Despite overwhelming evidence that governments do badly when they try to remove the freedom from free enterprise, Wynne and McGuinty ploughed ahead with their green energy vision. Continue reading Kelly McParland: Another wheel flies off Ontario’s green energy bus, and lands on 340 workers
Ontario’s public power failure redux
Ontario is repeating its failed public power experiment. Continue reading Ontario’s public power failure redux
How to make Ontario’s awful power system as dull (and affordable) as natural gas
Unlike its power companies, Ontario’s gas is sold by pencil-pushers who keep their nose to the grindstone and avoid controversy.
Continue reading How to make Ontario’s awful power system as dull (and affordable) as natural gas
Dot-com road hogs like Uber and Amazon will just make traffic worse unless we charge them
The explosion of e-commerce takes our free road space, hurting commuters.
How Queen’s Park broke Ontario’s provincial electricity sector
Political meddling has undermined the province’s electricity sector. Continue reading How Queen’s Park broke Ontario’s provincial electricity sector
Looking to lower Ontario power rates? Start with Pickering, where $550 million will be wastefully spent
The economic argument to keep Pickering open past 2020 relies on an analysis that requires some far apart stars to align.
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources
The federal government should look to Ontario for examples on how not to implement renewable energy policies. Continue reading Presentation to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources
The bad, very bad and very very bad of the NDP’s hydro fix
A plan by Ontario’s NDP to fix the province’s hydro crisis will only make matters worse. Continue reading The bad, very bad and very very bad of the NDP’s hydro fix
Manitoba Hydro’s walking on a tightrope — or is it?
Manitoba Hydro’s debt problem is overhanging the public utility’s future.
Continue reading Manitoba Hydro’s walking on a tightrope — or is it?
What Manitoba Hydro’s gamble means for your rates
Manitoba Hydro’s push for megaprojects will cost ratepayers. Continue reading What Manitoba Hydro’s gamble means for your rates
