Wynneing!
By Kate on May 17, 2016 9:11 AM | 43 Comments
All in the family: Wynne's Brother-in-law the new CEO of EHealth, BUT he also has deep ties to the Wind Industry
By Kate on May 17, 2016 9:11 AM | 43 Comments
...this new plan, billed by the Liberals as a "once-in-a-lifetime transformation" for Ontario's economy, may also prove the end of Ontario's lifetime of economic progress. In an era where assisted dying is the big thing with Liberals, this could be the first case where it's tried on a province.
The leaked cabinet document, reportedly signed-off on by Premier Kathleen Wynne, lists a jaw-dropping 80 or so policies including: The eventual ban on heating new homes and buildings with natural gas, with only electric or geothermal being legal; $4 billion to be doled out by a "green bank," funded by carbon taxes, to subsidize retrofits of buildings to get them off natural gas; the requirement that homes undergo an "energy-efficiency audit" before they can be sold; and a stack of rules, regulations and handouts to get an electric car into every two-car household within eight years, including rebates, free electric charging, and plug-in stations at every liquor store. Naturally, there will be billions more in traditional government-spending programs on public transit, bike paths, upgrades for schools and hospitals, and "research" funds and centres of climate excellence, not to mention new ethanol fuel standards that will gratify the Liberals' top corporate donors in the biofuel lobby.
Kevin Libin: Ontario’s big, green assisted economic suicide plan
The leaked cabinet document, reportedly signed-off on by Premier Kathleen Wynne, lists a jaw-dropping 80 or so policies including: The eventual ban on heating new homes and buildings with natural gas, with only electric or geothermal being legal; $4 billion to be doled out by a "green bank," funded by carbon taxes, to subsidize retrofits of buildings to get them off natural gas; the requirement that homes undergo an "energy-efficiency audit" before they can be sold; and a stack of rules, regulations and handouts to get an electric car into every two-car household within eight years, including rebates, free electric charging, and plug-in stations at every liquor store. Naturally, there will be billions more in traditional government-spending programs on public transit, bike paths, upgrades for schools and hospitals, and "research" funds and centres of climate excellence, not to mention new ethanol fuel standards that will gratify the Liberals' top corporate donors in the biofuel lobby.
Kevin Libin: Ontario’s big, green assisted economic suicide plan
All in the family: Wynne's Brother-in-law the new CEO of EHealth, BUT he also has deep ties to the Wind Industry
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