A special communique from the Friends of Wind Ontario (FoWO) network regarding a proposed provincial bill that could put the future of solar and wind energy at risk in Ontario.
At Risk:
On the afternoon of Thursday, April 18 the following Private Member’s Bill (PMB) will have its second reading:
An Act to provide for control by local municipalities over renewable and affordable energy undertakings
The bill was put forward by Lisa Thompson, Huron-Bruce Ontario PC MPP, and is a frontal assault on the Green Energy and Green Economy Act (2009). It removes a number of key aspects of existing legislation designed to foster a Green Ontario Economy, not least of which terminating the feed-in tariff program that the OPA has developed to procure energy from renewable energy sources.
Over the past few years, thousands have worked together on various policy and developmental activities so that millions of Ontarians can benefit from a bright, clean future of renewable energy, offering the promise of a vibrant, domestic economy. If this bill passes, thousands of landowners, citizens and communities who are invested in and/or recipients of future renewable energy development will be at risk.
Opposition to this Bill:
This anti-renewables Private Members Bill is being opposed by all other major Ontario political parties:
Ontario New Democratic Party: Setting the record straight on the NDP and renewable energy
Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario has recently come out against a related report, in his April 12 report Fraser report on the Green Energy Act misses the mark. Some of the major points he critiques in that Fraser Institute report are similar to those in this proposed legislation and may very well have served as an information source for that bill.
It’s also worth noting that the late National NDP leader Jack Layton was chair of Toronto's environmental task force in 1999, the Toronto Atmospheric Fund and was instrumental in the preliminary phases of the WindShare wind power co-operative through the Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC).
Friends of Wind Ontario has recently joined with 16 other signatory groups to endorse a letter initiated by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) opposed to this Private Members Bill:
We the undersigned organizations oppose passage of Ontario Private Member’s Bill 39. If passed, this Bill would end the province’s renewable energy Feed-in-Tariff that is creating jobs and improving air quality. The bill would also let municipalities block energy conservation measures that save consumers money and protect the environment.
It has since been sent to the party leaders.
How you can help stop this and other bad legislation against Ontario Renewable Energy:
As are we, you are respectfully being asked to voice your opposition to the bill on or before Thursday by adding your name to one of the lists below. Also, we are asking you to contact your MPP by phone from the listing of MPP’s included, indicating your opposition to the Ontario Conservatives' anti-renewables bill.
1. From the list below or in this link call or visit your MPP's constituency office before April 18th to communicate your objection to Bill 39!
2. Sign the petition "Ontario MPPs: We support renewable energy in Ontario" then forward this email to contacts and share on Facebook and Twitter.
3. Go to this Environmental Defence page which will enable you to email or call your MPP's on this important issue.
Name
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Phone
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Riding
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Party
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Albanese, Laura
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416-325-3715
|
York South--Weston
|
LIB
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Armstrong, Teresa
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416-325-1872
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London--Fanshawe
|
NDP
|
Arnott, Ted
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416-325-3880
|
Wellington--Halton Hills
|
PC
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Bailey, Robert
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416-325-1715
|
Sarnia--Lambton
|
PC
|
Balkissoon, Bas
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416-325-0702
|
Scarborough--Rouge River
|
LIB
|
Barrett, Toby
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416-325-8404
