text: WindAction | Number of appeals against Clearview wind farm project hits six
  The Barrie Examiner - Gisele Winton Sarvis - March 9, 2016
  CLEARVIEW TWP. - Six separate appeals have been filed to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) against its approval of the wpd Canada project to construct eight 500-ft wind turbines east of Stayner.
  Burton didn't discuss the topic any further but later in the meeting, council was reluctant to even receive the lengthy wpd Fairview Wind Project Renewable Energy Approval (REA) document for information.
  "This is in no way accepting the report, it's just for information," said Burton, who chaired the meeting.
  Coun. Thom Paterson said during the council meeting, "This is the kind of insult many municipalities feel in this process. We can make the concerns known and be ignored... This has to be stopped. Many municipalities have made that known. Hopefully the government will start to listen.
  "Here's a another example of your government not listening to your municipality," he said.
  Following the meeting, Burton said the municipality is "forced" to go to the appeal route because they didn't get their day in court.
  "Premier Wynne talked about how unwilling communities would get their say and that wind turbines wouldn't be forced upon them and that's exactly what's happening in Clearview. They are being forced upon us," he said.
  "And when we tried to have a proper hearing and spent money in the process, they bailed at the last minute and caved into wpd, so it's very disappointing," he said.
  "I don't feel the province has done its due diligence."
  The next step in a "normal" appeal process is for a hearing officer to be determined and a date for a pre-hearing set. Legislation indicates than the appeal will be heard within six months, said Steve Sage, chief administrative officer, who added he's not sure this case will be normal.
  "If this was anything other than green energy, I'd be confident. But because it's green energy, I have no confidence in the process," he said.
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