Category: Law, Policy, & Standards
Ontario’s new Feed-in Tariff rules and pricing gets thumbs up from OSEA
Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program was updated today with a new emphasis on energy storage and investment in smartening up the province’s grid.
Ontario needs to get ready for climate change: Gord Miller
The Commissioner’s report says the government must improve its strategic plan by prioritizing the actions that are needed, setting specific targets and timelines, identifying dedicated funding, and outlining the responsibilities of key government ministries.
Green Party Platform
Greenpages contributor Jen McLaughlin interviews party candidates in advance of the Ontario election. Her summary of the Green platform is below. The Green Party platform focuses on 5 areas: Jobs, Energy, Food, Health and Good Government. I interviewed three candidates from the Green Party: Steve Dyck from the Guelph riding, Rob Strang from the Dufferin-Caledon [...]
Liberal Party Platform
Greenpages contributor Jen McLaughlin interviews party candidates in advance of the Ontario election. Her summary of the Liberal platform is below. The Liberal Party platform focuses on education, job creation, health care, transportation and energy. It highlights what they have achieved in the last eight years and the programs they will continue to work on [...]
Progressive Conservative Platform
Greenpages contributor Jen McLaughlin reached out to several Progressive Conservative candidates for interviews in advance of the Ontario election, but did not hear back from any of them. As a result, she was unable to provide their perspective on the Change Book. Her own summary of the PC platform is below. The Progressive Conservative platform is called the Change [...]
New Democratic Party Platform
The NDP platform is called the Plan for Affordable Change and it outlines making life affordable, jobs and health care.
Voting with our stomachs
Food Forward asks Toronto candidates on behalf of its members, what will you as MP and your party do to increase access to healthy, sustainable food for all Torontonians?
Free Charity Law Webinar: Receipting Practices and Legal Compliance for Environmental Charities
Join charity lawyer Mark Blumberg as he discusses the “dos and don’ts” of charitable receipting (did you know that 89% of registered charities were found to be improperly issuing official donation receipts when audited by Canada Revenue Agency?). This is an interactive session, so you will have lots of opportunities to ask questions.
Ontario fails to protect threatened caribou
Toronto – Leading conservation organizations are concerned that the McGuinty government has placed woodland caribou and its own North American-leading species legislation at risk by exempting a swath of industries from accountability under Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Environmental groups in Ontario call for Anti-SLAPP Act
Toronto – Environmental groups are applauding the strong recommendations put forward by the Ontario government’s expert advisory panel aimed at protecting citizens from strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). They now call on the McGuinty government to deliver a new Anti-SLAPP Act as soon as possible. SLAPPs are legal proceedings that have the principal effect [...]
