best incentive for businesses to invest in Ontario either. 🙄
You're endorsing him, though. Front page 'evolution of Doug Ford' stories. More like devolution. He's been a disaster.
Except it's a false story. Windsor needs transmission upgrades from Chatham to Windsor. Wind projects in ChathamKent & Elgin County would still have the same transmission constraints to transmit power to Windsor.
And yet still you endorse him?
Is the voting public beginning to understand dougies plan? He is just talk. Behind the scenes… show me the money!
Too late. You’ve already kissed his feet. Your new editor must be thrilled.
Plus he outspent Wynne 2-to-1 even before the pandemic
Could be wrong but pretty sure the Mayor Of Windsor endorsed him. Maybe he wants to change his mind. Or maybe trade jobs. drewdwilkens
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ya notice no one is standing up for ford NO ONE? where is a ford supporter
fordnation WASTED $250 MILLION tax dollars killing energy contracts. Now he's costing us jobs. People can't pay the rent, buy a home, put groceries on the table, or gas in the car. We can't afford Ford. onpoli OntarioVotes
but but he can eat donuts at some locally powered shop
dbeggs13 Hmmm sounds like Texas- when will people learn? Conservatives and Republicans hate us, they’re in it for themselves and no one else. NeverVoteConservative
For the people! CLUSTERFORD VoteFordOutJune2
merry123459 Amazing that on the same day this story breaks the Toronto Star endorsed Ford cancelledtorontostar
Wow, if the Ford government was so bad for jobs in Windsor then obviously the mayor of Windsor would be speaking out against Ford. Oh wait, I seem to recall the mayor of Windsor endorsing Ford for all the jobs he is brining to Windsor.
Windsor and Ottawa are not on the hwy to Doug’s cottage so …
While you support him you’ve failed to cover all the LTC deaths his government caused during covid
I am sure it did. The shift to renewables will create thousands of sustainable jobs. Do you think Ford can understand that? No a chance Folks.
VoteFordOut2022
notoneseat But fordnation had signs that said Ontario was open for business and he said that he would get it done. Unless this is what he means by “it.” VoteThemAllOut2022
Doug Ford's destruction of Ontario's economy continues. Companies don't want to come here with this loose cannon. FordMustGo
Here's a suggestion for my former home province - in fact, more than a suggestion - I am BEGGING you - ABC
What kind of wimp headline is this? “MAY” have cost? It DID cost Windsor an anchor to their economy. You had no issue in putting a bullshit puff piece about Doug Ford written by DougFordBootlicker reggcohn, on your cover page, by order of evil conservative Marina Glogovac.
So this is the story that made The Star endorse fordnation ? 🤔🙄
Ford's not good for business , all he does is ' Rape, pillage , plunder .!
Are you surprised? Stickers that don't stick, license plates that can't be read, and open for business but no modern infrastructure.
allied chemical poisoned ground water in the county of essex, like the city needed that with another chemical plant.. what the hell is wrong with one sided reporting.
And yet Global: ‘PC leader Doug Ford says he believes in climate change and counts electric vehicle production as one of the measures designed to prevent climate change. ‘ ya sure
Who doesn’t want a chemical plant in their backyard
VoteFordOut VoteFordOut2022
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wild it's almost like he's deeply incompetent and has no idea how to govern a province let alone manage a business
It also cost the province $3Billion which he had 2 make up 4r cause a large chunk of that $ was paid in advance & look at the cuts he made 2 make up 4 it, look who he went after. The elderly,programs that benefited ppl with low income etc. He's only cares about his rich backers.
Vote Ford fordnation for more disasters.
And tax payers $230 M in cancellation fees. Don’t forget the loss of $4 B from cancelling the cap and trade deal. Or the $113 M penalty for hydro one deal after firing the $6 M man + what he negotiated for wrongful dismissal. Or the billions he misplaced of COVID relief funds.
This was part of the fordnation GetItDone thinking. One week say no, then hide in the basement, and come out and say yes lets do that, 'what a great idea'. If only we all knew just what does Doug plan to actually GetItDone? Sell our hospitals, give away our new highways? What?
Yet you back him. Toronto Star=Toronto Sun. Piffle. Bias. Not good enough.
That's Trudeau's biggest fan when he got his covid cheque.
But chemicals are bad for the environment. So perhaps he saved us from a disaster that may have happened
Ya…but he has the backing of some Unions? I’d say Unions that are greasing his palm to get highway building contracts and access to the green spaces for more breeding pens!