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Toronto Sun Editorial: We pay for McGuinty’s green blunders

Toronto Sun Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter’s 33-page assessment of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s renewable energy initiatives, released last week as part of his annual report, is an infuriating read. Despite its low-key language, it describes a government that blundered into … Continue reading

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National Post editorial board: McGuinty’s green energy disaster

National Post We have long argued that the Ontario government’s headlong rush to convert Canada’s industrial heartland to “green” energy would turn out to be nothing but a colossal waste of money. Since most alternative energies remain commercially impractical (that’s … Continue reading

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Don’t understand hydro? Don’t worry. Just pay up.

by John Spears, Toronto Star When Ontario’s auditor-general has trouble figuring out what’s on a hydro bill, what hope do the rest of us have? Jim McCarter has picked apart the entrails of Ontario’s electricity system and told us earlier … Continue reading

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Hudak tells Liberals they were “giving the finger” to the Auditor General

The Canadian Press WATCH VIDEO The governing Liberals’ green energy policies are in the opposition’s crosshairs today following a critical report from Ontario’s auditor general. Watchdog Jim McCarter found that the government fast-tracked billions of dollars of wind and solar … Continue reading

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Liberals’ green energy strategy blasted by auditor

Read Auditor Generals Report on the Renewable Energy Sector Robert Benzie and Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star Haste makes waste.  Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals’ fast tracking of green energy projects will cost electricity ratepayers more money in the long run, says … Continue reading

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