|
Haldimand--Norfolk
|
PC
|
Bartolucci, Rick
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416-325-0384
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Sudbury
|
LIB
|
Berardinetti, Lorenzo
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416-325-1008
|
Scarborough Southwest
|
LIB
|
Best, Margarett
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416-325-2600
|
Scarborough--Guildwood
|
LIB
|
Bisson, Gilles
|
416-325-7122
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Timmins--James Bay
|
NDP
|
Bradley, Hon. James
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416-314-6790
|
St. Catharines
|
LIB
|
Broten, Hon. Laurel
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416-325-4800
|
Etobicoke--Lakeshore
|
LIB
|
Campbell, Sarah
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416-325-2750
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Kenora--Rainy River
|
NDP
|
Cansfield, Donna
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416-325-0529
|
Etobicoke Centre
|
LIB
|
Chan, Hon. Michael
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416-326-9326
|
Markham--Unionville
|
LIB
|
Chiarelli, Hon. Bob
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416-327-6758
|
Ottawa West--Nepean
|
LIB
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Chudleigh, Ted
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416-325-5747
|
Halton
|
PC
|
Clark, Steve
|
416-325-1522
|
Leeds--Grenville
|
PC
|
Colle, Mike
|
416-327-0616
|
Eglinton--Lawrence
|
LIB
|
Coteau, Hon. Michael
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416-325-6200
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Don Valley East
|
LIB
|
Crack, Grant
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416-326-6160
|
Glengarry--Prescott--Russell
|
LIB
|
Craitor, Kim
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416-325-0790
|
Niagara Falls
|
LIB
|
Damerla, Dipika
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416-325-5225
|
Mississauga East--Cooksville
|
LIB
|
Del Duca, Steven
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416-325-3581
|
Vaughan
|
LIB
|
Delaney, Bob
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416-325-4140
|
Mississauga--Streetsville
|
LIB
|
Dhillon, Vic
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416-325-5326
|
Brampton West
|
LIB
|
DiNovo, Cheri
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416-325-0244
|
Parkdale--High Park
|
NDP
|
Dickson, Joe
|
Ajax--Pickering
|
LIB
| |
Duguid, Hon. Brad
|
416-326-1600
|
Scarborough Centre
|
LIB
|
Dunlop, Garfield
|
416-325-3855
|
Simcoe North
|
PC
|
Elliott, Christine
|
416-325-1331
|
Whitby--Oshawa
|
PC
|
Fedeli, Victor
|
416-325-3434
|
Nipissing
|
PC
|
Fife, Catherine
|
416-325-6913
|
Kitchener--Waterloo
|
NDP
|
Flynn, Kevin
|
416-327-0806
|
Oakville
|
LIB
|
Forster, Cindy
|
416-325-7106
|
Welland
|
NDP
|
Gerretsen, Hon. John
|
416-326-2220
|
Kingston and the Islands
|
LIB
|
Gravelle, Hon. Michael
|
416-327-0633
|
Thunder Bay--Superior North
|
LIB
|
Gélinas, France
|
416-325-9203
|
Nickel Belt
|
NDP
|
Hardeman, Ernie
|
416-325-1239
|
Oxford
|
PC
|
Harris, Michael
|
416-325-3130
|
Kitchener--Conestoga
|
PC
|
Hillier, Randy
|
416-325-2244
|
Lanark--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington
|
PC
|
Horwath, Andrea
|
416-325-7116
|
Hamilton Centre
|
NDP
|
Hoskins, Hon. Eric
|
416-325-6900
|
St. Paul's
|
LIB
|
Hudak, Tim
|
416-325-8454
|
Niagara West--Glanbrook
|
PC
|
Jackson, Rod
|
416-325-4366
|
Barrie
|
PC
|
Jaczek, Helena
|
416-325-0710
|
Oak Ridges--Markham
|
LIB
|
Jeffrey, Hon. Linda
|
416-585-7000
|
Brampton--Springdale
|
LIB
|
Jones, Sylvia
|
416-325-1898
|
Dufferin--Caledon
|
PC
|
Klees, Frank
|
416-325-7316
|
Newmarket--Aurora
|
PC
|
Kwinter, Monte
|
416-325-0036
|
York Centre
|
LIB
|
Leal, Hon. Jeff
|
416-326-3074
|
Peterborough
|
LIB
|
Leone, Rob
|
416-325-8451
|
Cambridge
|
PC
|
Levac, Hon. Dave
|
416-325-6261
|
Brant
|
LIB
|
MacCharles, Hon. Tracy
|
416-327-8300
|
Pickering--Scarborough East
|
LIB
|
MacLaren, Jack
|
416-314-7900
|
Carleton--Mississippi Mills
|
PC
|
MacLeod, Lisa
|
416-325-6351
|
Nepean--Carleton
|
PC
|
Mangat, Amrit
|
416-314-9044
|
Mississauga--Brampton South
|
LIB
|
Mantha, Michael
|
416-325-1938
|
Algoma--Manitoulin
|
NDP
|
Marchese, Rosario
|
416-325-9092
|
Trinity--Spadina
|
NDP
|
Matthews, Hon. Deborah
|
416-327-4300
|
London North Centre
|
LIB
|
Mauro, Bill
|
416-585-6763
|
Thunder Bay--Atikokan
|
LIB
|
McDonell, Jim
|
416-325-2910
|
