The Newmarket — Aurora Provincial Liberal Association hosted a reception last Wednesday for Deputy Premier and Energy and Infrastructure Minister George Smitherman, and the event attracted a different kind of welcoming committee. Members of Concerned Citizens of King Township (CCKT) and others were set up across the street from Madsen's Garden Greenhouse in Newmarket, ready to remind Smitherman of what they think of plans to build a gas-fired generator on Dufferin Street in a protected countryside of the Provincial Greenbelt and immediately beside the Holland Marsh. CCKT Chair Debbie Schaefer said two members of the group were able to get inside and talk to Smitherman. "He clearly continues to believe a peaker generator is required," she said, but added he was ready to read and consider any documents the opponents to the idea might submit. "I think that's as good as we could have hoped," she said. More...