Gwen Morgan, The Globe and Mail
Last month’s announcement by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne that her province would link up with the existing Quebec and California carbon dioxide cap-and-trade systems prompted an editorial in this newspaper headlined, “Is this Green Energy Act Round Two?”
Ontario’s Green Energy Act offered so-called “feed-in rates” almost four times existing electricity rates for wind and more than 10 times for solar power. Like bees to honey, wind and solar companies rushed in. By the time the government realized that these subsidies were driving Ontario from one of the lowest to one of the highest power cost jurisdictions in North America, the province had signed myriad 20-year-locked-in-rate-guaranteed contracts that will drive power rates up a further 40 per cent to 50 per cent in coming years. Adding salt to this self-inflicted wound is the reality that much of the green power comes on stream when it isn’t needed. This unneeded electricity is dumped into the United States at bargain-basement prices that Ontario’s Auditor-General found has already cost Ontario power consumers billions of dollars, with much bigger losses yet to come before those 20-year contracts expire. Read article
Clearly their enthusiasm continues for these types of projects regardless of how destructive they have been elsewhere or here. Rich benefits are accruing someplace. Just don’t think its Ontario or its citizens. Be nice if we had a government that worked for us…
Take action.
http://www.ontariolandowners.ca
Good reminder of Wynne’s admitting on live television the Breach of Trust, a criminal act, by the Liberal Party regarding the +billion taxpayers dollars being used to cancel/relocate the 2 gas powered electricity generating plants, so that the Liberals Party could get 2 more seats during the previous election! We just printed, read, signed & posted those 3 letters to RMCP, OPP, and Lieut.Governor of Ontario.
Oh, it’s enriching some chosen few Liberal only, Ontarions all right. Like Mike Crawley, ex-liberal premier Peterson, Dalton McGuilty, Gerald Butt & muriad other Liberal pols. & insiders.
But the province & it’s non-Liberal supporting normal folk, are getting robbed blind. Because too many fooled folk (fools) & idiots re-elected them to continue the total destruction of a once great (pre-Lib/lefty), now destroyed, Ontario.
Philippe Couillard, a neuro-surgeon, just happened to be elected premier of Ouebec.
Wonder what he thinks about the western U.S. outbreak of Valley fever? California, a great place for wind and solar power developments so they can be “green” But at what cost/price?
So let’s do cap-and-trade with them.
And Strong & Associates got their cap-and-trade!
A big question!
Now that Ontario farmers –
are being subsidized [hahahaha] by signing
onto wind turbine leases [to supplement income] —-
will bankers ditch farmers?
Ontario farmers should now look
@ starving Mexican farmers;
shy bankers don’t lend to losers.
p.s. a rogue government setup!
Note: Lack of capital – is deadly!
The comments section for this Globe article are quite interesting.
One comment has Butts is behind the Liberal party agenda but doesn’t know who the others are.
Another has the idea that big oil interests are NOT involved in promoting cap-and-trade.
None appear to know who the parties are in Quebec that are backing cap-and-trade and the world-wide climate agenda. Or for that matter who the Ontarians are that are involved in both of these agendas.
Who the parties are that are running this whole cap-and-trade/climate agenda in Canada and their connections to their U.S. counterparts is not mentioned.
Planet Experts/Politics, April 28, 2015
Vatican meeting included:
James Hansen, U.S. climatologist
http://www.planetexperts.com/pope-francis-gathers-scientists-policymakers-for-climate-change-summit
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Scientific American, Jan.23, 2013
An article about, NASA climatologist, James Hansen and the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Hansen is/ has been involved in objections to this pipeline from Canada.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tar-sands-and-keystone-xl-pipeline-impact-on-global-warming
Planet Experts/Opinion, April 30, 2015
“How Pope Francis Could Shift the Climate Conversation”
This is an opinion article about the politics that could become involved in this situation as pertains to the U.S.
This same thing could occur in the coming Canadian federal election later this year.
http://www.planetexperts.com/the-pope-and-the-climate-how-francis-may-be-shifting-the-climate-conversation
This all needs to be exposed Barbara. This is such madness.
With all of just the known variables, how can anyone say what causes changes in climate is settled. What about any yet unknown variables?
This is an area of investigation only in its scientific infancy.
Hey Barbara,
Do you want to retract – what you just said?
Maybe you should give it some thought.
