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TORONTO — The Ontario government has been able to stick by its green energy plans amid a looming recession by making the project about jobs, but its biggest challenge may be one of public relations, not finance. The focus on green energy has come at a political cost, with the Liberals losing their majority mandate after this fall’s election. That result ushered in a precarious new term that some worry could lead to an overhaul of the green plans if the Liberal government falls. Read article
Incredulous! In this “information” age, how is it possible so many can be so misinformed? Installing energy generation assets that are totally at the mercy of Mother Nature cannot replace a SINGLE reliable generation asset regardless of the driver of that generator, be it fossil, hydro or nuclear! This is simple science. Look to ANY nation ANYWHERE in the world and see if you can find ONE that has succeeded! I challenge you! Repeating the same thing hoping for a different result is a text book example of insanity! So Greenpeace is against nuclear energy eh? No surprise. However, you may be interested to learn that the former head of Greenpeace and one of its founding members
(Patrick Moore) QUIT so he could SUPPORT nuclear energy! If Greenpeace was to
actually take a minute or two and actually LEARN SOMETHING they would quickly find that nuclear energy done right can USURP ALL OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY COMBINED INCLUDING FOSSIL FUELS -FOREVER! I’m even going to make it easy on them. Go here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/interviews/till.html and/or here: http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA378.html and it will last this long: http://ynpxtpnb.apollohosting.com/ddponline.org/penner05.pdf (Section IV). If one includes global reserves of thorium as well, the above calculated time increases by a factor of four from 2.9 BILLION years to 11.6 BILLION years and NO long lived waste legacy to bother future generations in either case! Not bad for a technology first visited
in 1946 eh?
Wake up people! If you continue to act like sheep, the slaughter most certainly awaits!
With truth and sincerity…
Sean Holt.
I discovered, to my horror, the manipulation that goes on in order to get leases signed. IWT are being protrayed as windmills. No one in community will get sick and complainers are only in it for the money. Opposition is portrayed as dupes of the Toronto papers or city people telling the farmer what to do.The lease is worth a lot of money to a small farmer. If this wasn;t true it would make a great plot for a novel.
Why is this continuing? Will the farmland of Ontario be scared for all time?
Hey Sean Holt,
Let’s hope!
Going nuclear
The province has been stalling for years on the multibillion-dollar procurement of new nuclear reactors. Now, one of the main obstacles – the uncertain future of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. – seems to have been resolved with the recent sale to Quebec’s SNC Lavalin. And Chris Bentley, the new Energy Minister, has been sending signals that he’s more eager than some of his predecessors to move forward.
But there’s also a new catch. Opposition to new investment in nuclear power is a bedrock position of the New Democrats. Will the Liberals be willing to antagonize them, given that they’ll also intermittently need their support?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/ontario-liberals-brace-for-a-tumultuous-year/article2287952/
We love you California!
Mike Fortuna from California
http://www.friendsofmojave.com/
Perhaps it’s time to review the Conference Board of Canada’s jobs report where no seems to know what person hours of work means to learn more about who may have been involved in this report. Have seen three interesting connections recently.
Capital Power Corp.,www.capitalpower.com/About/Pages/Boardofdirectors.aspx
As of Sept.14,2011
Donald Lowrey, Chair.& on Conference Board of Canada
John P. Manley on Conference Board of Canada & MaRS Discovery District
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/about-cboc/bod.aspx, http://www.marsdd.com/aboutmars/leadership
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=29633484
See Conference Board of Canada connections to other companies.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/board.asp?ticker=TA:CN
Stephen C. Snyder, Pres. & CEO of TransAlta has many connections to board members on Conference Board of Canada. Snyder retires end of 2011 & new CEO 2012 is Dawn Farrell who was on the Board of Vision Quest Windelectric.
Go to http://www.capitalpower.com and then use About Us or search for Board of Directors
Ontario Power Authority/OPA, http://www.powerauthority.on.ca/about-us
Scroll down to: Management,mandate and organization
Board of Directors Includes:
Ronald L.Jamieson also member of The Conference Board of Canada’s Council on the Corporate Management of Aborigional Affairs
Bruce Laurie, Pres. Ivy Foundation and on Board of Environmental Defense Canada
Leadership Team includes:
JoAnne Butler,V.P. and was president of TransAlta Mexico.
