The PC government has asked Ontario’s chief medical officer to get answers for Chatham-Kent families who utilize well water.
“We are committed to getting to the bottom of this issue,” said Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton on Tuesday at Queen’s Park. “We committed prior to the election to stand with these families.”
McNaughton was responding to questions raised by Essex MPP Taras Natyshak and the attendance of Water Wells First members in Toronto on Tuesday.
Natyshak said the Ford government was “refusing to do a health hazard investigation” at affected farms.
“For more than a year, family farms that surround Samsung’s North Kent One wind turbine site have had black, undrinkable water coming from their wells,” said Natyshak.
McNaughton said one of the more than 750 energy projects cancelled by the PC government was the proposed Otter Creek wind farm near the existing farm in Chatham-Kent.
“Our government moved quickly to scrap the great energy act,” said McNaughton. “The ministry of health has directed Ontario’s chief medical officer to begin reviewing data and past collections and get answers for the impacted families in Chatham-Kent.”
Natyshak said families were worried about more than just their water quality.
“They are also afraid to report the sediments in their well water for fear of loss of property value,” said Natyshak. “The government seems to work with a matter of speed when it comes to cheap beer, but can’t seem to get these people clean drinking water.”
Water Wells First has also asked the Ford government to stop operations of the Marsh Line wind farm, East St. Clair wind farm and North-Kent wind farms.