Well, I have quite an extensive science education and when you are dealing with many variables this leaves plenty of room for more investigation before declaring a scientific issue settled.
The public can understand one variable, like CO2, but not a whole lot of variables affecting a scientific issue.
Besides if this issue is settled then no more money needs to be spent investigating this issue.
I can’t claim to have much formal education in science, unlike yourself Barbara, but I’ve always been pretty good with logic & your post is bang on re the science being anywhere near settled, around the Climate Change issue.
I’m afraid the alarmists, whose careers depend on, well CC alarmism, are crying wolf, which will harm future, possible real needs to take action in any way by a once fooled, now disbelieving public.
We know they lie about IWTs, carbon taxes et al, so nothing alarmists say, can be taken seriously by informed people. It’s a sad situation the world is in, indeed. Science, I don’t believe, is ever settled is it Barbara? There’re are always more/further discoveries.
There is plenty of historical information on climate but that was ignored.
It’s the new scientific equipment available that makes this a “new” investigation that is just in its infancy?
Using settled is what should be objected to.
A very recent development in Australia re: climate change
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/08/australia-pms-adviser-climate-change-is-un-hoax-to-create-new-world-order
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Hey Barbara,
Re: Climate Science/interference – all roads lead to Babylon
‘[excerpt] As detailed in the American Tradition Institute’s lawsuit which yielded these records, Hansen suddenly became the recipient of many, often lucrative offers of outside employment and awards after he escalated his political activism — using his NASA position as a platform, and springboard. This began with a strident “60 Minutes” interview in early 2006, alleging political interference by the Bush administration in climate science.’;
Let’s not forget – the Liberals accused Stephen Harper Conservatives –
of the same thing……
re: booting out the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) ;
‘Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said in question period Monday the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy was closed because it was promoting a carbon tax as a means of addressing climate change. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)’;
Born again!
privately funded – ‘Commish Canada’ – [you know the rest]
Just the Facts!
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Dr. James Hansen’s growing financial scandal, now over a million dollars of outside income
It seems esteemed NASA astronomer turned climatologist turned paid activist Dr. James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has not been reporting some income that he is required by law to do. How long will NASA continue to look the other way? Chris Horner explains. – Anthony
A Summary of James E. Hansen’s NASA Ethics File
By Christopher Horner
NASA records released to resolve litigation filed by the American Tradition Institute reveal that Dr. James E. Hansen, an astronomer, received approximately $1.6 million in outside, direct cash income in the past five years for work related to — and, according to his benefactors, often expressly for — his public service as a global warming activist within NASA.
This does not include six-figure income over that period in travel expenses to fly around the world to receive money from outside interests. As specifically detailed below, Hansen failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in global travel provided to him by outside parties — including to London, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Tokyo, the Austrian Alps, Bilbao, California, Australia and elsewhere, often business or first-class and also often paying for his wife as well — to receive honoraria to speak about the topic of his taxpayer-funded employment, or get cash awards for his activism and even for his past testimony and other work for NASA.
Ethics laws require that such payments or gifts be reported on an SF278 public financial disclosure form. As detailed, below, Hansen nonetheless regularly refused to report this income.
Also, he seems to have inappropriately taken between $10,000 and $26,000 for speeches unlawfully promoting him as a NASA employee. This is despite NASA ordering him to return at least some of the money, with the rest apparently unnoticed by NASA. This raises troubling issues about Hansen’s, and NASA’s, compliance with ethics rules, the general prohibition on not privately benefitting from public service, and even the criminal code prohibition on not having one’s public employment income supplemented. All of this lucrative activity followed Hansen ratcheting up his global warming alarmism and activism to be more political which, now to his possible detriment, he has insisted is part of his job. As he cannot receive outside income for doing his job, he has placed himself in peril, assuming the Department of Justice can find a way to be interested in these revelations.
The following summarizes records produced by the Department of Justice to resolve litigation against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for refusing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding the required financial disclosures Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
These records are his applications for outside employment or other activity (form 17-60), approvals and accompanying documents, and public financial disclosure (form SF 278).
As detailed in the American Tradition Institute’s lawsuit which yielded these records, Hansen suddenly became the recipient of many, often lucrative offers of outside employment and awards after he escalated his political activism — using his NASA position as a platform, and springboard. This began with a strident “60 Minutes” interview in early 2006, alleging political interference by the Bush administration in climate science.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/18/dr-james-hansens-growing-financial-scandal-now-over-a-million-dollars-of-outside-income/
The road: Pope to visit congress in September!
