A single day of public hearings will be held on Monday for both bills. ...
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Offshore and onshore wind power supported by most voters, poll suggests
A Forum Research survey found 52 per cent of respondents actually supported offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, despite the Ontario government's moratorium. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, Nov. 25. ...
Brown says ‘aggressive vetting’ of PC candidates important
While Brown's in favour of screening potential Ontario Tory candidates, he’s leery of another screening process – that being proposed by federal Tory leadership candidate Kellie Leitch. ...
Public-private partnerships pooh-poohed by Ontario voters: Poll
The polling numbers come ahead of a follow-up report by Ontario’s auditor general on the provincial government’s “Alternative Financing and Procurement," which found nearly $8 billion in extra costs in choosing P3s. ...
Ontario poised to hand over many millions of dollars’ worth of cap-and-trade credits free of charge
The Environmental Commisioner of Ontario reported Tuesday that the industries who will receive “most” of their cap-and-trade emission allowances for free from 2017 to 2020 will pump out approximately 40 megatonnes of gre ...
Heard: Brown says Progressive Conservative platform and carbon tax plan under construction
Former PC leader Tim Hudak ran into problems with his 2014 election platform, as the “Million Jobs Plan” was picked apart by economists. ...
Heard: Ontario open to linking cap-and-trade system with Nova Scotia, Murray says
The environment minister noted the New England states also have a cap-and-trade system for their power sectors, which means it "makes some sense" to link up with the region. ...
As watchdog warns Ontario about cap-and-trade ties, province gets California love
The release of a new environmental report has PC Leader Patrick Brown making the somewhat odd suggestion that Kathleen Wynne should listen to Justin Trudeau. ...
It’s too late now to say sorry, opposition says of premier’s electric apology
Whatever Premier Wynne and her energy minister have in mind for further electricity cost cuts, it may involved the local distribution companies ...