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Premier Ford, you promised …<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On February 27, 2018, Doug Ford visited Bala<\/a> and said (more transcript is here<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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My friends, this project is another example of a long list of Liberal pet projects that would cost this province dearly. Projects like this are hurting our province and costing taxpayers billions of dollars, all to benefit the political insiders, the political elites, that have been running this province for years\u2026<\/p>\n

This tells me there\u2019s a serious problem here. This project stinks of political interest and insider deals\u2026<\/p>\n

As Premier, I would conduct a full investigation into this project, and make sure the local residents are armed with the facts. As Premier I will get answers, and I can assure you, I will get answers. I will drill down and find out who is part of the big scam\u2026<\/p>\n

And as sure as I\u2019m standing here, I\u2019m going to come back, and each and every one of you can hold me accountable. I will be back here in the same spot, and we\u2019re going to stop this project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Premier Ford, you made a promise, people voted for you because of it. People expect: “Promise made, promise kept”<\/em>. We want to help you keep your promise.<\/p>\n

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Murdered in 45 seconds<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SaveTheBalaFalls.com realizes that we must be credible, factual, and professional in the hope that our concerns will be accepted by government decision-makers. We realize that some may initially think that the title of this item is exaggerated, but we believe that after reading the article most will agree the title is well-justified. We look forward to reading your comments, which can be submitted below the article.<\/p>\n

We chose that title as the fact is, if someone tipping out of a canoe at Purk\u2019s Place docks ends up inside the upstream safety boom, within 45 seconds the current would quickly carry them downstream to the proposed hydro-electric generating station\u2019s intake, where they would be pulled under water, and \u2013 whether wearing a life jacket or not \u2013 would be held under water by the hundred tons per second of water rushing past them, and they would drown (click on the graphic below for a larger view).<\/p>\n

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More detail is in our article entitled: \u201cMurdered in 45 seconds<\/a>\u201d, which you can read here<\/a>. As for all our articles, you can submit comments below the article (the comments are shown after we review them to ensure they aren\u2019t spam).<\/p>\n

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The proposed project would be so dangerous that it would not comply with the environmental approval<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For their environmental assessment, the proponent both acknowledged the current in-water recreation and clearly showed that the only dangerous areas would be within<\/strong> their proposed safety booms. However, the proponent\u2019s own flow simulation shows the dangerously-fast water from their proposed hydro-electric generating station would extend more than 160\u2032 outside<\/strong> of their safety boom. As a result:<\/p>\n