Today’s high electricity prices are largely the result of policy choices including big subsidies for green energy producers.
electricity costs
January 18, 2017
1:22PM
Affordable energy is to the economy what oxygen is to the human body.
January 5, 2017
12:39PM
Between 2003 and 2014, inflation-adjusted per-person economic growth in Ontario averaged just 0.3 per cent annually.
November 5, 2015
9:48AM
Ontario’s approach to electricity policy has driven up prices for businesses and residents, undermining competitiveness.
July 10, 2015
9:00AM
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce this week released the findings of an unprecedented consultation with its members and the results are painfully clear: soaring electricity prices are killing business in Ontario.
October 30, 2014
10:00AM
Ontario’s green energy transformation -- initiated a decade ago under then-Premier Dalton McGuinty -- is now hitting consumers.
October 4, 2014
6:00AM
Murray Smith, a former Alberta cabinet minister in the Ralph Klein government, the one that privatized government liquor stores and licence registries in 1993, once told me about a side benefit of such divestments (and I paraphrase): fewer distractions, which led to more focused government.
October 3, 2014
10:00AM
Since taking office in mid-September, Alberta’s new Premier Jim Prentice has talked an active game on the energy file. From the perspective of those who believe that Canada’s energy exports are vital to the country’s economic health, many of his comments seem positive. But there is one area where Mr. Prentice’s energy-policy comments are troubling.
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