December 9, 2011 The Editors The Globe and Mail 444 Front St. Toronto, Ontario Re: “Green spendthrifts” (December 9, 2011) Dear Sir or Madam, The Ontario Auditor-General’s Report on Ontario’s Green Energy Act seems to me more a more a …
Ontario Throne Speech and Economic Statement: Good News for Green Energy; Bad News for the Environment
Last week’s Speech from the Throne and Fall Economic Statement from Dalton McGuinty’s minority government contained a mix of good and bad news for those concerned about green energy and environmental sustainability. The Throne Speech re-iterated the government’s commitment to …
What does Ontario’s new Cabinet mean for Environment and Energy issues?
Re-elected Premier Dalton McGuinty’s new cabinet was sworn-in on October 20. At this stage it looks, on the whole, like good news for environmental issues. Veteran Jim Bradley, who as environment minister from 1985-1990 in the government of David Peterson …
Ontario Election Outcome: Is a Return to the Status Quo Ante the Best Thing for Ontario’s Environment?
Ontario environmentalists have generally been breathing a sigh of relief over the re-election of the McGuinty government, with its implication of the continuation of the Feed-in Tariff system under the Green Energy Act, and more general avoidance of the major …
The Ontario Election, the Environment and the Economy – Updated October 11, 2011
The run-up to the October 2011 Ontario election was defined by a strong and long-standing lead by Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives. Polls over the summer of 2011 consistently gave the Progressive Conservatives margins in excess of ten per cent over …
What would a minority government mean for energy and environmental policy in Ontario?
Recent polls are pointing to a minority government coming out of the October 6th Ontario election. It may be useful to reflect on the potential implications of such an outcome for energy and environmental policy in the aftermath of the …
Ontario’s Electricity Election – Published in the Toronto Star September 27, 2011
Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives have enjoyed a long-standing lead in the polls in the run up to the October 6th Ontario provincial election, but the race has tightened considerably over the past two months. With the PCs, Liberals, NDP and …
Should Ontario implement a cap-and-trade system even if other jurisdictions keep putting it off? updated October 1, 2011
Going into this fall’s provincial election the leaders of the Liberal, Progressive Conservative and New Democratic Parties rejected a call from Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner to introduce a price on carbon, either through a carbon tax or a cap and trade …
AECL sale: The price says it all – Published in the Toronto Star July 13, 2011
Last week’s announcement by the federal government of its sale of the reactor division of Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) to SNC Lavalin for a mere $15 million comes as no surprise to those who have been following the nuclear …
Comments on OPA 2011 IPSP Planning and Consultation document
June 17, 2011 Ontario Power Authority IPSP Consultation 120 Adelaide St. W., Ste 1600 Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1 Re: Submission on Planning and Consultation Document. To whom it may concern, I am writing to you to provide my comments on …