Unpacking Equity is a collaboration between the Public Policy and Governance Review and the Gender, Diversity and Public Policy Initiative (GDPP) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. This series aims to explain equity-related policy issues and break down complicated topics involving equity, diversity and inclusion. Policy professionals can gain a better…
Tag: Energy
A Radioactive Policy: What to Do with High-level Nuclear Waste
Ian T. D. Thomson The world of nuclear energy generation presents an interesting paradox. With the USSR connecting the first nuclear power plant to the electricity grid in 1954, many applaud nuclear for being a clean, cheap, abundant and non-C02 emitting source of energy generation. Yet there remains a fear of nuclear meltdowns and of…
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…
Power Struggles: Energy Security and Equality in Canada
Tara Sackett Interest by remote Indigenous communities in Canada for building alternative energy systems – including renewable projects such as run-of-river hydro and wind, but also systems such as wind-diesel hybrids or combined heat and power – has been increasing in recent decades. “Off-grid” communities, which are not connected to the main electricity grid, may…
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…
