Green Leader on Long-Term, COVID-19 in Ontario – April 29, 2021
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul holds a virtual press conference with Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner. They comment on the findings contained in the report from Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk on long-term care. They also discuss staffing shortages, the vaccination rollout and call for a national strategy on long-term care. The leaders are joined by the president and CEO of CanAge, Laura Tamblyn Watts. (April 29, 2021) (no interpretation)
Windmills from the White Pines wind farm in Milford, Ont., on July 19, 2018. The partially built project was previously cancelled by the Ford government. File photo by Cole Burston
The Ford government is seeking to deprioritize renewable energy, repealing measures that made it easier to build new green power projects.
The proposed changes were embedded in Bill 276, which the government introduced earlier this month, saying it would “help businesses rebound” from the economic fallout of COVID-19. In a posting to Ontario’s environmental registry, the province said it’s “no longer appropriate” to prioritize clean energy because “Ontario has built a clean energy supply.”
April 14, 2021 · 0 Comments
By ROB PAUL
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As opposition to Highway 413 continues to grow, Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner has been trumpeting the concerns that come with the Ford government moving forward with the proposed project.
In a recent statement, Schreiner pointed out that the issues go beyond the impact the highway will have on the environment and food production,.
“Greens have been calling for the cancellation of Highway 413 since it was first reintroduced by Ford because it threatens our food security and greenspace,” said Schreiner.
Schreiner is one of the leading voices in the fight against Highway 413 and spoke with the Caledon Citizen about why there is a better way of dealing with the truck traffic issues.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford (left) stands alongside now-Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney and Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell in June 2018. File photo by Alex Tétreault
In the outer reaches of the Greater Toronto Area, plans for a new highway are attracting controversy.
On one side are Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, who are seeking to exempt a decades-old idea from the environmental assessment process, arguing that it’s urgently needed to relieve congestion.
Critics, meanwhile, are raising concerns about the highway’s environmental impact it would slice through the protected Greenbelt.
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