Premier Kathleen Wynne says she welcomes a comparison with Mike Harris government's privatization of 407 toll highway, as it shows how much stronger the Hydro One plan is ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Four southern Ontario local utilities to merge under Clark plan
Local utilities in the GTA, Hamilton and Niagara to become one company with nearly one million customers ...
Liberals dismiss CUPE legal opinion against Hydro One sale
The union, which previously challenged a proposed sale of Hydro One assets in 2002, commissioned a legal opinion that argues Hydro One asset sales must be used to pay hydro debt. ...
Dedicated fund likely for cap-and-trade revenue, Sousa suggests
As with everything else on the file, the Liberals aren't yet tipping their hand, but the finance minister indicated a dedicated fund could be created that's similar to the Trillium Trust. ...
Happening: CPP board to participate in Sasketchewan review of farmland ownership
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Electricity sector will be ‘rewarded’ under cap-and-trade for coal plant shutdown, Chiarelli says
Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli said ratepayers deserve some relief within cap and trade for the 'sacrifice' already made after the coal-fired power plants were shut down. ...
Heard: Mauro says province won’t consider any fracking applications
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Purchase: Cap-and-trade is a risky policy
Columnist Bryne Purchase says the Liberal government's cap-and-trade policy announced Monday is the more complex way of controlling greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Province announces cap-and-trade program, but details remain scarce
Premier Kathleen Wynne and Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray said today was for announcing Ontario has 'picked a lane,' but weren't willing to get into cost or revenue estimates. ...
Seen: Aecon sells its steam tech unit for $35 million
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