Investigated and now retired.
Meet the creep!
Hansen – the grim paid helper – of helping
‘[excerpt] Why did James Hansen retire on April 2 after 32 years as director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies? As he told the enterprising students of Columbia University’s Sustainability Media Lab who captured him in the following video, “I want to devote full time to trying to help the public understand the urgency of addressing climate change.”
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/04/12/why-jim-hansen-stopped-being-a-government-scientist-video/
Hansen’s legacy!
….so sad
He served the interests of some important Washington people or these activities would not have taken place.
Glad to see your referencing wattsupwiththat.
Climate science is said to be in its “infancy”.
Computer models used by the IPCC are being proven wrong. More than 107 alarmist predictions have not happened.
The discussions on wattsupwiththat are well worth following on a daily basis. We have so much to learn about the history of the ever changing climatic conditions and how ridiculous it is to think human activity is the main driver of the changes.
The scientists who contribute to the blog often comment on industrial wind turbines and what a waste of money they are.
Here’s some background on Gerald Butts, Justin Trudeau’s chief advisor on environmental issues. It’s scary.
http://video.news.canoe.ca/video/hub/news/2525479625001/fear-gerald-butts/2902284860001
Another organization to checkout:
Canadian Association for the Club of Rome/CACOR
See: CACOR Climate Group
http://www.cacor.org
Also see the membership list.
The Club of Rome and CACOR by J.R. Whitehead
Canadian members of the Club of Rome (1970-2004) included:
Maurice Strong
http://www.whitehead-family.ca/drrennie/CACORhis.html
Has the history of the founding of CACOR and those who were associated with the founding of CACOR Canada.
Trudeau had a hand in the founding.
York University
Prof. Peter A. Victor
Club of Rome member
Board of the David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.fes.yorku.ca/faculty/fulltime/profile/5174
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Co-Founders:
Jim Balsillie
William Janeway
George Soros
Governance Board includes:
Drummond Pike, Tides Foundation
Advisory Board includes:
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia U.
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia U.
http://www.ineteconomics.org/about/leadership
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Institute for New Economic Thinking
Peter Victor, Prof. of Environmental Studies, York U., Canada
http://www.ineteconomics.org/people/peter-victor
Wikipedia: Institute for New Economic Thinking, NYC, Founded 2009
Funded with initial pledge of $50 million from George Soros. It has since been supplemented by major donations from James Balsille and William Janeway along with other donors.
See : Funding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_New_Economic_Thinking
INET & CIGI Partnership,
CIGI, Waterloo, ON
CIGI has pledged $25 million CAD over five years to CIGI-INET
http://www.cigionline.org/sites/default/files/INET%20Partnership%20FAQs_0.pdf
INET/Institute for New Economic Thinking
Page has information on this partnership.
CIGI/Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, ON
Got $30 M federal funds in 2003
CIGI $69 M Complex got $50 M through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program and Ontario’s 2009 budget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_International_Governance_Innovation
CBC News, Aug.9, 2010
UN climate panel include’s RIM’s Balsillie
Jim Balsillie will be one of the 21 members of the new UN High-level Panel on Global Sustainability that will develop a new blueprint for sustainable growth.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-climate-panel-includes-rim-s-balsillie-1.929025?ref=rss
Possible trail to the late April 2015 Vatican meeting on climate change that included the UN?
TECHVIBES, June 26, 2013
‘Former Blackberry CEO Jim Balsillie Appointed Chair of Federal Technology Group’
“This week, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced that Jim Balsillie, the former executive of BlackBerry, will be taking over as the chair of Sustainable Development Technology Canada.”
http://www.techvibes.com/blog/jim-balsillie-federal-technology-group-2013-06-26
Canadian International Council/CIC, founded 2007 by Jim Balsillie
Board includes:
Bill Graham, Chair.
Jim Balsillie, of CIGC
CIC President: Dr. Jennifer A. Jeffs & also on Board of WWF-Canada
http://www.opencanada.org/about/team
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Jim Balsillie is on the Advisory Board of OMERS Ventures and John Ruffolo is the CEO
http://www.omersventures.com/OurTeam/Advisory_Board.aspx
Business Insider, April 5, 2010
‘Meet the 26 Members of George Soros’s Secret Team To Rewrite Economics’
“Its aim: To remake the world’s economy as they see fit.”
