04-12-2024, 01:09 PM
(04-12-2024, 11:58 AM)cherrypark Wrote: I think the instinct for the countryside line protection is fine but really if this is about another TMMC scale plant coming to the region and the secondary jobs that would create as well, the productive farmland conversation just has less relevancy than when its getting consumed by economically unsustainable housing. We need jobs and industry to prosper.
All that to say the lack of clear answers to why here, why so secret and why not in areas already zoned for industrial is a communications failure that has doomed whatever good news story might be there on a new major employer in the region.
I can agree that there has been a failure in terms of communications, but rarely do you win when dealing with farmers (Look at Oxford Counties anti HSR campaign). I do think it is a bit naive of the public to think a deal like this can be negotiate in the public eye. They are doing it behind closed doors and a land speculator already tried to swoop in and make a quick buck off the deal. For your second point, show me where in the Region there is 700+ acres zoned for industrial? The answer is it doesn't exist, hence why we need to find it outside of existing zoned areas. A factory like this isn't very common, cities rarely just have 1000+ acres of unused industrial lands waiting for a tenant. I do think the area was chosen due to its proximity to power source, HWY and Rail line. I have said it before and I will say it again, I think a better location would be in Woolwich between Shantz station and Townline. But I would rather it be in Wilmot then in London or Hamilton or more likely the US or Mexico.