Stormont--Dundas--South Glengarry
|
PC
|
McGuinty, Dalton
|
416-314-5754
|
Ottawa South
|
LIB
|
McKenna, Jane
|
416-325-2627
|
Burlington
|
PC
|
McMeekin, Hon. Ted
|
416-325-5225
|
Ancaster--Dundas--Flamborough--Westdale
|
LIB
|
McNaughton, Monte
|
416-325-3362
|
Lambton--Kent--Middlesex
|
PC
|
McNeely, Phil
|
416-325-0737
|
Ottawa--Orléans
|
LIB
|
Meilleur, Hon. Madeleine
|
416-326-5000
|
Ottawa--Vanier
|
LIB
|
Miller, Paul
|
416-325-0707
|
Hamilton East--Stoney Creek
|
NDP
|
Miller, Norm
|
416-325-1012
|
Parry Sound--Muskoka
|
PC
|
Milligan, Rob
|
416-325-2906
|
Northumberland--Quinte West
|
PC
|
Milloy, Hon. John
|
416-325-7754
|
Kitchener Centre
|
LIB
|
Moridi, Hon. Reza
|
416-326-9500
|
Richmond Hill
|
LIB
|
Munro, Julia
|
416-325-3392
|
York--Simcoe
|
PC
|
Murray, Hon. Glen
|
416-327-9200
|
Toronto Centre
|
LIB
|
Naqvi, Hon. Yasir
|
416-326-7600
|
Ottawa Centre
|
LIB
|
Natyshak, Taras
|
416-325-0714
|
Essex
|
NDP
|
Nicholls, Rick
|
416-325-9099
|
Chatham--Kent--Essex
|
PC
|
O'Toole, John
|
416-325-6745
|
Durham
|
PC
|
Orazietti, Hon. David
|
416-314-2301
|
Sault Ste. Marie
|
LIB
|
Ouellette, Jerry
|
416-325-2147
|
Oshawa
|
PC
|
Pettapiece, Randy
|
416-325-3400
|
Perth--Wellington
|
PC
|
Piruzza, Hon. Teresa
|
416-212-7432
|
Windsor West
|
LIB
|
Prue, Michael
|
416-325-1303
|
Beaches--East York
|
NDP
|
Qaadri, Shafiq
|
416-327-6611
|
Etobicoke North
|
LIB
|
Sandals, Hon. Liz
|
416-325-2600
|
Guelph
|
LIB
|
Schein, Jonah
|
416-325-0014
|
Davenport
|
NDP
|
Scott, Laurie
|
416-325-2771
|
Haliburton--Kawartha Lakes--Brock
|
PC
|
Sergio, Hon. Mario
|
416-314-9710
|
York West
|
LIB
|
Shurman, Peter
|
416-325-1415
|
Thornhill
|
PC
|
Singh, Jagmeet
|
416-325-1784
|
Bramalea--Gore--Malton
|
NDP
|
Smith, Todd
|
416-325-2702
|
Prince Edward--Hastings
|
PC
|
Sousa, Hon. Charles
|
416-325-0400
|
Mississauga South
|
LIB
|
Tabuns, Peter
|
416-325-3250
|
Toronto--Danforth
|
NDP
|
Takhar, Hon. Harinder
|
416-327-2333
|
Mississauga--Erindale
|
LIB
|
Taylor, Monique
|
416-325-1796
|
Hamilton Mountain
|
NDP
|
Thompson, Lisa
|
416-325-3467
|
Huron--Bruce
|
PC
|
Vanthof, John
|
416-325-2000
|
Timiskaming--Cochrane
|
NDP
|
Walker, Bill
|
416-325-6242
|
Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound
|
PC
|
Wilson, Jim
|
416-325-2069
|
Simcoe--Grey
|
PC
|
Wong, Soo
|
416-325-2502
|
Scarborough--Agincourt
|
LIB
|
Wynne, Hon. Kathleen
|
416-325-1941
|
Don Valley West
|
LIB
|
Yakabuski, John
|
416-325-2170
|
Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke
|
PC
|
Yurek, Jeff
|
416-325-3965
|
Elgin--Middlesex--London
|
PC
|
Zimmer, Hon. David
|
416-325-5110
| Willowdale |
LIB
|
Thank you for your attention to and action on this proposed legislation. If enacted, this bill would turn back the clock on the progress that Ontario has made on Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation.
Who We Are
Friends of Wind Ontario (FoWO) is a network of independent people from a variety of backgrounds who firmly believe in the numerous economic, environmental and social benefits of responsible wind energy for the people of Ontario. We have formed to fill the critical participatory void that exists among community engagement, municipal consultation and achievable wind power development. Through science-based, peer-reviewed research, we are committed to delivering a balanced message to all who would like to learn more on the benefits of wind energy. We are a non-profit volunteer-run organization, not affiliated with any political party, under our own direction and have not received funding from wind developers, landowners, industry/government associations, foundations or environmental groups.
Friends of Wind Ontario (FoWO) is a network of independent people from a variety of backgrounds who firmly believe in the numerous economic, environmental and social benefits of responsible wind energy for the people of Ontario. We have formed to fill the critical participatory void that exists among community engagement, municipal consultation and achievable wind power development. Through science-based, peer-reviewed research, we are committed to delivering a balanced message to all who would like to learn more on the benefits of wind energy. We are a non-profit volunteer-run organization, not affiliated with any political party, under our own direction and have not received funding from wind developers, landowners, industry/government associations, foundations or environmental groups.
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