Team member: William White from Canada
http://www.businessinsider.com/institute-for-new-economic-thinking-board-2010-4?op=1
FINANCIAL POST
‘No right-wing agenda’
Jim Balsillie and his new Canadian International Council (CIC) which is a public policy initiative.
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=e4905d5f-aae3-48d0-a7bc-c547d4eef0c2
The Trilateral Commission, April 2015
Members include:
Jean Charest
Andre Desmarias
Bill Graham
Monique Leroux, Desjardins Group
Roy MacLaren
John Manley
Heather Munroe-Blum
Jeffery Simpson, Globe and Mail
Gordon Smith, CIGI, Waterloo
Carole Taylor
Michael H. Wilson
http://trilateral.org/download/file/TC_list_4-15(3).pdf
Match names with organizations and events.
LINKEDIN, Jim Harris
Jim Harris is one of the first seven Canadians personally trained by Al Gore to give his “An Inconvenient Truth” slide show.
The Climate Project 2006-Sept.2014
Current:
Schurlich Executive Education Centre
Huffington Post Canada
Green IT Expert
Websites:
National Post Column
Backbone Magazine Company Website
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/jimharrisprofile
Read the whole page for much more information.
The Climate Reality Project
Canadian Training
In April 2008 Gore trained 250 additional Canadians from across the country.
The Montreal training was conducted by Gore in the presence of several distinguished people including:
Jean Charest
Line Beauchamp
David Suzuki
http://www.climatereality.ca/ourmission.aspx
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Climate Reality Project Partners:
Suzuki Foundation
CN
Desjardins Insurance
BLJC
http://www.climatereality.ca/partners.aspx
Backbone Magazine, Launched 2001
“Backbone is distributed within The Globe and Mail to business and metropolitan subscribers within city centres.”
http://www.backbonemag.com/About-Backbone/default.aspx
Isn’t it sad – Capitalism – does not exist is Russia?
The UN is a political organization and not a religious organization.
And here I thought Climate Change and Agenda 21 broke down along religious lines — those who worship Gaia — and those who don’t…
Just sayin’
Hey Barbara,
The United Nations Organization
– is not a political organization.
Why would you say it is?
UN political in the sense that it is a policy making organization or an association of governments.
Also check out the new news items at WattsUp With That about the UN & Vatican meeting on climate change.
The UKColumn, June 14, 2010
‘Abusing The System Through NGOs & CSOs’
One World Governance-Part 2
How the UN works on the local level, on climate change and how Tides Foundation fits in, etc.
http://www.ukcolumn.org/article/abusing-system-through-ngos-csos
The UKColumn, July 11, 2011
IGLOO, Common Purpose & Global Change
Scroll down to:
What is the Centre for International Innovation Online, founded 2001 by Jim Balislle.
International Governance Leaders & Organizations Online/IGLOO est. 2004 and funded by CIGI & Ontario Government.
Some background on what goes on in Ontario.
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CIGI, founded by Jim Balsillie
David Runnalls, Chair. Emeritus of the IISD/International Institute for Sustainable Development.
http://www.cigi/online.org/person-runnalls
IGLOO article is at:
http://www.ukcolumn.org/article/igloo-common-purpose-global-change
UNEP, Waterloo, Dec.2, 2014
“CIGC and UNEP To Explore Ways To Support A Sustainable, Green Global Economy”
http://www.unep.org/inquiry/News/BlogsAtricles/CIGIandUNEPtoexplorewaystosupportasustain/tabid/794627/Default.aspx
Read about this at the above website.
RIO + 20, UN Conference on Sustainable Development
US/Canada Citizen’s Summit for Sustainable Development, New Haven, CT, Mar.24-25, 2012
Speakers included:
Jim Balsillie, Canada
David Runnalls, Canada
Note: the organizations and sponsors list on this page.
http://www.uncsd2012.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=652&menu=46
Buy local – your local council insists!
Visit a ‘farmer’s market’ – sponsored by your local council.
If that doesn’t work for you – you can always
volunteer @ the ‘community garden’;
rewarding yourself.
And this will save the planet.
Believe it – or not.
