March 10, 2011 The Ontario government’s surprise decision to place a moratorium on offshore wind power development has again put the spotlight on the province’s Green Energy Act and the McGuinty government’s overall approach to electricity issues. While the 2009 …
Letter to the Editor – Published in the Toronto Star Saturday December 5, 2010 Re: “Green Goals, Bigger Bills”
November 29, 2010 Dear Sir/Madam, Ontario’s Green Energy Act is not without its flaws, but to blame it for all that ails Ontario’s electricity system, as the article in this Saturday’s Star (“Green goals, bigger bills”) seems to do, borders …
Scrap energy price politics not smart meters with Stewart Fast – Published in the Toronto Star, October 3, 2010
Co-Authors Stewart Fast (University of Ottawa) and Brendan Haley, (Carelton University) The new fall session at Queen’s Park has seen the Opposition parties take aim at smart meters. By suggesting that seniors are being told to “do their laundry at …
Reflections on the Walkerton Disaster – 10 years later
This week marks the 10 anniversary of the Walkerton water tragedy, in which seven people died and nearly half of the town’s population of 4800 was made seriously ill. The disaster was the a result of the contamination of the …
Letter to Editor re: GEA Renewables Costs Published in the Toronto Star April 7, 2010
April 6, 2010 The Editors, The Toronto Star 1 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario Dear Sir/Madam, Re: the critique of the impact of the Green Energy Act Feed in Tariff (FIT) system on electricity costs in Ontario (“Rush to renewables …
Letter to the Editor on Health Effects of Wind Turbines. Published in the Globe and Mail April 7, 2010
April 6, 2010 The Editors The Globe and Mail 444 Front St. Toronto Dear Sir/Madam Today’s Globe editorial on the alleged health effects of wind turbines (“Turbine turbulence”) leaves out the critical question of the impacts of …
Letter to Editor – Response to Toronto Star Editorial on Nuclear in Ontario, February 2010
February 20, 2010 The Editors The Toronto Star 1 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario Re: Nuclear Questions Left Unanswered Dear Sir/Madam, In reviewing today’s editorial regarding the construction of new nuclear power plants for Ontario, I was left wondering what alternative …
Letter to the Editor Re: Mining and Ontario Throne Speech, Published in Toronto Star March 13, 2010
March 9, 2010 The Editors, The Toronto Star 1 Yonge St. Toronto. Re: McGuinty Bets on Big Mining (The Star, March 9) Dear Sir/Madam, Well… It would have been a great Throne Speech – if it …
Public Safety in Private Hands: Rethinking the TSSA model Published in the Toronto Star, August 2008
The early morning explosion on August 10th at the Sunrise propane facility in Toronto has prompted a host of questions about the structure, role and effectiveness of the industry’s principle safety regulator in Ontario, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority …
Where Now for Ontario’s Electricity System? February 2010
Ontario’s apparent decision, revealed this week, to proceed with a partial refurbishment of Pickering B nuclear power plant and a full refurbishment of the Darlington facility raises new questions about the future direction of the provinces electricity system. The decisions …