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 …
The 2014 Ontario Election Outcome: The Electoral Politics of Economic Transitions.
June 13, 2014 Published in the Toronto Star, June 16th, 2014 Like many I was surprised at the strength of the Liberal victory in last night’s election (although attendees at the CPSA meeting two weeks ago will know I was …
Ontario, Quebec, Electricity and Climate Change: Time for a new Relationship? Published in the Ottawa Citizen June 23, 2014
Pierre-Olivier Pineau, HEC Montreal Mark Winfield, FES, York University. All Canadian provinces have interconnections between their electricity systems and those of their neighbouring jurisdictions. These interconnections enable them to export electricity to their neighbours when they have surpluses, or import …
“Election debate avoids nuclear dialogue,” Letter to Editor, Published in the Toronto Star, June 4, 2014
June 1, 2014 The Editors The Toronto Star 1 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario Dear Sir/Madam, It says a great deal about the depths to which the quality of our political discussions have sunk when in the midst of an election …