Cap and Tirade

The Ontario governing party with five criminal investigations ongoing including several related to document destruction, the party of pay-for-access policy-for-hire fundraisers, the party that dismisses the Auditor General as confused about many things to do with energy, that is the party that is right now concocting a carbon market in Ontario out of government decrees. …

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The Manitoba Advantage

Manitoba consumers enjoy some of the lowest power rates in the developed world. The factors making this possible include favourable geography for hydro-electric development including large natural forebays, reliance on depreciated hydro-electric generation, and government supports such as provincial loan guarantees and earlier federal subsidies for north-south transmission. In recent years, government interference in the …

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