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economist sunsuntribune energy saturday may 7 2005 23 hydro think tank gets frosty greeting 700 people jammed hotel to hear authoritys plans by roy green staff writer it was the first public meeting for the newly created ontario power authority but it was the same old story for markham and aurora residents battling to keep hydro transmission towers out of their back yards more than 700 people jammed a hotel ballroom in richmond hill wednesday night to provide a baptism of fire for the inaugural public meeting of the authority and its vicepresident of power system planning amir shalaby the first job given the power author ity created by the province to ensure an adequate supply of electricity in ontario is the future power supply to northern york region a project that has been generating nothing but controver sy since last spring many of the people who attended the meeting and peppered mr shalaby with pointed questions and occasional jeers were from neighbourhoods that would be affected byhydro ones pro posal for a- line of transmission towers along a 24kilometre corridor from markham to newmarket evaluate alternatives although mr shalaby said repeated ly the authority will evaluate a variety of alternatives residents who have been fighting the transmission line for more than a year indicated frustration at hav ing to present their concerns again we have raised numerous concerns from the beginning about the health risks of electromagnetic fields real estate and esthetic problems but they have never been addressed said sue fusco of stop transmission lines over people were not certain even now that our concerns will be heard we have sent some fundamental questions to the power authority requesting replies the onus should be on utilities to prove the safety of their proposals not on the public to prove the harm the markham resident said hydro one never seriously consid ered any other- option markham regional councillor jack heath told the gathering same result why shouldnt we expect the same result from the power authority as with hydro one will the result be the same mr heath asked n there is no relationship between hydro one and the authority mr shala by said were separate different were plan ners theyre suppliers this process has a broader scope well be looking at other options the day following the meeting mr shalaby said residents anger and frus tration were understandable they aire skeptical because of what has happened in the past he said it was quite emotional at times but many of those people are tired of com- ing to public meetings even though we are broadening the mandate some would say were just going overthe same ground theauthority plans to set up a work ing group of residents staff at york we have raised numerous concerns from the beginning about the health risks of electromagnetic fields real estate and esthetic problems but they have never been addressed sue fusco stop transmission lines over people region and area municipalities envi ronmental groups businesses and both school boards to discuss options mr shalaby said he hopes to make a recommendation to the ontario energy board by september on the best solu tion to provide electricity the authority will hold another pub lic meeting in the northern part of the region probably in newmarket before the end of may york region an association of families who have lost a child through death bereaved families of ontario founded in 1978 under the auspices of the hospital for sick children bereaved families is a selfhelp organization staffed by bereaved persons specialists in the area of grief and bereavement from the professional community serve as a resource both in the development of ongoing programmes and in the supervision and training of selfhelp group leaders this cooperation between lay and professionals has enabled bereaved families to bet ter respond to the needs of the bereaved and has helped guarantee that the best sup port is provided 1 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