The real gas-plant villains got away

RE: GAS-PLANT SCANDAL

Following the established principles of nimbyism, when the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) accepted the bid from TransCanada Energy (TCE) in September 2009 to build a 900-megawatt natural gas-fired power generation facility in southeast Oakville both parties knew or ought to have known that TCE’s chances of obtaining the needed construction permits from said city were less than zero. This nefarious decision alone led to the $1.1 billion cost to Ontario taxpayers. David Livingston’s misguided hard drive wipe and subsequent jail time is the kind of tactical sleight of hand and false closure that continues to protect the real miscreants that set this fallacious process in motion.

Phil Beard, Dundas