Ontario’s public power failure redux
(June 22, 2017) Ontario is repeating its failed public power experiment. This article first appeared in QP Briefing. When Ontario Hydro – at one point the largest public utility in North America – went...
View ArticleHow megaprojects bankrupt utilities
(June 26, 2017) Brady Yauch, executive director of Consumer Policy Institute, describes the looming threat to public institutions – and to our pocketbooks. Across Canada, some of the country’s largest...
View ArticleHow megaprojects bankrupt public power utilities and leave regulators in the...
(September 6, 2017) Government-owned power utilities across Canada are pushing ahead with multi-billion dollar megaprojects, while undermining the regulators put in place to protect consumers from such...
View ArticleKey project at Darlington nuclear facility hundreds of millions over budget,...
(October 16, 2017) A Global News investigation has uncovered a single component of the Darlington nuclear project could cost half a billion dollars, four-times initial estimates. Auditors say project...
View ArticleThe bad, very bad and very very bad of the Ontario PC energy plan
(November 28, 2017) The Ontario PC’s energy plan doubles down on a couple of poor policies. The Ontario PC party recently released its energy plan. Unfortunately for electricity customers, the plan...
View ArticleShut the Pickering reactors down
(March 15, 2018) Our new Grounds for Thought discussion night falls on the last Tuesday of March at 8:30 pm. Join Shawn-Patrick Stensil of Greenpeace as he focuses on the Pickering problem and why he...
View ArticlePeskotomuhkati Chief denounces Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s public...
(June 9, 2022) Indigenous sovereignty, sustainable non-nuclear futures, and critical perspectives lost in the fray. By Harrison Dressler, published by NB Media Co-op During the early afternoon of May...
View ArticleA 2nd Chernobyl
(August 19, 2022) Who knows where the fallout from Zaporizhzhia, a nuclear power complex 50 percent larger than Chernobyl, might land? By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon Commentary Ukraine, the...
View ArticleThe energy transition Ontario really needs is to nuclear
(June 9, 2023) When you factor in its reliability, nuclear is cheaper than solar or wind, which are available only intermittently. By Lawrence Solomon, published by Financial Post If Ontario wants to...
View ArticleMeasuring Canadian energy subsidies
(August 17, 2023) Controversies over the development of estimates for energy subsidies in Canada has impeded subsidy reform and elimination. A new report from the Fraser Institute looks at the extent...
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