PREMIER FORD WE CALL IMMEDIATELY FOR:
You, The Premier
STOP NORMALIZING FLOODING
to declare unequivocally, now, that the Province will manage not to flood Muskoka, The Province will deploy qualified MNRF watershed managers immediately to the Muskoka watershed to restore 2005 Watershed Management flexible professional accountable watershed management and REASSERTING authority over hydro operators during spring run off and summer;
STOP NORMALIZING FLOODING
STOP NORMALIZING FLOODING
The Province of Ontario cease and desist from funding, promoting, advancing narratives-regulations that normalize repeated flooding and put in place any and all guidelines and regulations to ensure that municipal government do the same, prioritizing Muskoka’s environment, property and people over hydro profit. The Province will compel municipal government to same
TAKE BALA TURBINE GENERATOR OUT
TAKE BALA TURBINE GENERATOR OUT
The Province of Ontario compels the removal of the Bala hydro turbine generator “BGS”) at the “chokepoint” of the Watershed. BGS produces negligible power, receives Ontario rate-payer subsidies, and serves no public interest. The economic and physicals risks of its continued operation fall entirely on the Muskoka public and environment while private profits flow elsewhere
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT
The Province of Ontario extends Ministry of Environment (“MOE”) oversight to Muskoka “water quality” (ie septic, sewage,) as that which is provided to the County of Simcoe
DISCLOSE
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT
The Province of Ontario disclose all operational decisions affecting water levels, infrastructure constraints, hydro agreements, and any financial interests and/or conflicts of interest pertaining to any and all decisions connected to hydro operations in the watershed
JUDICIAL INQUIRY
Appoint a Superior Court Judge from outside Ontario and Quebec with INDEPENDENT experts to conduct a Judicial Inquiry into the 20 years of watershed mismanagement, and damaging the public trust
1977- 2005 MNR oversees Hydro Operators:
MNR provides flexible professional accountable authority over hydro, to "draw down" during the spring run off . MNR manages "summer navigation season" NO FLOODS. Hydro Operators and DAMS are operated to manage water levels. NO FLOODS in "extreme weather"
2006 -Muskoka River Watershed Management Plan ("MRWMP") IMPOSED
Signed ONLY by the Province and Muskoka Hydroelectric Operators who agree to seasonal water levels prescribed by Hatch Engineering. MNR retreats fom it's managerial flexibility and authority. Hydro Operators now inform MNR if "normal operating zone" ("NOZ")is exceeded.
2026 "IWM" and Emergency Meeting
Bala Generating Station ("BGS") is imposed and operated at BALA, despite sustained local, public and legal opposition. TML says it is "unwilling host". The first and only NEW Hydro installation on Watershed, imposed at "CHOKEPOINT" (bathtub) of Watershed
2006 -2026 MRWMP 4 FLOODS in 20 Years
2006 -2026 MRWMP 4 FLOODS in 20 Years
4 FLOODS in 20 Years. MNR retreats from public accountability. MNR retreats from it’s ROLE, authority, discretion to manage and oversee Hydro Operators.
Muskoka Watershed Council, MLA assert:
“Climate change” “extreme weather” “complexity” etc
2026 Emergency Meeting and "IWM"
2006 -2026 MRWMP 4 FLOODS in 20 Years
2026 Emergency Meeting and "IWM"
500+ Residents Petition Township of Muskoka for Emergency Public Meeting on Muskoka Flooding and Watershed Management https://www.change.org/p/request-for-emergency-public-meeting-on-muskoka-flooding-and-watershed-management
District of Muskoka plans severing of MNR(F) ROLE as Hydro overseer, for new plan of diffuse governance
https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/environment/Making_Waves__Integrated_Watershed_Management_Projects.aspx
1977- 2005 MNR oversees Hydro Operators:
MNR provides flexible professional accountable authority over hydro, to "draw down" during the spring run off . MNR manages "summer navigation season" NO FLOODS. Hydro Operators and DAMS are operated to manage water levels. NO FLOODS in "extreme weather"
2006 -Muskoka River Watershed Management Plan ("MRWMP") IMPOSED
Signed ONLY by the Province and Muskoka Hydroelectric Operators who agree to seasonal water levels prescribed by Hatch Engineering. MNR retreats fom it's managerial flexibility and authority. Hydro Operators now inform MNR if "normal operating zone" ("NOZ")is exceeded.
2026 "IWM" and Emergency Meeting
Bala Generating Station ("BGS") is imposed and operated at BALA, despite sustained local, public and legal opposition. TML says it is "unwilling host". The first and only NEW Hydro installation on Watershed, imposed at "CHOKEPOINT" (bathtub) of Watershed
2006 -2026 MRWMP 4 FLOODS in 20 Years
4 FLOODS in 20 Years. MNR retreats from public accountability. MNR retreats from it’s ROLE, authority, discretion to manage and oversee Hydro Operators.
Muskoka Watershed Council, MLA assert:
“Climate change” “extreme weather” “complexity” etc
1977- 2005 MNR oversees Hydro Operators:
MNR provides flexible professional accountable authority over hydro, to "draw down" during the spring run off . MNR manages "summer navigation season" NO FLOODS. Hydro Operators and DAMS are operated to manage water levels. NO FLOODS in "extreme weather"
2006 -Muskoka River Watershed Management Plan ("MRWMP") IMPOSED
Signed ONLY by the Province and Muskoka Hydroelectric Operators who agree to seasonal water levels prescribed by Hatch Engineering. MNR retreats fom it's managerial flexibility and authority. Hydro Operators now inform MNR if "normal operating zone" ("NOZ")is exceeded.
2026 "IWM" and Emergency Meeting
Bala Generating Station ("BGS") is imposed and operated at BALA, despite sustained local, public and legal opposition. TML says it is "unwilling host". The first and only NEW Hydro installation on Watershed, imposed at "CHOKEPOINT" (bathtub) of Watershed
2006 -2026 MRWMP 4 FLOODS in 20 Years
4 FLOODS in 20 Years. MNR retreats from public accountability. MNR retreats from it’s ROLE, authority, discretion to manage and oversee Hydro Operators.
Muskoka Watershed Council, MLA assert:
“Climate change” “extreme weather” “complexity” etc