Opposition to the Proposed Peaker Plant in Salt Springs

I am a 30+ year resident of Six Mile Brook and a property taxpayer. I live within one kilometre of this proposed plant and am deeply concerned about how it will affect my health and financial security.

If this plant goes ahead, I will lose a significant amount of money on my property value. This property was supposed to support me in my later years – that investment is now at risk because of fumes, noise, and industrial pollution that will make my home nearly unlivable. The enjoyment of my home, which I have worked hard to pay for and maintain, will be destroyed.

I am in my mid-seventies, and my health is important to me. Living within one kilometre of this plant means I will be directly exposed to its pollution. The fumes and noise will affect my daily life and my health. At my age, I cannot simply tolerate or recover from this.

I am also very concerned about the water table and the quality of my well water. What guarantees do we have that this plant will not contaminate our groundwater? Water is essential to life, and I need to know that my water will remain safe.

Our property taxes are already high enough. I should not have to bear additional costs from this plant’s fallout while watching my property value plummet. It is fundamentally unfair that I will lose so much money – money I was counting on for my retirement years – because a private company wants to profit at our expense.

If this project proceeds, I demand full compensation for property devaluation, health impacts, and any contamination of my water supply. Longtime taxpayers like me deserve better than this.