Citadel Bank/AS Citadele bank, Riga, Latvia
Board includes:
James Balsille (104 relationships), CIGI
Timothy Collins, Applewood Advisors LLC
http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=111230953
Correction: Is Timothy Collins, Ripplewood Advisors LLC
International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development/ICTSD, Geneva founded 1996.
Board includes:
David Runnalls, Chair. Canada
Sylvia Ostry, Canada & Boards of Power Financial Corp. + Power Corp. Canada
Aimee Christensen, U.S. See biography for her activities.
http://www.ictsd.org/about-us/governance
Also see the funding list.
One World, United Nations University, Tokyo
David Runnalls, contributior
http://www.ourworld.unu.edu/en/contributors/david-runnalls
Formal Partners:
The Guardian Environmental Network, The Guardian Newspaper, Since 2009
Deutsche Welle Global Ideas, Germany’s International Broadcaster
http://www.ourworld.unu.edu/en/about/our-partners
GreenPAC, Toronto
Experts include:
David Runnalls
http://www.greenpac.ca/david_runnalls
Stephen Harper told –
the scumbags @ the United Nations
…….[you should know];
and do you know what happened next?
“Declaration of Religious Leaders, Political Leaders, Business Leaders, Scientists and Development Practitioners”
28 April 2015, Rome
List of Signatories P.2
http://www.casinapioiv.va/content/dam/accademia/pdf/protect/declaration.pdf
The Pope is not a Marxist.
The Pope appoints – and you should know the rest;
37 lunatics
http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/altre-istituzioni/accademia-scienze.html
How embarrassing……as Catholics and others
– watch.
No need to travel to Rome but it is interesting to look at that situation. Just look at what is going on at the CIGI in Waterloo.
An internet search using CIGI + UNEP yields plenty of information on the new “green” economy , sustainability and other things going on at CIGI in Waterloo.
Who would think a small Ontario town would be engaged in this much activity? Good place to hide what’s taking place?
It’s no wonder that Ontario is saturated in the UN agenda.
Queens Park joins forces with the United Nations
Ontario Liberals – just took the next step towards –
their Agenda 21 legislation.
Bill 73 – proposed Smart Growth for Our Communities Act
http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page11014.aspx
The liberals have a majority government – which means
they can do anything they want;
nothing so far – has been – in the best interest of Ontario citizens.
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So if Ontario has had no legislation – as in – law
why are Ontario municipalities implementing
Agenda 21 aka Kyoto Protocol aka Sustainable Development
aka Smart Growth?
To make matters worse;
then – hiding By-Laws.
By-Laws passed by council – form a law
and all By-Laws should be posted – for easy access
so the ordinary citizen can see what council is doing.
Citizens have busy lives and cannot attend
every council meeting.
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Most important –
council transferred their power
to the Mayor and CAO
and council members sit on Agenda 21 committee’s
and hold portfolio’s in most cases.
The pretend council – with no power to represent the community
have become useful idiots – of convenience
but still pass By-Laws
that are then – hidden.
A liberal horror show – in plain sight;
with the appearance of corruption.
The CIGI Waterloo complex cost was $69 million.
Got $30 million in 2003 with additional $50 million later according to internet information.
This was a whole lot of money spent in a small Ontario town unless this was going to be an important centre of activity.
Then there were the initial donations to get this started and the City donated the land for the centre with a 99 year lease.
Lot’s of money spent at Waterloo.
Health News Digest, April 20, 2015
“Sustainability: A Fable For Our Time”
Promotes “sustainable dining”
http://www.gasdetection.com/interscan-in-the-news/magazine-articles/sustainability-a-fable-for-our-time
The Daily Caller, May 4, 2015
“Kofi Annan: Eat Bugs To Stop Global Warming”
If humans start eating bugs what will be left for birds and bats to eat?
http://www.dailycaller.com/2015/05/04/kofi-annan-eat-bugs-to-stop-global-warming
Are you keeping an eye – on your government?
Look who came to town?
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/home.do
Couillard ,but they did have prayers first.
Canadian Manufacturing, Montreal, June 9, 2014
Christine Lagarde, IMF head, told an international economic conference that a mechanism is needed to reflect the cost of emissions and encourage less consumption.
Attending the Economic Forum of the America’s luncheon:
Charest, Couillard, Chretien, and Clark.
http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/sustainability/imfs-lagarde-praises-canada-energy-sector-calls-carbon-tax-138236
IMF=International Monetary Fund
Use a conference to back up what you want to do. Works most of the time.
