Lawyers for four families battling wind projects in Southwestern Ontario continued their legal arguments this morning in a divisional court in London.

Lawyer Julian Falconer presented evidence from a Health Canada study into the effects of wind turbines before three Superior Court trial judges who are listening to an appeal of a decision of the Environmental Review Tribunal.

But while courts and judges and tribunal and appeals courts hear arguments, families aren’t getting any relief from their health concerns, Falconer said.

“There’s a whole process that takes a year to two years . . . health takes a back seat while the (wind) company goes and remodels. It’s business as usual while the company gets more reports,” he said.

Appeals and approvals of wind turbine projects have so far placed the onus on families to prove the turbines will have a negative effect on their health and the ERT grants turbine approvals even as it says the effects are unclear, Falconer said.

Falconer said there is new evidence that should be considered – a Health Canada study which looked at both self-reported health concerns and measurable health problems like blood pressure and stress-hormone levels in hair, in people who live close to projects in Ontario and Quebec.

“There is far more data than has been available to date,” Falconer said. “We submit that the ERT hearing wasn’t fair in the first place . . . and now we have a reason to hear it again.”

Lawyers for four families will also argue that the ERT decision had serious errors in law.

Also represented at the proceedings are the Ontario environment ministry, which is responsible for regulating Green Energy projects, including wind turbine applications, as well as three companies building or planning to build turbines projects near Goderich, Seaforth and Kincardine.

It’s unlikely the three-judge panel will get to the four defendants’ evidence today

Follow Tweets: Kate Dubinski, The London Free Press Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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MEDIA RELEASE – Nov 14, 2014
COALITION AGAINST INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINES (CAIWT)
DIVISIONAL COURT CASE IN LONDON ONTARIO – November 17, 18, 19th

Fourteen concerned citizens groups from across Ontario have formed a “Coalition” that will ask to intervene on a
potentially precedent setting divisional court case involving industrial wind turbines. The group will seek to
intervene on the morning of November 17th in London, Ontario.

Start time on Monday morning is 10:00 a.m.

The Coalition is comprised of the following groups:
1. WAIT-PW (Plympton-Wyoming)
2. Central Bruce Grey Wind Concerns (HARM) Health Affected Residents Meetings – Municipality of Kincardine
3. Grey Highlands Wind Concerns (GHWC)
4. Casualties of Plateau Wind – Grey Highlands
5. Haldimand Wind Concerns
6. West Lincoln Glenbrook Wind Action (WLWAG)
7. Oppose Bellwood Wind Farm – County of Wellington, County of Dufferin
8. Bluewater Lakeshore Residents Association
9. Middlesex & Lambton Residents Group
10. Mothers Against Wind Turbines Inc – Niagara, West Lincoln, Haldimand
11. Central Huron Against Turbines Inc. (CHAT) – Central Huron
12. Manitoulin Coalition for Safe Energy Alternatives Inc – (MCSEA Inc) Manitoulin Island
13. Ripley Group – Huron Kinloss
14. V.O.W. Victims of Wind – Coordinated by an Ontario volunteer

The members of these groups represent communities throughout the province of Ontario, including the Niagara Region,
the Counties of Haldimand, Middlesex, Lambton, Norfolk, Wellington, Dufferin, the Municipalities of Kincardine,
Saugeen Shores, Grey Highlands, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Central Huron and the Township of West
Lincoln.

In regards to Industrial Wind Turbine Renewable Energy Approvals, the Environmental Review Tribunal appeals
involving the Drennans, Dixons and Ryans and the Kroeplins were all dismissed. The appellants in this divisional court
appeal will be represented by

Falconers LLP and will be heard over 3 days – November 17, 18, 19 at the court house at 80 Dundas Street, London Ontario. (parking and entrance off Queens Ave.)
CAIWT is represented by: Mr. Richard Macklin
Stevensons LLP
Barristers
15 Toronto Street
Toronto, ON
M5C 2E3
Lambton County will also be seeking intervener status with their own legal counsel.
For information on the divisional court case, please visit:
http://www.falconers.ca Coalition contact;
Falconers LLP Raymond Beaudry
10 Alcorn Avenue, Suite 204 Little Current, On
Toronto, ON 705-368-3328
M4V 3A9 MCSEA Inc
(416) 964-0495 mcsea.c

Dr. Robert McMurtry, the founding director of Wind Concerns Ontario, comments on the Health Canada Study of industrial wind turbines.

“Annoyance” IS “Adverse Health Effect” – “Adverse Health Effect” IS “Annoynace”

It has been said on W.H.O (World Health Organization and on the “Health Canada” Web site”

“Health Canada has failed totally and publicly with this report”

follow link to listen to the entire interview: GFB Podcast: Dr. Robert McMurtry – November 12th

One of the key experts backing opposition to a wind energy development on Amherst Island said a recent Health Canada study is more politics than science.

John Harrison, a Queen’s University professor emeritus in physics and a member of the Association to Protect Amherst Island, located near Kingston, Ont., said the report contradicts itself and was not peer reviewed.

In a report released last week, Health Canada said there is no link between noise from wind turbines and adverse health effects.

Health Canada scientists looked at communities that host wind farms. Two dozen government, academic and industry experts contributed to the study.

Researchers examined 1,200 participants living within 2 km of wind turbines in Ontario and P.E.I. Continue reading Queen’s University professor disputes wind turbine report →

Green light for west Niagara wind turbine project

The company planning to build one of Canada’s largest industrial wind turbine farms in Niagara has been given the approval to move forward.

Jane Wilson

Posted on November 10, 2014

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Following Canada’s Wind Technology Roadmap and Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study

Carmen Krogh, BScPharm
Brett Horner, BA CMA
November 10, 2014

On November 6 2014 Health Canada posted on their website “Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study: Summary of Results”.

We have been contacted by individuals from around the world who have expressed  concern over content and the quality of this Health Canada web posting

“Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study: Summary of Results” states:

“WTN annoyance was found to be statistically related to several self-reporting health effects including, but not limited to, blood pressure, migraines, tinnitus, dizziness, scores on the PSQI, and perceived stress” as well as related to “measured hair cortisol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure.”

These findings are additional evidence which support the health effects “conclusively demonstrated from exposure to wind turbine noise” identified by Health Canada and disclosed by the Honourable Rona Ambrose in a June 30, 2009 letter.

In the upcoming weeks and months, it is our intention to release a series of commentaries and disclose information on the “Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study: Summary of Results” and the Health Canada Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study.

In the meantime we have compiled the following relevant information to help inform those interested in Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study.

read further here: https://mothersagainstturbines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/industry-led-government-supported_november-10-2014_release-final-1.pdf