We at CAE have been conducting a comprehensive review of the federal conservative leadership candidates’ energy policies. Having reviewed Erin O’Toole, Peter MacKay and Leslyn Lewis, next up is Derek Sloan, MP for the Ontario riding of Hastings–Lennox and Addington. A long shot for leader, Sloan’s policies have often been referred to in the mainstream … Continued
Last week we published an article about the unrealistic and destructive emission targets Canada agreed to under the Paris Agreement. This week, we will talk about the longer term emission target set by the government: net-zero by 2050. “Net-zero by 2050” was first announced as a Liberal campaign promise during the 2019 fall election. It … Continued
In our continuing reviews of Conservative leadership candidates, next in line is Dr Leslyn Lewis. Lewis’ official energy policies check the boxes of carbon tax cancellation and Bills C-48 and C-69 repeal, as did the other candidates reviewed thus far. As we did with those candidates, we see this as a positive. Things become murky … Continued
In 2015, Canada, along with 194 other countries, signed on to the Paris Agreement. This Agreement, devised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), called on all signees to make a commitment to lower their carbon emissions by the year 2030. However, it set no objective baseline – each nation could set … Continued
Our last blogpost was intended to illuminate where Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Erin O’Toole has positioned himself on issues affecting the affordability of energy. Today, we are doing the same with a second candidate, Peter MacKay. Let’s take a close look. MacKay has come out against carbon taxes. But so has every candidate … Continued
CPC leadership candidate and Ontario MP Erin O’Toole released his platform a few weeks ago. Within 24 hours he had backtracked his positioning on energy. It seems that walking the line between keeping grassroots conservatives happy and maintaining a quasi-green image is a more difficult task than O’Toole anticipated. Memo to Erin: the greens are … Continued
Last week it was Germany. Now it is the United Kingdom. It seems that expensive “green energy” policies are taking the world by storm. According to a new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation, consumers in the UK are paying more and more for an inefficient, fragile electricity system through a charge on their … Continued
Here comes another cautionary tale about the dangers of “green energy.” This one is out of Germany – the green energy utopia of Europe. Energy consumers in Germany are getting stuck with the bill for expensive clean energy contracts. Sounds familiar? It is the exact situation Ontarians find themselves in thanks to the notorious McGuinty-Wynne … Continued
A fall 2020 election is looking more and more appealing to the Trudeau Liberals. Nik Nanos, founder of Nanos Research, and Pollster Greg Lyle of Innovative Research said in a Hill Times article this week that fall 2020 is an ideal time for the Liberals to win back their majority. This should set off alarm … Continued
Last week I wrote about Gerald Butts and his instrumental role in the disastrous McGuinty-Wynne era Green Energy Act in Ontario. As Butts returns to Ottawa as a member of the “Task Force for Resilient Recovery”, let’s recall his time in the Trudeau PMO and the climate obsession that marks everything he touches, always leaving … Continued