Columnist Bryne Puchase says the federal government is offering Ontario's opposition parties a "sweet deal" with its carbon-pricing plan. ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Premier’s business adviser says Ontario working on government procurement strategy for smaller firms
Former TD Bank president Ed Clark says the Ontario government is working on a special procurement strategy for smaller-sized companies, helping them to scale up their business. ...
Ontario prepares to take long, hard and climate-focused look at fossil fuels
The government released a discussion paper Thursday ahead of consultations on its still-to-be-determined energy strategy, which will focus more on First Nations as well. ...
Ontario government interested in offsetting its air travel emissions – but jet fuel free from cap and trade
While British Columbia’s carbon tax covers jet fuel, Ontario’s cap-and-trade plan will not. ...
Murray: Cut new carbon-pricing provinces some slack
On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposed a Canada-wide carbon price of $10 per tonne in 2018, rising to $50 per tonne by 2022. ...
National carbon price to start cheaper, rise faster than that of Ontario’s cap-and-trade system
Cost isn’t everything, though; the federal government says provinces who use cap-and-trade systems must have 2030 emissions targets equal to or greater than Canada’s, which is 30 per cent below 2005 GHG levels. ...
‘This rebate is a JOKE’: Hydro bill help not enough, committee told
A stack of emails was waiting for MPPs on the first day of committee hearings into Bill 13, the Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, which outlines the 8-per-cent refund. ...
Ontario’s ‘green bank’ doesn’t have a name yet
The green bank will also have to tap outside experts, who will to help it fulfill a mission of helping households pay for low-carbon retrofits to their homes. ...
Purchase: Ontario’s long-term energy plan and radical agendas
Columnist Bryne Purchase is looking for a little more transparency in Ontario's energy planning. ...
Ontario, Quebec environment ministers say more action still needed on climate change
Canada’s environment ministers are set to meet Monday in Montreal to continue their work on a “pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change." ...
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