green energy act

7:00AM
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Trudeau government should heed warnings from other ‘green’ economic plans

Wind and solar account for only about 8 per cent of Ontario’s electricity output.


11:01AM
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Electricity consumers (you and me) pay for misguided policies that distort energy markets

Coal-fired generators have raised their prices by 1.9 cents per kilowatt hour.


1:50PM
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By subsidizing wind and solar power, the government put its green agenda ahead of Ontarians

Almost 90 per cent of the revenue to renewable generators came from the subsidy.


9:09AM
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High electricity prices were responsible for roughly 75,000 job losses in the province’s manufacturing sector.


3:32PM
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Ontario should cancel existing contracts with renewable energy—not just future contracts

The Green Energy Act provided long-term guaranteed contracts to renewable energy generators at above market rates.


10:01AM
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Today’s high electricity prices are largely the result of policy choices including big subsidies for green energy producers.


1:22PM
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Affordable energy is to the economy what oxygen is to the human body.