April 2015 The following is a summary of a working paper posted on the Sustainable Energy Initiative Website at http://sei.info.yorku.ca/working-papers/. In the early hours of July 6th, 2013, an unattended train of 73 car-loads of crude oil from the Bakken …
Response to Ontario Climate Change Discussion Paper: Putting a Price on Carbon
March 27, 2015 Kathy Hering Senior Policy Analyst Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Climate Change and Environmental Policy Division Air Policy and Climate Change Branch 77 Wellesley Street West Floor 10 Toronto Ontario M7A2T5 Re: EBR Posting 012-3452 …
Federal government’s latest moves on rail safety still leave major gaps – Published in the Montreal Gazette February 25, 2015 – http://montrealgazette.com/news/national/opinion-federal-rail-safety-measures-remain-inadequate
Last Friday afternoon (February 20), the transport minster Lisa Raitt announced the federal government’s latest responses to the July 2013 Lac-Megantic rail disaster in which 47 residents of the Quebec village died. The federal government’s announcement consisted of three components: …
Ontario Auditor General Report on Smart Meters – Some initial thoughts
December 11, 2014 The Ontario Auditor General’s report on smart meters has draw a lot of attention to the question of smart meter deployment and time of use energy pricing. I have been participating in an SSHRC funded research project …
The time is ripe for a common Eastern Canadian Energy Strategy
Published in the Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald and La Presse, December 4, 2014 . Maybe you missed it, but not Jim Prentice, the new Premier of Alberta. His rush to meet with Kathleen Wynne and Philippe Couillard shows the transforming …
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster: One Year Later
Notes for Remarks: Presentation to the 28th Annual Transportation Conference Burlington, Ontario October 8, 2014 Mark Winfield York University Introduction I would like to start by thanking the organizers, particularly Richard Lande, for their invitation to speak at this …
Lac-Megantic – TSB Report – Letter to Editor – Globe and Mail
August 20, 2014 The Editors The Globe and Mail 444 Front St Toronto, Ontario Dear Sir/Madam Re: How the Regulators Failed to Crack Down – August 20. While inadequate enforcement was undoubtly a significant factor in the Lac-Megantic disaster, the …
Lac-Megantic – TSB Report – Letter to the Editor – Toronto Star.
August 20, 2014 The Editors The Toronto Star 1 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario Dear Sir/Madam Re: “Asleep at the safety switch – August 20. While the Transportation Safety Board has unquestionably provided a superb technical analysis of the Lac-Megantic disaster, …
Lac-Megantic one year later: Few real changes in safety rules after Canada’s worst rail disaster of the past century
July 3, 2014 This coming weekend marks the first anniversary of the Lac-Megantic rail disaster. In the early hours of July 6th, 2013, an unattended train of 73 car-loads of crude oil from the Bakken shale formation ran away and …
Le Québec, l’Ontario, l’électricité et les changements climatiques : l’heure de revoir les liens?
Pierre-Olivier Pineau, HEC Montréal Mark Winfield, Université York Toutes les provinces canadiennes ont des interconnexions entre leur réseau électrique et celui de leurs voisins. Ces interconnexions permettent d’exporter de l’électricité en période de surplus, et d’en importer au besoin. En …