Responsible Aboriginal Government vs. Renewable Energy Part 6: More Economic Firewater

Since prorogation of the legislature on October 15, Ontario’s disgraced Energy Minister Bentley (who has promised to leave provincial politics) has been busy providing on the spot guidance to the OPA, most recently on December 11, 2012. On December 11, Bentley guided the OPA on how to administer details of renewable energy subsidies. Some of …

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Renewable Energy vs. Responsible Aboriginal Government Part Five: Lake Superior North Shore Band vs. Band

Here is a report on a conflict between the Michipicoten First Nation and the Batchewana First Nation over a wind development north of Sault Ste. Marie. The wind developer is the new incarnation of the former company Canadian Hydro. By partnering with a First Nation, the developer taps into to richer government subsidies for renewable energy development.

Renewable Energy vs. Responsible Aboriginal Government Part Four: M’Chigeeng Elder Speaks Out on Wind Power

The following letter to the editor was published in the Manitoulin Expositor newspaper July 17, 2012. One June 15, 2012, David Suzuki and Ontario Minister of Energy Chris Bentley participated in the the opening of the M’Chigeeng First Nation wind power project.   To the Expositor: I am writing this letter to express my disapproval of …

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Renewable Energy vs. Responsible Aboriginal Government Part Three: M’Chigeeng vs. Wikwemikong Blowing in Opposite Directions

Chief of the Anishinabek First Nation M’Chigeeng, Joe Hare,  will host an event on Manitoulin Island tomorrow in northern Ontario attended by invited guests including Minister of Energy Chris Bentley, David Suzuki and Kristopher Stevens executive director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association. The event, which celebrates the development of two wind turbines on band land of 2 …

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Renewable Energy vs. Responsible Aboriginal Government Part Two: Evidence OEB Declined re. Improper Governance of Manitoulin Wind Project

Attached is evidence presented in the on-going Ontario Energy Board hearing reviewing a proposal from a 50/50 partnership between Northland Power Inc. (NPI) and Mnidoo Mnising Power (MMP) to build a major high voltage transmission connection to Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. The evidence demonstrates that the partnership agreement between NPI and it’s partner MMP is …

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Renewable Energy vs. Responsible Aboriginal Government Part One: Manitoulin Pro-Democracy Activist Julian Nowgabow Reports

The Ontario government’s renewable energy subsidies and deregulation initiatives are fuelling corruption in some aboriginal communities and funding a backlash against pro-democracy activists and the media. This new series will present reports, news and analysis on the implications of Ontario’s green energy policies for responsible aboriginal government. The following guest column, presented by Anishinaabe artist …

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