October 30, 2020 Published in Policy Options, November 18, 2020 Last month’s federal Speech from the Throne contained a somewhat cryptic statement that, in addition to “supporting investments in renewable energy” the federal government would be supporting “next-generation clean energy …
Empathetic incompetence? The Ford government at 2 years
Published in The Conversation, August 25, 2020; Hamilton Spectator, September 9, 2020. Now into the third year of its mandate, the Ontario government under Premier Doug Ford is being assessed for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis. The impressions are …
Re: Proposal Number: 20-MMAH006/ 2.ERO 019-1679: Proposed Land Needs Assessment Methodology for A Place to Growth: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
July 24, 2020 Ontario Growth Secretariat Municipal Affairs and Housing 777 Bay Street 23rd floor, Suite 2304 Toronto, ON M7A 2J3 Canada Re: Proposal Number: 20-MMAH006/ 2.ERO 019-1679: Proposed Land Needs Assessment Methodology for A Place to Growth: Growth Plan …
Has Ontario made itself an “innovation wasteland” on energy?
July 13, 2020 On the Friday afternoon before the week of the Canada Day holiday, the Ford government in Ontario quietly announced a change to the province’s electricity rate structure. Going forward, industrial energy consumers are no longer to be …
We need inquiries into why coronavirus is ravaging long-term care homes
Published in The Conversation, May 24, 2020, Charlottetown Guardian, May 28, 2020. By Bruce Campbell, Mark Winfield and Pat Armstrong (York University) Ontario says it will establish a commission to study the handling of COVID-19 in the province’s long-term care …
The Ontario long-term care home COVID-19 pandemic disaster: The case for a public inquiry
By Bruce Campbell, Mark Winfield and Pat Armstrong Updated version published in the Hamilton Spectator, May 23, 2020. May 12, 2020 Long-term care facilities, have emerged as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Rates of COVID-19 infections have …
Ontario’s business friendly agenda accelerates in the shadow of the pandemic.
May 6, 2020 Published in the Hamilton Spectator, May 19, 2020. Reports emerged this week that the Ford government in Ontario is quietly setting up an online portal where businesses could ask for regulation or rule changes to help them …
An Ontario Recovery Plan: Energy, Electricity and Climate Change
Sustainable Energy Initiative, York University May 2020 The Government of Ontario has created a Provincial Committee on Jobs and Recovery to discuss options to support jobs and recovery of the Province once the Emergency Orders have been lifted. …
Governments must resist Covid-19 lobbying frenzy; focus on long-term sustainability transition
April 18, 2020 Updated version published in the Conversation, May 14, 2020. Last week a letter to a host federal ministers from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) was leaked to the media. The contained a laundry-list of new …
Executive Summary: Effective and Resilient Governance for Energy Efficiency in Low-Carbon Sustainable Energy Transitions
February 25, 2020 Full report available here Estimates of the technologically and economically achievable potential for energy efficiency improvements in Canada are significant. Modelling by the International Energy Agency and Natural Resources Canada, for example, suggests that under ambitious policy …