Get rid of the:
United Nations
International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank
Which one do you think – is more corrupt?
Oh yeah – why did Dalton McGuinty – Really Quit!?
International Economic Forum Of The Americas, Montreal
Board includes:
Paul Desmarias, Jr.
Dominic Barton, McKinsey & Company & also Ecofiscal Commission Canada
Christine Lagarde, IMF
John Manley
Gerard Mestrallet, GDF Suez
Michael Sabia, Caisse du depot et placement du Quebec
http://www.forum-americas.org/montreal/board-of-governors
International Economic Forum Of The Americas, Toronto
Advisory Board includes:
John Beck, Aecon Group Inc.
http://www.forum-americas.org/toronto-advisory-board
Same story over and over again.
The Climate Group, New York, June 13, 2014
“IMF Chief In Favor Of Carbon Tax And Cap And Trade Systems”
http://www.theclimategroup.org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/imf-chief-in-favor-of-carbon-tax-and-cap-and-trade-systems
More information at this website.
Welcome – to Ontario
‘open for business’;
and now – ‘bankrupt’;
Climate Group membership – has its perks!
What’s next?
A bail out – from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
[hahahahahaha…..economics!….a-la-carte!
[DSK style]
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‘Bilderberg Bewildering’
If Justin Trudeau – becomes Prime Minister
the masters become the – World Bank –
so
– his win –
– is important to some. Right?
Bilderberg Group – pissed off with Stephen Harper?
Well…..
Stephen Harper – did piss off the United Nations –
– maybe that’s why I love him! hahahahahahahaha…..
hahahahahahahaha……hahahahahahahah……
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Election Year Canada
October 19, 2015
Vote Conservative!
Go Stephen Harper!
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Ontario:
Minister of Climate Change
Ontario Joins Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Partnership
Province Showing Climate Change Leadership at Annual U.N. Meeting in Peru
‘[excerpt]
Ontario is also a member of The Climate Group’s States and Regions Alliance Steering Group, mandated to accelerate international action on climate change by raising the profile of successful mitigation efforts, facilitating discussions among states and regions and sharing best practices from around the world.
The alliance represents 313 million people, 11 percent of the world economy and seven percent of global emissions. Other members of the alliance include Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, and other states and regions around the world.
The compact builds on Ontario’s recent actions showing leadership and collaboration on climate change, including:
Working with all provinces to ensure the Canadian Energy Strategy, currently being developed, takes climate change objectives into account.
A Joint Statement on Climate Change with California, Quebec and British Columbia. The statement recognizes the urgency of addressing climate change and resolves to work collaboratively towards mid-term greenhouse gas reduction goals.
Meeting Ontario’s 2014 greenhouse gas reduction target of six per cent below 1990 levels.
Leading and collaborating with other jurisdictions and industry leaders to address climate change is part of the government’s economic plan for Ontario. The four part plan is building Ontario up by investing in people’s talents and skills, building new public infrastructure like roads and transit, creating a dynamic, supportive environment where business thrives and building a secure savings plan so everyone can afford to retire.
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2014/12/ontario-joins-greenhouse-gas-emission-reporting-partnership.html
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IMF – Economics @ Work!
Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial for ‘aggravated pimping’
http://nypost.com/2015/02/02/dominique-strauss-kahn-goes-on-trial-for-aggravated-pimping/
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Election Year Canada
October 19, 2015
Vote Conservative!
Go Stephen Harper!
Oh Yeah –
or join Unifor – and help globalists!
Election Year Canada
October 19th, 2015
Vote conservative!
Wynne says feds standing on sidelines as Ontario joins cap-and-trade market
‘[excerpt] Three quarters of Canada’s 35 million citizens will soon live in jurisdictions with a price on carbon after Ontario announced Monday it is joining Quebec and California in a cap-and-trade system the federal government lampoons as a “job-killing carbon tax.”
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Quebec’s Philippe Couillard signed off on the carbon trading market in Quebec City after Wynne had earlier announced the initiative in Toronto. They join B.C. and Alberta as carbon-pricing provinces.
