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1. Climate Change: It’s Not the Science, It’s the Policy

   Appeared in VancouverSun.com The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest “Synthesis Report” drawing together the findings of the most recent three-volume set of the Fifth Assessment Report. The Assessment Report is ...

2. The misguided attraction of energy conservation

   Appeared in the Financial Post At the end of March, the CEO of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) issued a directive regarding the implementation of Ontario's "Long term energy plan," which spells out  what the provincial energy regulator ...

3. On Green Energy Act, Ontario government still sees no evil

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun Earlier this month the Fraser Institute published a report sharply critical of one of the flagship policies of the Ontario government, namely the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA). We found that the Act is costing Ontario over $5 ...

4. Environmental and Economic Consequences of Ontario's Green Energy Act

   This report investigates the effect of the Green Energy Act(GEA) on economic competitiveness in Ontario. It focuses on three questions: (1) Will the GEA materially improve environmental quality in Ontario? (2) Is it a cost-effective plan for accomplishing ...

5. Ontario Industrial Electricity Demand Responsiveness to Price

   In March 2003, the Ontario wholesale electricity Market Surveillance Panel examined the extent of demand response since the market was opened in 2002. The present paper updates aspects of the 2003 analysis in order to determine whether industrial demand ...