Capital Power Corp, stock trades OTC (CPXWF:OTC US)
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/board.asp?ticker=CPXWF:US
Donald Lowrey
University of Waterloo, David L Johnson. President & Vice Chancellor
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/relationship.asp?personId=628985
Board Members Affiliated with David L. Johnson include:
Louis D. Hyndman, Enbridge Inc.
Richard W. Ivey, Livgroup Investments Ltd.
John N .Turner, Northland Power
Anthony P. Franceschini, Stantec Consulting Inc
Jane E. Page, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Charles F. Coffey, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Capital Power Corp.,www.capitalpower.com/About/Pages/Boardofdirectors.aspx
Includes:
Brian MacNeill, on Board of Suncor Energy Inc
CEO of Enbridge,1991-2000
Petro Canada 2000-2009
Ontario Power Authority/OPA
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=20920557
Paul J. Bradley, OPA VP Generation Development & CFO of Northland Power Inc
John M. Beck, Board of Directors OPA & CEO of Aecon
Follow the relationships for the outside connections of OPA Board Members.
B Split Corp.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/relationship.asp?personId=13499833
Colin P.Andersen, CEO of OPA > Jack M. Mintz, Bd. of Morneau Sheppell Inc > Harry A. Goldgut, Ch. Brookfield Renewable Power Inc.
Scroll down on right side of page to “Most Connected People to Colin Andersen”
Ontario Power Authority/OPA
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=20920557
Jon M. Beck, OPA Board & CEO Aecon Group Inc>Brian V. Tobin, Vice Chair.,Kruger Inc.Packaging Division & Sr.Advisor Fraser,Milner Casgrain LLP
Brian V. Tobin> V.Peter Harder, Northland Power
See: http://www.jigsaw.com & search Brian Tobin for Kruger connection.
John M. Beck, OPA Board & CEO of Aecon Group > Anthony P. Franceschini, Pres.Stantec Consulting Inc. a subsidiary of Stantec Inc.
Northland Power stock trades OTC,US as (NPIFF:OTC US)
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=NPIFF:US
V.Peter Harder,Bd.Directors Nothlandpower > Power Corporation of Canada > Brian V. Tobin, Andre & Paul Desmarsis, John A. Rae
Ontario Electrical Safety Authority, founded 1999
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4439135, See People Section
John Wiersma, Director and former Chairman > Rudy G. Riedel, Enbridge
Safety Authority enforces the Electricity Act, regulations and code in Ontario
Independent Electricity System Operator/IESO, founded 1998
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6562398
See People – Board Members
Paul Murphy, CEO > Rudy Riedl, Enbridge + John Wiersma, Veridian Corp. & Ontario Electrical Safety Authority
Ontario Power Generation/OPG
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1757991
Donn W. J. Harbridge,CFO + Director & member of Investment Committee of OPG Ventures,Inc
OPG Ventures Inc, the investment arm of OPG
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/relationship.asp?personId=11170625
Nicholas Parker,OPG Ventures Inc Sr. Advisor & Co-founder of CleanTech Group.LLC
CleanTech Group.LLC
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=31212048
Nicholas Parker, Cofounder of CleanTech Group,LLC
Why does OPG have an investment arm OPG Ventures,Inc anyway?
CleanTech Group,LLC, Nicholas Parker & Kieth Rabb Co-Founders
Kieth Rabb on Board of Calif.State Teachers Employees’ Retirement System.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=922073
Climate/greenbonds: http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/22765
“Climate Bonds to Fund Clean Energy Development,While Providing Fixed Income”
See Calif. Teachers Retirement System. Sustainable Business Aug.9,2011
CleanTech Group LLC, Board of Directors includes George Ross, Ontario Capital Growth Corp. > Tim McTiernan MaRS Discovery District Board
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=27675483
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
http://businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/relationship.asp?personId=20669784
Vicky J. Sharpe > Maurice F. Strong, Board Affiliation CleanTech Group,LLC
Nicholas Parker, Co-founder of CleanTech Group,LLC + Sr. Advisor to OPG Ventures Inc.