“Call it carbon pricing, cap and trade, a market mechanism or — I believe it’s misleading — but if you must, go ahead and call it a tax,” Wynne said in Toronto.’
http://www.680news.com/2015/04/13/ontario-and-quebec-to-sign-cap-and-trade-deal-today-to-curb-climate-change/
The Climate Group, New York
Government members include:
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New York
Connecticut
States & Regions Alliance Affiliates include:
New York City
Toronto
& others
Other partners include:
The United Nations Global Compact
The World Bank
http://www.theclimategroup.org/what-we-do/network
IIED, 4/12/06
“Barbara Ward And The Origins Of Sustainable Development”
Pp. 14 & 46
The association of Barbara Ward, Maurice Strong and David Runnalls.
http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/11500IIED.pdf
CIGI Annual Report 2005, Waterloo, ON
Pages 39-40
Board of Governors included:
Jim Balsillie
Bill Graham
David Johnston, Pres. U. Waterloo
Kevin Lynch, IMF
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia Univ.
Maurice Strong, Canada
http://cigionline.org/sites/report/files/cigiannual_report_0511.pdf
Revised speaker’s list. Lot’s of buses heading to Queens Park and even more going on their own. See you there!
It’s important that we keep letting this arrogant and destructive government know that we are NOT going away. Wind warriors, you need to be there. Bus update below. (Please let us know if you are arranging a bus and we will let people know about it!) Lorrie
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13th
12:00 noon to 3:00pm at QUEENS PARK:
“Hydro One rates have already more than tripled in the last 11 years pushing manufacturing plants and jobs out of the province and leaving households with sky-high hydro bills.”
Bill Walker, MPP for Bruce/Grey/Owen Sound
On Wed., May 13, 12:00 noon, join us to protest the fact that Ontarians pay some of the highest energy rates in North America! Help send a strong message that families, seniors, institutions and businesses cannot afford this anymore!
Speakers include MC Ron Barr, Patrick Brown, Randy Hillier, Steve Clark, Jack MacLaren, Cindy Moyer, Peter Tabuns and Parker Gallant.
Bring your sign for the march! One idea is ‘Turbines go up, Hydro bills soar’
Please bring your signs, water, lunch, voices and outrage!!!!!
BUS DEPARTURES AND CONTACTS FOR SEAT RESERVATION:
All of the buses are coaches except for #2 & #3 which are school buses.
ALL PICK UP TIMES ARE SHARP
1. Bancroft-Peterborough-Whitby – $14.00/person
Bancroft – 7:00am – 337 Hastings St. North – park in the back
Peterborough – 8:30-8:45am – Walmart – 950 Landsdowne St. West (don’t park close to the entrance please!)
Whitby – 9:30am – 1615 Dundas Street East
Reservations – Kimberly-Ann Sargent 613-334-8339
2. Haliburton-Norland-Lindsay – $18.60/person
Haliburton – 7:30am – Stedman’s – front of store
Minden – 8:00am – Stedman’s – front of store
Norland – 8:30am – Baseball diamond
Coboconk – 8:45am – Royal Canadian Legion
Lindsay – 9:30am – Lindsay airport
Reservations – Terri Cameron – 705-457-3168
3. Pembroke-Barry’s Bay-Queen’sPark – $20.00/person
Pembroke – 5:00am – Irving’s Gas Station
Round Lake Centre – 5:40am – St. Casmir’s Church parking lot
Barry’s Bay – 6:00am – Paul J. Yakabuski Community Centre
There will be a rest break in Peterborough
Reservations – John Jeffrey – 613-756-3281
4. Barry’s Bay-Huntsville-Gravenhurst – $20.00/person
Barry’s Bay – 6:00am – Paul J. Yakabuski Community Centre
Huntsville – 8:00am – Walmart
Gravenhurst – TBD
Reservations – Jeanette Kosnaski – 613-281-7787
5. Ottawa-Kemptville-Queen’s Park – $18.00-$30.00/person
Ottawa – 6:00am – St. Laurent Shopping Centre (near Sears)
Ottawa – 6:30am – Bayshore Shopping Centre (TBA)
Kemptville – 7:15am – Walmart
Reservations – Nicole Charrette 613-446-6971 or e-mail: misty55@sympatico.ca
6. Carleton Place-Brockville-Napanee – no cost
Carleton Place – 6:00am – Canadian Tire – McNeely and Hwy 7
Smiths Falls – 6:30am – County Fair Mall, 275 Brockville Street
Brockville – 7:00am – Food Basics, 3409 Jefferson Drive
Napanee – 7:45am – Strathcona Paper Centre, 16 McPherson Drive
There are a few seats left here – call 613-267-8239 to reserve
7. Bus #7 is leaving Clinton for Queens Park, please contact Sue Muller for reservation and details at susanmuller60@gmail.com or call 519-234-6231 or 519-670-6041
Climate Change Corruption @ Queens Park
– and some say Bob Chirelli – loves his job!
