This new “chief investment officer” will create and lead a “Strategic Investments Office” – a one-stop shop that will guide businesses trying to navigate through government bureaucracy. ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
Thibeault defends decision to end new green power procurement, keep nuclear plants running
But one environmental group claims the Wynne government "nuked" renewable energy. ...
Question period liveblog
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Seen: Regulator releases cap-and-trade guide for natural gas utilities
The OEB, which regulates the natural gas industry, released its “Regulatory Framework for the Assessment of Costs of Natural Gas Utilities’ Cap and Trade Activities” Monday evening. ...
Low-income Ontarians face bigger energy burden and smaller rebates, budget office says
The independent Financial Accountability Office highlighted how the Liberal government’s 8-per-cent hydro bill rebate would provide more than twice as much in savings to those in higher income brackets than for lower-inc ...
Liberals kibosh new green-power projects, reap $2.45 in monthly savings for electricity customers
The province had been looking for approximately 1,000 megawatts of new electricity supply from solar, wind, hydroelectric and energy-from-waste sources — but Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault says the province’s latest pow ...
Question period liveblog
What was asked in question period on Tuesday, Sept. 27. ...
Bills this week
This week's slate of legislation. ...
Seen: NDP want to remove interest from Ontario student loans
The Liberal government co-opted the NDP's previous proposal, which was to take the HST off hydro bills. ...
Heard: Wynne to listen for trade talk during U.S. Presidential debate
Premier Kathleen Wynne is also hoping tonight's debate will be “less rancorous” than the campaign has been. ...