Should be: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/relationship.asp?personId=20889784 for Vicky J. Sharpe.
SUSSEX MEMO!!!
From glossy pamphlets in your hydro bill, to political scriptwriting. Mask, confuse, and pull the wool over the ratepayers’ eyes. It’s all in there.
Nuf said…it’s all a scam.
Stantec Consulting Inc. also represents WPD ( Wind Power Development ) that is trying to erect 8 big ones near the Collingwood Airport and a private registered Air strip in Stayner. These turbines will effect many nearby homes and surely will cause abandonment . Also they will be the main focal point on the famous view of all of Georgian Bay from the hills of Creemore. That view is why the Township was named CLEARview! Before amalgamation the Township was called Nottawa. This gateway to Georgian Bay is also a major bird migratory flyway. The corridor is called the Central North American Flyway and it even overlaps the Mississippi Flyway. Many Raptors, Geese and songbirds will be slaughtered. I am particularly worried about the red winged blackbirds that nest each spring on our farm…directly inline with the 8 slated monster wind turbines that are 50 stories tall. How in God’s name can the Ministry of the Environment be so negligent?? The rape of Rural Ontario by the wind industry is Canada’s greatest shame. McGuinty should be charged with collaboration in the deliberate destruction of Rural Ontario. He should be ousted immediately for reckless endangerment to the people, the wildlife and the economy of Ontario.
Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Natural Resources
Melodie,
The current Ontario Provincial Liberal Government has an agenda. If the MOE and MNR are run properly they will seriously disrupt that agenda. The Provincial Government has dealt with this problem by effectively eliminated those two Ministries ability to function.
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
MOE and MNR Can’t Handle Core Responsibilities
http://www.eco.on.ca/index.php/en_US/pubs/annual-reports-and-supplements/2010-11-annual-report—engaging-solutions/moe-and-mnr-can-t-handle-core-responsibilities
David Libby – from your link
“It troubles me, and it may trouble many Ontarians” says Miller “that for every dollar spent on government operations, less than one penny goes to the ministries that bear the burden of protecting our environment and natural resources. The day-to-day activities of these ministries touch the lives of all Ontarians.”
What Ontario citizens are left with:
Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has a mandate to by-pass
the Environmental Protection Act –
we ‘have to rely’ on their ‘integrity’ to decide what is environmentally acceptable.
Get Rid of the OPA!
Everyone concerned with IWTs please copy the information as it is discovered so the work won’t need to be repeated. This work needs to be done as quickly as possible.
Expand on the findings if you can.
The OPA is one of the contact points between those who benefit from IWT dealings and the government.
Most know what influence peddling is but not many know what interlocking boards of directors can accomplish.
It appears that the Liberals and wind developers won’t be satisfied IWT dominate all of rural Ontario. Who’s going to tear these things down when the subsidies dry up and all the wind generation companies go bankrupt?
myview1872, they will not be torn down, as that is a very costly thing to do.
They will likely just sit there until they maybe fall over? Nice landscaping additions, though dontcha think? A blight on rural Ontario for many years to come. What about all of the oil contained within the gear box and such? Once the gaskets and whatnot start to disintegrate the oil will be able to leak out onto the fields. Who will be responsible for that? How many litres will that be? Tens of thousands of litres to be sure. I cringe just thinking about it.
Another “growth Industry” will be generated after these monsters start falling apart and leeching their poisonous contents on the land…it will be Wind Demolition Companies who will be endorsed by our criminal Governments and paid for by our own tax dollars!……..Enron wrote the play book on how to criminally extort $$$ from people using a fake industry like wind and solar…………..they got caught of course but then G.E bought up their “Green Road Map for embezzlement” and sold it world wide to criminals working inside Governments…………..McGuinty and the rest would deny this!!!