By Andre Fajardo On December 21st, 2022, the Trudeau cabinet issued a news release outlining the Canadian federal government’s commitment to new regulations for commercial auto manufacturers and importers. These regulations mandate manufacturers and importers across the Canadian market to begin producing or sourcing ‘zero-emission vehicles,’ or ZEVs, as a percentage of their fleet sales. ZEVs are defined…
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Pan-Canadian Perspectives: The Cost of Electricity in Ontario
Editor’s Note: This week, the PPGR is publishing commentary articles from public policy and public administration students at universities across Canada. This Pan-Canadian Perspectives series is meant to highlight voices from coast to coast, addressing diverse issues of local and national importance. Our fifth article in this series is from Sarah Edmunds at Ryerson University,…
Three Major Problems with Hydro Solved by Shifting Costs from Bills to Taxes
Marvin JS Ferrer Electricity bills were expected to play a big role in the upcoming Ontario provincial election in 2018. However, the Ontario government implemented a plan to temporarily absorb some costs and lower bills by 25%. The opposition Progressive Conservatives also propose going further to lower bills a further 12.5 percentage points. Generating, transmitting,…
Is Efficiency or Accountability a one-or-the-other choice? The Privatization of Hydro One
Alyssa Wali Walking home on a chilly Tuesday night in Toronto, I spotted the latest campaign strategy from the opponents of electricity privatization: a moving van projecting the implications of the Hydro One privatization and images of MPPs who support it. The privatization of Hydro One has been a hot-button issue since April of this…
Who Owns the Power: Governance Issues for Electricity Distribution Utilities
Katelyn Margerm “To own or not to own?” The question was the topic of conversation at last week’s conference on the governance of municipally-owned electricity distribution utilities hosted by the Council for Clean and Reliable Electricity in Markham. The question was timely, as days earlier Toronto mayoral hopeful Karen Stintz revealed her pitch to sell…
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