Ministry of Energy
4th Floor, Hearst Block
900 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2E1
Tel
416-327-6758
Fax
416-327-6754
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=324
2014 Mandate letter: Energy
Premier’s instructions to the Minister on priorities for the year 2014
https://www.ontario.ca/government/2014-mandate-letter-energy
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Chiarelli will never resign – the pay is good;
he gives a few speeches;
and he can continue on – till 2018.
Welcome to Ontario!
Does Mr. Chiarelli know anything – about –
his energy portfolio?
Packaging!
Hydro One’s Acquisition of Norfolk Power, and the “public interest”
http://www.gowlings.com/knowledgecentre/article.asp?pubID=3219
– till you have one big package! – for sale.
Who is responsible – if Ontario citizens lose?
Now there are even more known reasons for going to QP on Wednesday!
Ontario: partners!
United Nations – International Monetary Fund – World Bank
[like the 3 amigos]
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When the World Bank met the IMF
April 17: It’s a spring time economic romance in Washington. Plus, beer, circuses, air conditioning – and an app to help you relax
‘[excerpt] Hydro One, and the Big Beer Reform.
If you live in Ontario,
yesterday had a few announcements that could be key for your daily life:
the Ontario government will sell off 60 per cent of the province’s utility company,
and beer will be sold in grocery stores.
Since air conditioning and beer prices are the cornerstones of any Ontario summer, both will draw plenty of attention.
The privatization of Hydro One will begin with a sale of 15 per cent of the company, but would eventually extend to 60 per cent – which could raise as much as $9 billion – with the funds intended to pay off debt and transit investment.
But the beer reforms made perhaps even bigger headlines (such is the sexy allure of beer over electricity), with claims that the Beer Store would be taken to task: with new liquor licenses for smaller packs to be given to grocery stores, as well as cheaper prices for restaurants and bars, a beer ombudsman, and a “beer tax” intended to raise $100 million.
The Beer Store will also be ordered to update its utilitarian (ahem, hideous) décor. The move was welcomed by the province’s craft breweries, who have often said they’re being strangled by the monopoly.
The Beer Store itself is highly unusual – a privately owned consortium of foreign-owned beer companies, with exclusive rights to sell 12 and 24 packs of beer in the province. (The Globe has a good run down of why the Beer Store is so loathed here.)
Unfortunately for those who want to pick up a couple of cans at their grocery store this summer, you’re in for a disappointment. You won’t get grocery beer until two years from now – and then stores will be limited to selling six-packs.
Not such a dazzling jump after all, and, perhaps, an alcoholic smokescreen for the privatization of Hydro One.’
http://www.macleans.ca/economy/when-the-world-bank-met-the-imf/
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Premier Social Justice – will raise her arms;
[you know the rest];
by now you should know – the pattern of a psychopath;
they lie – and know they are lying.
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Board of Directors – Hydro One
David Denison
He is also a member of the Investment Board and International Advisory Committee of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation,
the International Advisory Council of China Investment Corporation,
the World Bank Treasury Expert Advisory Committee
and the University of Toronto Investment Advisory Committee.
In April 2014, Mr. Denison was appointed a member of the Premier’s Advisory Council on Government Assets (Ontario) whose mandate was to review and identify opportunities to modernize government business enterprises.
http://www.hydroone.com/investorrelations/pages/boardofdirectors.aspx
David Denison – and who gave him – his mandate?
CBC News/Politics, May 8, 2015
Analysis/Alberta election could break climate change logjam in Canada
“A number of elements in the oil and gas industry and in the pipeline sector here were significantly ahead of the federal government and preferred to support a carbon tax”, …
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-election-could-break-climate-change-logjam-in-canada-1.3067073
The Ecofiscal Commission Canada position supports this analysis.
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The Climate News Network, London U.K., May 13, 2015
“Canada has been dubbed an international disgrace for its climate change policies, but now one of its major cities is aiming to be the greenest in the world by 2020.”
http://www.climatenetwork.net
The Canada climate change bashing prior to COP 21 Paris is well underway. Just do an internet search.