Power plant becomes election issue

By San Grewal Toronto Star June 12 2011

Months after the province cancelled a gas-fired power plant planned for Oakville, residents of Mississauga and Etobicoke are wondering why they’re still stuck with a similar project in their backyard. Some are vowing to make it an election issue.

A building permit issued quietly two weeks ago by the City of Mississauga cleared the way to build a 280-megawatt gas-fired plant at a site backing onto Etobicoke Creek, just west of the Sherway Gardens mall, near residential areas, a hospital and a rail line.

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